Prof. Ivo Steinmetz, MD, DTMH: "Clinic, infection biology and ecology of the emerging pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei"

Friday, July 15, 2016, 12:00, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090 Vienna, Lecture Hall 1

COLLOQUIUM IN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, INFECTIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

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Prof. Ivo Steinmetz, MD, DTMH, Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria

Scientific career
1981-1987 study of medicine at the Universities of Graz and Mainz
1987 American medical examination (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences)
1987-1988 one year practical placement in surgery, internal medicine and paediatrics at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, UK
1988 German medical examination and registered physician
1989 MD degree (Dr.med.) from the University of Mainz
1989-2004 Scientific assistant at the Institute for Medical Microbiology of the Medical School Hannover
1992 Diploma Course in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
9-12/1999 Visiting scientist in Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) with the ‘Wellcome-Mahidol University Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme’
2001 Lecturer for Medical Microbiology (Habilitation)
2004-2009 Full Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Greifswald; Head of the Division of Bacteriology, Mycologyand Parasitology at the Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology
2009-2016 W3-Professorship and Director of the Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Greifswald
Since April 2016 Full Professor for Hygiene and Microbiology at the Medical University of Graz, Austria; Head of the Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine

Research Profile
Current research interests focus on innate anti-bacterial immunemechanisms and on virulence traits and environmental aspects of Burkholderia pseudomallei. The methodological approaches range from in vitro cell culture infection assays tomouse infection models and in vivo imaging techniques involving a wide range ofmolecular techniques.

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