The working group AquaScale at WasserCluster Lunz wins the Ferry Starmühler Prize. With the expose of her master thesis Carina Leimhofer won the prize for the promotion of research on freshwater organisms for young scientists. With her topic: "Salinization of inland waters and effects on their phytoplankton communities", she was ceremoniously awarded the prize on 25. 1. 2023 at the Haus des Meeres Vienna.
RESTORE4Cs, a freshly started project led by the University of Aveiro and with participation of the Carbocrobe group at WCL, will address management and restoration actions to maintain and promote the mitigation and adaptation capacity of European wetlands to climate change, while focusing on coastal wetlands and providing innovative tools and methodologies for decision making and restoration planning and actions.
The project at the interface of science and education, funded by GFF Lower Austriaaims to increase understanding of science, raise interest in science and positively influence attitudes towards scientific knowledge with the help of innovative mediation methods. The partnership includes: WasserCluster Lunz (project management), Austrian Competence Center for Didactics of Biology at the University of Vienna, Lower Austrian University of Education, partner schools (BORG Wr. Neustadt, VS and MS Lunz), the Haus der Wildnis Lunz and the Lower Austrian Education Region 3.
Since 1.1.2023 we have a new scientific management at WasserCluster Lunz. Priv.-Doz.in Dr.in Gabriele Weigelhofer takes over this function and forms the management together with Mr. Bernhard Mang, MSc (WU). We congratulate her and look forward to new challenges at WasserCluster Lunz.
As part of the sustainability initiative, WasserCluster Lunz is organising an ideas competition for all employees, students and friends of WasserCluster (WasserCluster community). Everyone should be encouraged to rethink, reinterpret and redesign sustainable actions in their daily work and daily life. We are looking for ideas, measures or actions, which can be used at the WasserCluster to promote awareness of energy-saving behavior among employees and guests. There are no limits to creativity. You'll find more infos in the call.
The employees at WCL Lunz were happy about a free health check directly at their workplace in Lunz on 30.11.22. In the truck of the Chamber of Labor of Lower Austria AKNÖ at the WasserCluster, a spine measurement was made during a 15-minute check and blood values were immediately evaluated and tested for personal risk factors for civilization and cardiovascular diseases. We are thankfull for the offer
On 29.11.2022 we presented the WasserCluster Lunz at the career day in the HLUW Yspertal. Since our research institute is to be chosen as a desired internship place, the personal acquaintance of interested students was very useful for the selection of future interns. Every year we have interns (compulsory and voluntary) from schools in the area who assist with laboratory and field work at the WCL on a monthly basis. Apply now for internships in 2023:
A lot happened again in 2022 in our institute. Read about the following topics in our current newsletter - unfortunately only in German.
Herbstprojekt BEFree
Frieren für die Forschung
Neues Projekt DIRT
PhD Porträt und Pilot Projekt
Forschungsfest NÖ
Events, Ausschreibungen und Gratulationen