Welcome to the Rinke Lab

The Rinke Lab is now located at the Department of Microbiology, The University of Innsbruck, in Tirol, Austria 

However, we still maintain a presence at the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics (ACE), School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences (SCMB), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 

Our goal is to investigate the role of microorganisms in the creation and elimination of environmental problems.
(German version: Unser Ziel ist es, die Rolle von Mikroorganismen bei der Entstehung und Beseitigung von Umweltproblemen zu untersuchen.)

The Rinke Lab, i.e. the Environmental OMICS Group (Arbeitsgruppe OMICS-Umweltforschung), uses a range of "omics" techniques to investigate microbial roles in:

• solving our plastic waste crisis through microbial plastic degradation (see cartoon below; thanks to www.ceew.in/what-on-earth)
• nutrient cycling and pollution removal in marine and limnic systems
• survival in extreme habitats such as deep-sea subsurface sediments and terrestrial hot springs
• promoting the growth of crops in alpine agriculture
• establishing symbiosis and host dependencies  
• viral predation across aquatic environments  

If you are a motivated student, PhD candidate, or postdoc, interested in working with our team, please check out our Open Positions. Candidates with a focus on microbial genomics, microbial ecology, molecular biology, microfluidics, biotechnology, etc. are encouraged to apply.

If you are a student at the University of Innsbruck, interested in a Master Project, please use our contact form: contact us 

Choose a menu item to learn more about our team, research projects, publications, blogs, etc.

More information about the Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck can be found here:

https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/microbiology/ 

And here is the link to explore Innsbruck and Tyrol: It's great to be outdoors! https://www.innsbruck.info/en/