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WWTF funds new project
WWTF funds a project submitted by our post-doc Silvia Cervero-Aragó (MedUniWien) and her collaborators from the Medical University of Vienna and...[more]
Poster Award to Thomas Glassner at the HOW-DEAD-IS-DEAD?-2017 Conference
In the frame of the 5. HOW-DEAD-IS-DEAD? Conference that took place in Vienna from Sep 6-8, Thomas Glassner (working group Alexander Kirschner) was...[more]
2017 World Congress IUVA (International Ultraviolet Association)
September 17 – 20, 2017, Dubrovnik, Croatia[more]
ICC Water & Health employee receives DOC fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Claudia Kolm was awarded a DOC fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) for her project "Selection and characterization of DNA aptamers...[more]
19. Internationales Symposium der IWA HRWM
Das 19. Internationale Symposium der IWA Health-Related Water Microbiology (HRWM) fand von 15. bis 20. Mai an der University of North Carolina at...[more]
Austrian Hygiene Award 2017 to Carina Pretzer
Within the frame of the 24th Dosch-Symposium on hospital hygiene, which takes place at Velden am Wörthersee from May 15 to 17, the Austrian Hygiene...[more]
QMRAcatch free model software online!
Thursday, October 13, Andreas Farnleitner (TUW/ICC) announced the release of QMRAcatch (2.1) at the World Water Congress & Exhibition 2016 in Brisbane[more]
Reinhard Liepolt Award to a member of the ICC Water & Health
Reinhard Liepolt Award for Danube Research 2016 awarded to a member of the ICC Water & Health[more]
New ICC Water & Health publication in the latest March issue of the top journal “Water Research”
In the latest March issue of the journal “Water Research” our article on the occurrence of human-associated genetic source tracking markers (GeBaM)...[more]
ICC Water & Health participating in the 2nd Viennese Ball of Sciences
On January 30, 2016, the mayor of Vienna invited to the 2nd Viennese Ball of Sciences in the Vienna Townhall. The ICC Water& Health was...[more]
Austrian Hygiene Award for Silvia Cervero-Aragó
Within the 23rd Dosch-Symposium for hospital hygiene, taking place from June 15 - 17, 2015 in Velden am Wörthersee, the Austrian Hygiene Award was...[more]
Alexander Kirschner is member of the organisation committee of the “How Dead Is Dead” Conference IV in Zürich, Switzerland (May 21-22, 2015)
The How Dead Is Dead (HDID) conference series is dealing with bacterial life at its boundaries. When can we say that a bacterial cell is dead and...[more]
Applied research : “Revolutionize Water quality study”
Interview with Andreas Farnleitner in the current issue of the “Austrian Chemistry Report”[more]
Alex Chik from the hydrology group in the ICC won the Vienna Science Slam 2014
Science Slam Vienna is an annual contest where participants must creatively present their research within 6 minutes to inform and inspire the public...[more]
Great Success at the 34th biannual Meeting of the ÖGHMP
Great success and strong presence of the ICC Water & Health at the 34th biannual Meeting of the Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and...[more]
ICC Water & Health officially launched
The ICC Water & Health was now officially launched with a substantial financial contribution from the Austrian Ministry for Science and Research![more]
Scientific Award of the City of Vienna
Scientific Award of the City of Vienna (Water Section) was awarded to a scientific member of the Interuniversity Cooperation Centre for Water & Health[more]
Austrian Hygiene Award
Austrian Hygiene Award for Publication of the ICC Water & Health[more]
Neptun-Water Award
Neptun-Water Award, Category WaterProtection, for the Project "Life Source Alpine Karstic Springs"[more]
FWF supports a stand-alone project submitted by the Unit for Water Hygiene (Dr. Alexander Kirschner)
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has decided in its session from March 5/6, 2013, to support an important stand-alone project for microbiological...[more]
Official start of AQUAVALENS
A new EU-Project "AQUAVALENS - Protecting the health of Europeans by improving methods for the detection of pathogens in drinking water and...[more]
Seminars at Wilhelminenberg
The ICC Water & Health, represented by Andreas Farnleitner, was invited in the frame of the renowned "Seminars at the...[more]
Second International Conference on Water Research der IWA in Singapore
From January 20 – 23 the "Second International Conference for Water Research" took place at the EXPO Centre of Singapore with more than 400...[more]
Research paper in the top-journal "Applied and Environmental Microbiology"
A novel rapid and sensitive method for the detection of Vibrio cholerae und Vibrio mimicus was developed. The method is based on the detection of...[more]
Research paper in the "Journal of Water and Health"
First study on the water quality of "Holy" Springs worldwide, published in the Journal of Water and Health. "Holy" Springs are...[more]