Water resources and drinking water production
Vienna Water Resource Systems 2020+ (VIWa2020+)
Sponsor: Wiener Wasser
PI: Alexander Kirschner
Partner: TU Wien, KL Krems
Runtime: Nov 2020 – Okt 2028
Microbiological and physoco-chemical real-time paramemters for quality control in mobile drinking water processing (SEWAT)
Sponsor: FFG
PI: Alexander Kirschner, Lena Campostrini
Partner: Austrian Military – ABC Defence, Austrian Red Cross, German Military - WIS, TU Wien, KL Krems, S:can, Vienna Water Monitoring Systems, bNovate
Runtime: Nov 2020 – Okt 2028
Fecal load and antibiotics resistance
Fecal processing pathways of antibiotic-resisteances in the river Danube
Sponsor: FWF
PI: Alexander Kirschner (MUW)
Partner: MedUni Graz, KL Krems, IFA Tulln, Uni Belgrad
Runtime: 6/2019 – 6/2024
RIVAR-A quantitative concept for the investigation of human-associated antibiotic resistances in rivers along the human wastewater path
Sponsor: GFF
PI: Alexander Kirschner (MUW, KL)
Partner: KL Krems, MedUni Graz, IFA Tulln
Runtime: 3/2020 – 8/2024
Harmonization of the microbiological methods for the assessment of the Danube River water quality
Sponsor: ÖAD
PI: Alexander Kirschner (MUW)
Partner: TU Wien, MedUniGraz, Univ. Belgrad
Runtime: 9/2018 – 7/2019
Joint Danube Survey 2019 – Basic Microbiological Program
Sponsor: BMNT, ICPDR
PI: Alexander Kirschner
Partner: KL Krems, TU Wien, MedUniGraz, Univ. Belgrad, u.a.
Runtime: 6/2019 – 6/2020
FECAL-FISH – A cell based approach to detect abundant fecal associated bacteria in water
PI: Alexander Kirschner
Partner: KL Krems, TU Wien,
Runtime: 1/2018 – 7/2019
Vibrio cholerae in bath waters
An innovative strategy for the quantification and prediction of toxigenic and non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in environmental water resources
Sponsor: NFB (Life Science Call 2017)
PI: Alexander Kirschner
Partner: TU Wien, IFA Tulln, WC Lunz, Amt der NÖ Landesregierung-Umwelthygiene, Univ. Carleton, Canada
Runtime: 1/2019 – 03/2023
Optimization of CARD-FISH for detection of Vibrio cholerae in water
PI: Alexander Kirschner
Partner: TU Wien
Runtime: 10/2018 – 12/2019
Biostability and Flow Cytometry
MultiSense Aqua – Automated Online Flow Cytometry for Real-time Monitoring of Bacteria and Particles in Drinking Water
Sponsor: Eurostars – Horizon 2020/FFG
PI: Alexander Kirschner
Partner: TU Wien, bNovate (Switzerland), Sigrist (Switzerland), MA 31 – Wiener Wasser
Runtime: 5/2019 – 10/2022
AQUASAFE – Establishing water safety monitoring for tomorrow – new technologies for the detection and tracking of faecal contamination
Sponsor: NFB (Life Science Call 2016)
PI: Andreas Farnleitner (KL Krems)
Partner: TU Wien, EVN
Runtime: 9/2017 – 8/2019
AQUASCREEN – Development of a trendsetting water examination procedure for the drinking water supply of tomorrow
Sponsor: FTI Programm NÖ, Fördercall 2017: Ernährung, Medizin und Gesundheit
PI: Andreas Farnleitner (KL Krems)
Partner: TU Wien, EVN
Runtime: 9/2018 – 8/2020
Protozoan Mimics – Validating and Upscaling a new Cryptosporidium Surrogate for Groundwater Transport Studies
Sponsor: FWF-Herta Firnberg-Projekt
PI: Margaret Stevenson (TU Wien)
Runtime: 5/2018 – 4/2020
Selection and Characterization of DNA Aptamers for Health-relevant Bacteria in Water
Sponsor: ÖAW-Doc-Stipendium
PI: Claudia Kolm (TU Wien/IFA Tulln)
Runtime: 10/2017 – 9/2020
The impact of Giardia spp. as a reference pathogen in urban water systems
Sponsor: WWTF-Projekt ESR17-070
PI: Silvia Cervero-Aragó
Runtime: 2018 – 9/2021