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Best Presentation Prizes for Alexandra-Cristina Petre, Michael Reiter and Anna-Margarita Schötta at the 10th Center's Retreat

At the 10th Retreat of the Center, held on September 24, 2019, 74 projects were presented as short presentations and posters.more

 

Microbiological survey of the Danube: no critical levels were measured in Austria

As part of the microbiological research program Joint Danube Survey 4, Assoc. Prof. Alexander Kirschner – with the Interuniversity Cooperation Center Water & Health – analyzed the Danube water for fecal loads.more

 

Ausgezeichnete Stimmung beim Hygiene-Symposium anlässlich des 90. Geburtstags von Heinz Flamm

Das Symposium am 3. Juli 2019 war mit ca. 150 TeilnehmerInnen ein großer Erfolg.more

 

Prizes for Markus Kraller and Ada Petre at the 15th YSA PhD-Symposium

At the 15th YSA PhD-Symposium of the MedUni Vienna, held from 13 – 14 June 2019, Markus Kraller was awarded a Best Oral Presentation Prize and Ada Petre a Poster Prize.more

 

Miranda SUCHOMEL appointed Associate Professor

Due to her excellent achievements, Ass.-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Miranda Suchomel, head of the Research Group for Medical-technical Hygiene, was appointed Associate Professor by the Rector of the MedUni in June 2019.more

 

ICC Water & Health Gründungssymposium

Das Gründungssymposium des interuniversitären Kooperationszentrums Wasser und Gesundheit (ICC Water&Health – ICC W&H) wurde am 20. Mai 2019 im Rahmen der Gesprächsreihe "Gesundheitsperspektiven" an der Karl Landsteiner...more

 

Austrian Science Fund (FWF) supports projects of Janett Göhring and Alexander Kirschner

At the last board meeting of the FWF on May 13, 2019, two projects of our scientists were approved.more

 

Miranda Suchomel über Hygiene im Büro

Artikel in DiePresse.com vom 8.5.2019more

 

Preis für Mateusz Markowicz am 13. Österreichischen Infektionskongress

Dr. Mateusz Markowicz erhält den 1. Preis für die beste mündliche Fallpräsentation beim 13. Österreichischen Infektionskongressmore

 

Great success for the 10th EFIS-EJI South Eastern European Immunology School (SEEIS2018)

At this year's summer school, held from 19 – 22 October 2018 in Yerevan, Armenia, 68 participants from 10 countries, especially from Eastern Europe, could benefit from lectures and workshops in basic and clinical immunology.more

 

Hannes Stockinger awarded Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st Class

Great honour for Head of MedUni Vienna's Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunologymore

 

Vito Pistoia (1949–2018)

On September 11, 2018, our dear friend Vito Pistoia passed away in his family environment in Genoa.more

 

Best Presentation Prizes for Markus Kraller, Verena Mündler and Anna-Margarita Schötta at the 9th Center's Retreat

At the 9th Retreat of the Center, held on September 17, 2018, 78 projects were presented as short presentations and posters.more

 

Michiel WIJNVELD wins 1st prize in the "best student's presentation" category at the "5th Labuda's days"

At the conference organized by the Slovak Academy of Sciences, dedicated to the eminent biologist Milan Labuda, Ing. Michiel Wijnveld was awarded the first prize in "Best Student's Presentation". The event took place from...more

 

Poster Prize for Markus KRALLER at the 14th YSA PhD Symposium

At the 14th YSA PhD-Symposium of the Medical University of Vienna, held from June 7 – 8, 2018, Markus Kraller was awarded a Poster Prize.more

 

ÖGHMP Poster Award 2018 for ANNA-MARGARITA SCHÖTTA

At the Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP), held from June 4 – 7, 2018 in Graz, Anna-Margarita Schötta, BSc. won a Poster Award.more

 

Scientific double success for the ICC Water & Health: Austrian Microbiology Award and Hygiene Award 2018

At the 36th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP), held 4 – 7 June 2018 in Graz, both the Austrian Microbiology Award and the Austrian Hygiene Award 2018 were awarded to...more

 

Surprising research finding by Johannes Huppa and his team

Johannes Huppa and his team have solved the mystery of how the T cell antigen receptor works.more

 

Living Standards Award 2018 für Regina Sommer

Preisträger des international ausgeschriebenen Living Standards Awards 2018: Regina Sommer mit dem UV-Team Austriamore

 

Hannes Stockinger Adjunct Professor of Immunology of the Yerevan State Medical University

Prof. Hannes Stockinger has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Immunology by the Rector of the Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia.more

 
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Sílvia Cervero-Aragó wins Forum Water Hygiene Award

The Forum Water Hygiene awards the Science Prize 2018/19 for our latest work on the relevance of VBNC (viable but nonculturable) Legionella, which was recently published in the number 1 journal in the water sector "Water Research".

The Water Hygiene Forum is a non-profit association founded in 2015 to promote and disseminate water hygiene technologies in buildings. Dr. Sílvia Cervero-Aragó was awarded the Science Prize 2018/2019 at the 2nd Forum Wasserhygiene Congress on October 23, 2019. She was awarded for our latest work on the relevance of VBNC (viable but nonculturable) Legionella*, recently published in the number 1 journal in the water sector "Water Research". The work was carried out under the direction of Prof. Alexander Kirschner, head of the research group Water Microbiology of our Institute and Prof. Julia Walochnik, head of research group Molecular Parasitology at the Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, as part of an FWF project.

 

The proud winner with the two project leaders.

Legionella is the cause of Legionnaire's disease, one of the most common water-borne infectious diseases in industrialized countries. Legionella are usually quantified using cultivation methods in water samples, but many recent studies have shown that the number of living, non-culturable (VBNC) Legionella cells in water distribution systems can be many times higher than the number of cultivable Legionella cells.

In our study we were able to show for the first time that Legionella - when thermally treated with common temperatures (55°C, 60°C, 70°C) in water distribution systems in buildings - can to a considerable extent enter the VBNC state and maintain their viability over a longer period of time, and that these VBNC Legionella are able to infect amoebae and macrophages. However, this happens with significantly lower efficiency (longer infection time, higher infection dose) than with cultivable cells.

The findings of this study are highly relevant for the management of water distribution systems in buildings and for the assessment of the risk of VBNC Legionella for human health.

*Cervero-Arago S, Schrammel B, Dietersdorfer E, Sommer R, Lück C, Walochnik J, Kirschner AKT (2019) Viability and infectivity of viable but nonculturable Legionella pneumophila strains induced at high temperatures. Water Research 158 (2019) 268-279

07.11.2019

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