Completed projects

AQUASAFE: Establishing water safety monitoring for tomorrow: genetic faecal marker diagnostics for the detection and tracking of contamination
Laufzeit: 2017–2020
Fördergeber: NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB)
Ansprechpartner: Andreas Farnleitner, Domenico Savio
Projektbeschreibung

Selection and Characterization of DNA Aptamers for Health-relevant Bacteria in Water
Laufzeit: 2017–2020
Fördergeber: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Ansprechpartner: Claudia Kolm, Georg Reischer

Groundwater Resource Systems Vienna (GWRS)
Duration: 2010 – 1018
Funding body: MA 31, Stadt Wien
Contact: Alfred Paul Blaschke, Andreas Farnleitner, Regina Sommer, Alexander Kirschner

Nachhaltiges Gesamtkonzept zum Management des mikrobiologisch-hygienischen Zustandes des Neusiedler Sees unter Berücksichtigung der Siedlungswasserwirtschaft der Umlandgemeinden Phase 1: "Pilotstudie"
Duration: 2014 – 2018
Funding body: Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft/Land Burgenland
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner, Regina Sommer, Alfred Paul Blaschke

Vibrio cholerae in selected bathing waters in the Province of Burgenland: Abundance, antibiotic resistances and genetic diversity
Duration: 2017 – 2018
Funding body: Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung
Contact: Alexander Kirschner

A unifying basis for the molecular detection and source tracking of bacterial faecal pollution in water
Duration: 2012 – 2017
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner
Project description

AQUAVALENS - Protecting the health of Europeans by improving methods for the detection of pathogens in drinking water and water used in food preparation
Duration: 2013 – 2018
Funding body: EU
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Alexander Kirschner

Microbial faecal pollution patterns along large rivers
Duration: 2013 – 2017
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Alexander Kirschner/ Andreas Farnleitner
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Faecal source tracking along the urban wastewater path (GEBAM)
Duration: 2011 – 2016
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner
Project description

Health-relevance of viable but non-culturable Legionellae
Duration: 2012 – 2016
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Alexander Kirschner
Project description

Microbial communities inherent to karstic aquifers – ecological driving forces in the depth (Kooperationsprojekt mit EAWAG, Schweiz)
Duration: 2011 – 2014
Funding body: AMBIZIONE, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)
Contact: Inés Wilhartitz
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Ecology, Pathogenicity and Diversity of Vibrio cholerae in Lake Neusiedler See
Duration: 2009 – 2014
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Alexander Kirschner
Projektbeschreibung

Structure of microbiota from sources of faecal contamination
Duration: 2009 – 2014
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Georg Reischer
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Elucidating faecal microbiota for source tracking (APART Förderung)
Duration: 2009 – 2012
Funding body: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
Contact: Georg Reischer

Investigating and assessing the performance of a UV disinfection system for wastewater
Duration: 2010 – 2011
Funding body: Kommunalkreditbank, Lebensministerium
Contact: Regina Sommer

Quantitative microbial source tracking (QMST)
Duration: 2007 – 2011
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner

Microbiology of Alpine karstic springs
Duration: 2002 – 2009
Funding body: MA 31, Stadt Wien
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner

Microbial activity in Alpine karstic springs
Duration: 2005 – 2009
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner

Joint Danube Survey 2007
Duration: 2007 - 2008
Funding body: ICPDR, Bundesamt für Wassergüte
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner
Project description

Long-time monitoring of botulinum neurotoxin C1 in the National Park Neusiedler See – Seewinkel
Duration: 2002 – 2004
Funding body: Land Burgenland, Nationalpark Neusiedler See-Seewinkel
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner

Avian botulism in the National Park Neusiedler See - Seewinkel
Duration: 1999 – 2001
Funding body: Land Burgenland, Nationalpark Neusiedler See-Seewinkel
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner