Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research
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Division of Medical Biotechnology
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Research
Research at the Division of Medical Biotechnology
Areas of research
The research activities of the Division of Medical Biotechnology aim at
bridging the gap between basic science and application-centred development
of better diagnostic and therapeutic concepts in allergology and tumour immunology.
Our main areas of research are:
- Identification and characterisation of food allergens
- Biotechnology and Biochemical Diagnostics group
- Molecular Allergology group
- Design of hypoallergenic molecules for allergen-specific immunotherapy
- Biotechnology and Biochemical Diagnostics group
- Molecular Allergology group
- Generation of allergen-specific recombinant antibodies
- Biotechnology and Biochemical Diagnostics group
- Evolutionary biology and classification of allergens
- Biotechnology and Biochemical Diagnostics group
- Biochemistry and Bioinformatics group
- Molecular basis and clinical relevance of IgE cross-reactivity
- Biochemistry and Bioinformatics group
- Allergenic risk assessment
- Molecular Allergology group
- Interaction of allergens with dendritic cells
- Biotechnology and Biochemical Diagnostics group
- Molecular Allergology group
Collaborations
Collaboration partners within the Medical University of Vienna
Collaboration partners in Austria
International collaboration partners
- Soldano Ferrone, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Montserrat Fernández Rivas,
Unidad de Alergología,
Fundación Hospital Alcorcón,
Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
- Esther de Jong, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- André Knulst, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Adriano Mari, Allergen Data Laboratories, Latina, Italy
and Centro di Allergologia Clinica e Sperimentale,
Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata, Rome, Italy
- Zora Markovic-Housley, Department of Structural Biology, Biocenter, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Clare Mills, Insititute of Food Research, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Yvonne Paterson, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Peter Shewry, Department of Plant Science, Rothamstead Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
- Stefan Vieths, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
Funding sources
The research is funded by the following institutions:
