Virus Ecology and Evolution (VEE)
Assistant Professor
My research broadly focuses on virus evolution, genome evolution, and phylogenetics; with special attention to virus-host co-evolution and phenotypic/genotypic novelty.
Postdoctoral researcher
Virome during fecal microbiota transplantation.
Postdoctoral researcher
(co-supervised by Alejandro Manzano Marín)
Mobile genetic elements in giant viruses.
Lab Technician
I support the team members in various tasks in the laboratory in order to help them perform their experiments smoothly.
PhD researcher
My thesis focuses on the role of mobile genetic elements and extracellular vesicles in the arms race among the viruses, competing parasites, and hosts.
PhD researcher
I’m interested in exploring the role of viral tRNAs during infection and investigating interactions of giant viruses with each other.
Master student
I’m working on visualizing giant virus replication within their host cells and showing transcription and translation localization over the course of an infection
Master student
(co-supervised by Daniela Schwarz)
My Master’s thesis focuses on the competition and fitness in giant viruses. I approach this by performing competition experiments.
✉️ m.faruk.saglam.38[*]gmail.com
Links
Bachelor student
(co-supervised by Dominik Lücking)
Novel Asfuvirales from waste water treatment plants.
✉️ a12138002[*]unet.univie.ac.at
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Bachelor student
(co-supervised by Laura Sánchez Lara)
Genetic modification of giant viruses.
✉️ david.wolfschwenger[*]icloud.com
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🤝 Collaborators
🎓 Alumni
Ruixuan Zhang 🇨🇳. Visiting researcher (PhD researhcer), 2024. Kyoto University, Japan.
Lucia Splittgerber. Undergraduate intern (Bachelor thesis), 2023. University of Vienna, Austria.
Julia Haller. Undergraduate intern, 2021. University of Vienna, Austria.
Tatiana Solomatina. Undergraduate intern, 2020-2021. University of Vienna, Austria.