RESEARCHER OF THE MONTH August 2017 – Johannes Hofer

Dr. Johannes Hofer was selected MedUni Vienna Researcher of the Month, August 2017, for the work „Ig-like transcript 4 as a cellular receptor for soluble complement fragment C4d“, published in „FASEB Journal“ (IF 5.5).more

IPA goes Public

Students meet pupils (10th of July, 2017)more

Nearly every other tick in Austria is infected with pathogens

As part of a recent study conducted by Anna-Margarita Schötta from the Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology and Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology of MedUni Vienna, an inventory has been made of the...more

Passive smoking: Acrolein inhibits immune defense ans thereby favours tumor growth

In Austria alone, two or three people a day die as a result of passive smoking, for pets the numbers are obscure. Acrolein, a compound in side stream smoke, was identified for the first time by Franziska Roth-Walter (IPA) et...more

Greetings to the International Women's Day on 8th of March!

We are happy that our special issue on the higher risk of females to develop allergies and athma is exactly published to this date in „Allergologie“ (in German).more

Prototypenförderungsprojekt PRIZE für das IPA

Im Rahmen der Prototypenförderung PRIZE unterstützt das Wissenschafts- und Wirtschaftsministerium ein Projekt, das am Institut für Pathophysiologie und Allergieforschung unter der Leitung von Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. DDr. Eva...more

Prizes for scientists of our Center at the ÖGAI Annual Meeting 2016

At the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology (ÖGAI), held on November 16 – 19, 2016 in Innsbruck, many scientists of our Center received prestigious prizes.more

International Distinguished Fellow Award for Rudolf Valenta

Rudolf Valenta, allergy researcher at MedUni Vienna's Institute of Pathophysiology & Allergy Research has received the International Distinguished Fellow Award conferred by the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology...more

Austrian Science Fund (FWF) confirms extention of PhD Program MCCA of Winfried Pickl

The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has decided to extend the PhD Program "Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Allergology, MCCA" which started in March 2013 under Prof. Dr. med. Winfried F. Pickl (Institute of Immunology) as Speaker.more

MedUni Vienna launches EU project "INSPIRED" in collaboration with Romanian research establishment OncoGen

MedUni Vienna has joined forces with OncoGen, the first gene therapy research center in Romania, to launch an EU research project in the field of allergy research. Apart from building up an international-standard allergy research...more