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Rupert Lanzenberger, MD PD A/Prof. |
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rupert.lanzenberger[@]meduniwien.ac.at |
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Main research areas are multimodal neuroimaging with PET and fMRI in psychiatric and neurological patients compared to healthy controls, neuroimaging in psychopharmacology, psychoneuroendocrinology including gender medicine, cognitive neuroscience, genetic neuroimaging, experimental neuronuclear medicine. Currently, we are focused on the serotonergic system by investigating pharmacological effects on the serotonin transporter, the main inhibitory (5-HT1A) serotonergic receptor subtype, and task-specific brain activation. New multimodal neuroimaging approaches combining pharmacological MRI (phMRI) and PET have been developed and are advanced methods in psychopharmacology to evaluate the effects of drugs in the brain of healthy subjects and patients. By combining molecular and functional imaging, the relation between neurochemical, structural and functional alterations in psychiatric and neurological disorders are in the focus of research.
Researchers
Christoph Spindelegger, MD
christoph.spindelegger[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Dr. Christoph Spindelegger joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group as medical student and wrote his doctoral thesis about influences of steroid hormones on serotonergic receptors. He graduated (MD) in January 2006 and is now resident at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. He is involved in several PET and fMRI studies of the group regarding the serotonergic system and alteration of this system in patients suffering from affective mood disorders.
Patrycja Stein, MD
patrycja.stein[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Dr. Patrycja Stein joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group as a doctoral student in 2006. In May 2008, she graduated at the Medical University of Vienna with a thesis about sex differences in the serotonin-1A receptor distribution of the human brain. Dr. Stein is mainly interested in the etiopathology of female-specific mood disorders and the influence of sex hormones on affective states. Currently, she is involved in a PET study examining the effects of hormone replacement therapy on the serotonergic system. In May 2008, she was awarded with the Theodor-Körner-Preis. She started her medical training in psychiatry in Dec. 2008.
Elena Akimova, MD
elena.akimova[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Elena Akimova came from Moscow to study medicine in Vienna, where she graduated (MD) in June 2007. In February 2008 she joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group and is involved in several projects on the serotonergic system and its role in anxiety and affective disorders. Elena has been a resident in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy since October 2008.
Martin Fink, MD
martin.fink[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Martin Fink studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna where he recieved his doctoral degree (MD) in april 2008. His research focuses on cortical serotonergic receptor distribution with regard to physiological functions in healthy individuals and patients with affective disorders. He is involved in the assessment and analysis of PET data, anatomical labeling and contributes to the development of novel approaches towards automated data processing. He started his clinical career at the Department of Psychiatry in July 2008.
Ulrike Moser, MD
ulrike.moser[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Dr. Ulrike Moser studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. Since her graduation in May 2005 she is member of the Functional Neuroimaging Group. In March 2006 she began her residency at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. She is responsible for the medical attendance of patients and healthy subjects in several PET and fMRT studies of the group.
Alexander Holik, Mag.
alexander.holik[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Alexander Holik received his MSc in Physical Anthropology from the University of Vienna in 2003 and focused mainly on Cognitive Neurosciences and Evolutionary Psychology. He is applying fMRI to questions of Social Cognitive Neuroscience as relevant in the psychiatric context. His current focus lies on visual reward-anticipation in anxiety and depression using systematically computer-manipulated facial stimuli.
Markus Savli, MSc
markus.savli[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Markus Savli studied Biomedical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. Currently, he is writing his doctoral thesis (Dr. tech.) on multi-tracer imaging of the serotonergic system at the Vienna University of Technology. He is an expert in PET modeling and focused on the analysis of molecular and functional neuroimaging data. Besides his expertise in brain imaging he speaks Chinese and Spanish.
Andreas Hahn, MSc
andreas.hahn[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Andreas Hahn joined the group through the accomplishment of his master's thesis. He graduated in June 2008 in the field of biomedical engineering carrying out parts of his studies in Valencia, Spain, and Helsinki, Finland. The emphasis of his work lies on the establishment of automated analysis methods as well as pre-processing and evaluation of data sets from PET and fMRI. His current activities include the implementation of new algorithms for segmentation and combined multimodal data analysis.
Georg Kranz, Mag
georg.kranz[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Georg Kranz received his Mag.rer.nat. in Psychology from the University of Vienna in November 2008 with a master's thesis about the neural correlates of prosocial behavior. He is specialized in Biological Psychology and EEG measurement. Research interests are concerning the neural basis of consciousness, visual perception and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). He is co-author of several peer reviewed articles in the field of neurology. Additionally to his work in the Neuroscience Lab he works at the private archives of the Viktor Frankl Institute in Vienna (http://logotherapy.univie.ac.at/).
Christoph Kraus, MD
christoph.kraus[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Dr. Christoph Kraus joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group after graduating from Medical University in Vienna in Sept. 2009. Enrolled in the doctoral programme "Clinical Neurosciences", his main focus is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). He is further involved in current PET and fMRT studies, and DNA/RNA-analysis. He started his clinical training in psychiatry in September 2011.
Anna Höflich, MD
anna.hoeflich[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Anna Höflich studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, graduating in March 2010. She joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group in April 2010 and is enrolled in the doctoral programme "Clinical neurosciences". She is further involved in current PET studies and DNA/RNA Analysis. She started her clinical training in psychiatry in March 2011.
Pia Baldinger, MD
pia.baldinger[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Dr. Pia Baldinger studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, where she received her doctoral degree in July 2009. She joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in April 2010. Besides her studies in the doctoral programme "Clinical Neuroscience", she is involved in different PET-studies examining the serotonergic system. She started her clinical training in psychiatry in July 2010.
Jan Losak, MD
Jan Losak studied medicine at Charles University in Prague where he graduated in 2004. He obtained his clinical training in the Czech Republic and in Germany (Psychosomatic Medicine). In Oct. 2010 he joined the Neuroimaging Lab as a Ph.D. student. He is currently involved in fMRI data analysis and in studying the influence of sexual hormones on the brain in healty controls as well as patients with sexual identity disorder. He is also studying physics at the Masaryk University in Brno since 2007. He will continue his clinical training in psychiatry.
Thomas Vanicek, MD
thomas.vanicek[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Dr. Thomas Vanicek graduated in medicine at the Medical University of Vienna in August 2011. He enrolled in the doctoral programme "Clinical Neuroscience", joined the Neuroimaging group in Oktober 2011 and is involved in several PET and fMRI-studies examining the neurobiological basis of psychiatric disorders.
Sanaz Attaripour Isfahani, MD
Dr Sanaz Attaripour Isfahani studied medicine in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran) with a doctoral thesis about the relationship between left-handedness and intelligence. In November 2011 she joined our neuroimaging lab and is enrolled in the doctoral programme "Clinical neurosciences".
External Fellows
Jingling Chang, MD Assoc. Prof
CHANG Jingling, MD, Assoc. Prof, graduated from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 2007. She works as associated chief physician in the neurology department of Dongzhimen hospital affiliated to the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China. The main research fields are clinic and fMRI research of post-stroke. She performed provincial and national research projects in China. In Sept. 2011 she joined the Neuroimaging Group at the MUV for an EPU postdoctoral project.
Undergraduate Students
Stefanie Pichler
stefanie.pichler[@]meduniwien.ac.at
Stefanie Pichler is studying medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. She joined the Neuroimaging Lab at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in October 2010. She works on her diploma thesis about imaging genetics in postmenopausal women. She is further involved in DNA and RNA analysis.
Alexander Kautzky
Alexander Kautzky is studying medicine at the Medical University of Vienna since 2007. After completing the SSM3 program under the mentoring of A/Prof. Rupert Lanzenberger he joined the Neuroimaging group in April 2011 to work on his diploma thesis on imaging genetics.
Sebastian Ganger
Sebastian Ganger is currently working on his master thesis in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. He joined the Neuroimaging lab in October 2011.
Sylwia Zgud
Sylwia Zgud is studying medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group in February 2010. She writes her thesis about influences of steroid hormones on the serotonergic system and is involved in current PET studies of the group.
Former Coworkers
Christian Windischberger, A/Prof. PD DI Dr.tech.
Anne Saulin
Anne Saulin studies psychology and physics at the University of Tübingen. After being a visiting graduate student at Yale University for two semester, she joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group for a summer research internship in June 2011. During her time in Vienna, she published the review "Serotonin and molecular neuroimaging in humans using PET".
Irmgard Hofer-Irmler, MD
Dr. Irmgard Hofer-Irmler studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. She received her doctoral degree in september 2005, joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group in April 2009 and started the training in psychiatry. She was enrolled in the doctoral programme "Clinical Neurosciences". In october 2010, she continued her clinical training outside the MUW.
Veronica Witte, PhD
The neuroscientist Dr. Veronica Witte studied biology and psychology in Bielefeld, Germany. She received her PhD (Dr.rer.nat.) in experimental neuroanatomy and investigated epigenetic influences on the aging brain in Münster, Germany. She joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group in Vienna in Jan. 2008. Her research focus comprised the involvement of serotonin and the endocrine system on behavioural qualities and cognitive functions using PET and fMRI. Based on her work in Vienna, she published two papers in high-ranked journals. In 2009 Dr. Witte started her work with Prof. A. Floel at the Department of Neurology, Charité Berlin.
Leonhard-Key Mien, PhD
The radiopharmacist Dr. Mien is specialized in [11C] and [18F] radiochemistry especially relevant for the quantification of neuroreceptors and transporters. He was working in the research group of his mentors Associate Prof. Markus Mitterhauser (Head of Radiopharmacy and QC PET), Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Wadsak (Head of Radiochemistry and Production Manager for PET-Radiopharmaceuticals) and Prof. DDr. Kurt Kletter (Professor for Experimental Nuclear Medicine) at the PET centre of the Department of Nuclear Medicine (Head: Prof.Dr. Robert Dudczak). In February 2010 he left the MUW.
Stefan Tögel, PhD
As a pharmacist, Stefan Tögel graduated in 2007 with a doctoral thesis on the pre-clinical evaluation of bone seeking radiotracer formulations, realized by a cooperation between the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University Vienna and the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University Vienna. He was involved in radiopharmaceutical studies related to the collaboration with the PET Centre Vienna, providing his expertise on biopharmaceutical models and gene expression analysis. Since February 2010 he is working at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Vienna.
Simon Hackhofer, MD
Simon Hackhofer studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, graduating in march 2009. He joined the Functional Neuroimaging Group in May 2009 and was involved in several PET studies regarding the serotonergic system. He was responsible for the selection of volunteers and patient screening. In April 2010 he started his training in psychiatry in a rural region of switzerland following his girlfriend.
Florian Gerstl, MD
Jad Kanaan, MD
Diploma Thesis:Treatment Effects of Escitalopram on the 5-HT1A Receptor Binding Potential – A PET study in patients suffering from anxiety disorders. August 2007 (N202). He startet his clinical training in cardiac surgery in Germany.
Philipp Angleitner
Philipp Angleitner finished his diploma thesis (MD) on brain activation in social phobia with great success (defensio october 18, 2010).
Steven Müller, BSc.
Steven Müller received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science (2008) from the University of Paderborn, Germany. After moving to Vienna he attended the Medical Informatics master's program at the Medical University in Vienna with a specialization in Bioinformatics and graduaded 2011. He finished his collaboration in Jan 2011.
Trawat Attarbashi, MD
Karoline-Maria Sindelar
Iris Kaiser, Mag
Leila Wabnegger, PhD (Dr.rer.nat.)
Lucia Navarro de Lara, DI (201109 - 201111)