Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Biol. Dr. Alexander Loy
Alexander Loy
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Klufa, J., Bauer, T., Hanson, B., Herbold, C., Starkl, P., Lichtenberger, B., Srutkova, D., Schulz, D., Vujic, I., Mohr, T., Rappersberger, K., Bodenmiller, B., Kozakova, H., Knapp, S., Loy, A., & Sibilia, M. (2019). Hair eruption initiates and commensal skin microbiota aggravate adverse events of anti-EGFR therapy. Science Translational Medicine, 11(522), [eaax2693]. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aax2693



Müller, A. L., Pelikan, C., de Rezende, J. R., Wasmund, K., Putz, M., Glombitza, C., Kjeldsen, K. U., Jørgensen, B. B., & Loy, A. (2018). Bacterial interactions during sequential degradation of cyanobacterial necromass in a sulfidic arctic marine sediment. Environmental Microbiology, 20(8), 2927-2940. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14297

Anantharaman, K., Hausmann, B., Jungbluth, S. P., Kantor, R. S., Lavy, A., Warren, L. A., Rappé, M. S., Pester, M., Loy, A., Thomas, B. C., & Banfield, J. F. (2018). Expanded diversity of microbial groups that shape the dissimilatory sulfur cycle. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 12(7), 1715–1728. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0078-0

Hausmann, B., Pelikan, C., Herbold, C. W., Köstlbacher, S., Albertsen, M., Eichorst, S. A., Glavina Del Rio, T., Huemer, M., Nielsen, P. H., Rattei, T., Stingl, U., Tringe, S. G., Trojan, D., Wentrup, C., Woebken, D., Pester, M., & Loy, A. (2018). Peatland Acidobacteria with a dissimilatory sulfur metabolism. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 12(7), 1729–1742. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0077-1




Herbold, C. W., Lehtovirta-Morley, L. E., Jung, M-Y., Jehmlich, N., Hausmann, B., Han, P., Loy, A., Pester, M., Sayavedra-Soto, L. A., Rhee, S-K., Prosser, J. I., Nicol, G. W., Wagner, M., & Gubry-Rangin, C. (2017). Ammonia-oxidising archaea living at low pH: Insights from comparative genomics. Environmental Microbiology, 19(12), 4939-4952. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13971

Jochum, L. M., Chen, X., Lever, M. A., Loy, A., Jørgensen, B. B., Schramm, A., & Kjeldsen, K. U. (2017). Depth distribution and assembly of sulfate-reducing microbial communities in marine sediments of Aarhus Bay. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83(23), e01547-17. [e01547-17]. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01547-17

Lesaulnier, C. C., Herbold, C. W., Pelikan, C., Berry, D., Gérard, C., Le Coz, X., Gagnot, S., Niggemann, J., Dittmar, T., Singer, G. A., & Loy, A. (2017). Bottled aqua incognita: Microbiota assembly and dissolved organic matter diversity in natural mineral waters. Microbiome, 5(1), 126. [126]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0344-9


Lang, M., Berry, D., Passecker, K., Mesteri, I., Bhuju, S., Ebner, F., Sedlyarov, V., Evstatiev, R., Dammann, K., Loy, A., Kuzyk, O., Kovarik, P., Khare, V., Beibel, M., Roma, G., Meisner-Kober, N., & Gasche, C. (2017). HuR Small-Molecule Inhibitor Elicits Differential Effects in Adenomatosis Polyposis and Colorectal Carcinogenesis. Cancer Research, 77(9), 2424-2438. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-1726

Loy, A., Pfann, C., Steinberger, M., Hanson, B., Herp, S., Brugiroux, S., Gomes Neto, J. C., Boekschoten, M. V., Schwab, C., Urich, T., Ramer-Tait, A. E., Rattei, T., Stecher, B., & Berry, D. (2017). Lifestyle and Horizontal Gene Transfer-Mediated Evolution of Mucispirillum schaedleri, a Core Member of the Murine Gut Microbiota. mSystems, 2(1), [00171-16]. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00171-16

Brugiroux, S., Beutler, M., Pfann, C., Garzetti, D., Ruscheweyh, H-J., Ring, D., Diehl, M., Herp, S., Lötscher, Y., Hussain, S., Bunk, B., Pukall, R., Huson, D. H., Münch, P. C., McHardy, A. C., McCoy, K. D., Macpherson, A. J., Loy, A., Clavel, T., ... Stecher, B. (2017). Genome-guided design of a defined mouse microbiota that confers colonization resistance against Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Nature Microbiology, 2(2), 16215. [16215]. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.215



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Invited Speaker: Aalborg University

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

5 Oct 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Invited Speaker: BAS

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

20 Apr 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Gastvortrag BAW

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

19 Apr 202321 Apr 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Invited Speaker: NCCR 2023

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

7 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Invited Speaker: CRC 2022

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

1 Feb 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Invited Speaker: University Greifswald

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

23 Sep 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Invited Speaker: University of Queensland

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

19 Jul 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Invited Speaker: Univesity Munich

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

30 Jan 20191 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Uncovering the secrets of Popeye's diet: New metabolic functions of the core human microbiota

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

5 Dec 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Microbial life in sedimentary ecosystems of the Arctic

Kenneth Wasmund (Speaker), Claus Pelikan (Contributor), Mathias Flieder (Contributor) & Alexander Loy (Contributor)

9 Nov 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


New functions of the core human microbiota: Metabolism of a vegetarian diet compound in the gut

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

8 Nov 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science



New human microbiome functions: How a green vegetable-derived substrate activates important commensals in the gut

Buck Timothy Hanson (Speaker) & Alexander Loy (Contributor)

Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Acidobacterial genomes recovered from Arctic marine sediments indicate the potential for various contributions to sulfur cycling

Kenneth Wasmund (Speaker), Mathias Flieder (Contributor) & Alexander Loy (Contributor)

16 Apr 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A new source of hydrogen sulfide in the gut: Microbial co-metabolism of sulfoquinovose by the complex human intestinal microbiota

Buck Timothy Hanson (Speaker), Kerim Kits (Contributor), Jessica Löffler (Contributor), Anna Burrichter (Contributor), Benjamin Frommeyer (Contributor), Craig Herbold (Contributor), David Schleheck (Contributor) & Alexander Loy (Contributor)

Apr 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Gut microbiota functions: A selection of limited knowledge

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

1 Feb 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Physiological interactions in guts and wetlands: The role of sulfur microbes

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

12 Jan 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Modern microbiome methods: Amplicon sequencing, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and more

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

3 Aug 2016

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Sulfate-reducing microorganisms in wetlands - Undervalued players in carbon cycling and climate change

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

8 Jul 2015

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The intestinal microbiome in action – revealing the functions of individual members in health and disease

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

14 Nov 2014

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From functional gene studies to ecosystem functions: a case study of hidden sulfate-reducing microorganisms in wetlands

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

27 Oct 2014

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Fecal microbiota transplantation for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease – do we have to curb our enthusiasm?

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

1 Oct 20143 Oct 2014

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New single cell technologies for dietary and physiological studies in mice and men

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

1 Oct 20143 Oct 2014

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Go with the flow: Endospores of thermophilic bacteria as tracers of microbial dispersal by ocean currents

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

11 Dec 2013

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Microbial individuality in the intestinal wilderness of men and mice

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

24 Apr 2013

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Individuality matters - of microbes and man

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

14 Jun 2012

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Ecology of sulfate-reducing microorganisms in wetlands - fame-less actors in carbon cycling and climate change

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

15 Apr 2012

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Eating heavy: isotope-labeling approaches for studying the function of uncultivated microorganisms in the environment.

Alexander Loy (Keynote speaker)

15 May 2011

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Molecular biology sulfate reduction in peatlands - a rare microorganism is involved in a process that mitigates global warming.

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

27 Sep 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


AN ANCIENT SYMBIOSIS OF THIOTROPHIC ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA AND MARINE CATENULID FLATWORMS

Alexander Loy (Contributor)

22 Aug 2010

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Sulfate reduction in peatlands - Does a rare keystone microorganism drive a process that mitigates global warming?

Alexander Loy (Keynote speaker)

13 Jun 2010

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Tracking down sulphate-reducing microorganisms by molecular and isotope-labelling techniques.

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

2 May 2010

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Sulfate reduction in peatlands: Does a 'rare biospere' microorganism do the job!?

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

16 Mar 2010

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On the opportunities and challenges of diagnosing sulfate-reducing microorganisms

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

17 Jun 200919 Jun 2009

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Evolution and ecology of sulfur microorganisms: Hidden players in a well known biogeochemical cycle

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

26 Nov 2008

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Evolution and ecology of sulfur cycle microorganisms. : Evolution and ecology of sulfur cycle microorganisms.

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

30 Oct 2008

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Analyzing microbes after their last meal: Raman microspectroscopy of isotope-labeled cells and nucleic acids.

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

7 Apr 2008

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Evolution and ecology of sulfur microbes: Sulfite reductase as evolutionary key to a life with sulfur?

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

10 Jan 2008

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The "last meal" of uncultivated microbes: Microarray and single cell tools for structure-function analysis of polymicrobial communities.

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

21 Nov 2007

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Deciphering "Who is doing what in complex microbial communities?" with DNA microarrays

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

9 Jun 2007

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Microbial ecology of sulfur cycling: A molecular perspective

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

31 Oct 2006

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Microbial ecology of sulfur cycling: The hidden diversity

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

12 Oct 2006

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From PhyloChips to Isotope Arrays - structure and function of microbial communities at one fell swoop

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

20 Aug 2006

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Ecology and evolutionary history of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

29 Jun 2006

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Functional probing of microbial communities with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide microarrays

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

8 Jun 2006

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New insights in the ecology of sulfur cycling via microarrays and environmental genomics

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

2 Apr 2006

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Exploring the composition and ecophysiology of microbial communities using rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide microarrays

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

24 Jan 2006

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On PhyloChips and Isotope Arrays: Problems and Solutions

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

13 Jan 2006

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Isotopic labeling and PhyloChips: Exploring ecophysiology of microbial communities.

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

29 Nov 2005

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Beyond the use of phylogenetic microarrays for highly parallel microbial diversity analysis - the Isotope Array approach.

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

19 Sep 2005

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Simultaneous analysis of microbial community composition and function by rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide microarrays.

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

18 Mar 2005

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In silico design and evaluation of oligonucleotide microarray probes.

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

28 Oct 2004

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Ribosomal RNA-targeted oligonucleotide microarrays (PhyloChips) for rapid biodiversity screening: Microbial community structure at a glance

Alexander Loy (Invited speaker)

25 Jun 2004

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Mikroarrays und funktionelle Gene zur Analyse der mikrobiellen Biodiversität in Böden.

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

29 Sep 2003

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Assessing diversity of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes - combined 16S rRNA gene and dsrAB approach.

Alexander Loy (Speaker)

14 May 2002

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The wetland sulfur microbiome

Loy, A. & Wagner, C.

1/01/1931/12/22

Project: Research funding



Physiol. Inter. zw. Salmonella

Loy, A., Holzleitner, N. & Urbanic, B.

1/08/1631/07/21

Project: Research funding


Missing links in the sulfur cycle of marine sediments

Wasmund, K., Loy, A., Urbanic, B. & Holzleitner, N.

1/07/1630/09/20

Project: Research funding


NutriBiota

Loy, A. & Berry, D.

1/05/1331/01/17

Project: Research funding


Kalte mikrobielle Mehrheit

Loy, A., Holzleitner, N. & Urbanic, B.

5/10/1231/03/18

Project: Research funding


Ökophysiologie eines Vertreters

Loy, A.

30/09/1029/09/13

Project: Research funding


Sulfatreduzierer

Loy, A.

1/07/075/03/13

Project: Research funding


Unkultiv.sulfatred.Prokaryoten

Loy, A.

1/02/061/04/10

Project: Research funding


Biodiversity of Microbial Communities

Wagner, M. & Loy, A.

1/04/041/04/06

Project: Research funding


Department of Physiological Chemistry

Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 (UZA II)
1090 Wien

T: +43-1-4277-91205

alexander.loy@univie.ac.at