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Best Presentation Prizes for Alexandra-Cristina Petre, Michael Reiter and Anna-Margarita Schötta at the 10th Center's Retreat

At the 10th Retreat of the Center, held on September 24, 2019, 74 projects were presented as short presentations and posters.more

 

Microbiological survey of the Danube: no critical levels were measured in Austria

As part of the microbiological research program Joint Danube Survey 4, Assoc. Prof. Alexander Kirschner – with the Interuniversity Cooperation Center Water & Health – analyzed the Danube water for fecal loads.more

 

Ausgezeichnete Stimmung beim Hygiene-Symposium anlässlich des 90. Geburtstags von Heinz Flamm

Das Symposium am 3. Juli 2019 war mit ca. 150 TeilnehmerInnen ein großer Erfolg.more

 

Prizes for Markus Kraller and Ada Petre at the 15th YSA PhD-Symposium

At the 15th YSA PhD-Symposium of the MedUni Vienna, held from 13 – 14 June 2019, Markus Kraller was awarded a Best Oral Presentation Prize and Ada Petre a Poster Prize.more

 

Miranda SUCHOMEL appointed Associate Professor

Due to her excellent achievements, Ass.-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Miranda Suchomel, head of the Research Group for Medical-technical Hygiene, was appointed Associate Professor by the Rector of the MedUni in June 2019.more

 

ICC Water & Health Gründungssymposium

Das Gründungssymposium des interuniversitären Kooperationszentrums Wasser und Gesundheit (ICC Water&Health – ICC W&H) wurde am 20. Mai 2019 im Rahmen der Gesprächsreihe "Gesundheitsperspektiven" an der Karl Landsteiner...more

 

Austrian Science Fund (FWF) supports projects of Janett Göhring and Alexander Kirschner

At the last board meeting of the FWF on May 13, 2019, two projects of our scientists were approved.more

 

Miranda Suchomel über Hygiene im Büro

Artikel in DiePresse.com vom 8.5.2019more

 

Preis für Mateusz Markowicz am 13. Österreichischen Infektionskongress

Dr. Mateusz Markowicz erhält den 1. Preis für die beste mündliche Fallpräsentation beim 13. Österreichischen Infektionskongressmore

 

Great success for the 10th EFIS-EJI South Eastern European Immunology School (SEEIS2018)

At this year's summer school, held from 19 – 22 October 2018 in Yerevan, Armenia, 68 participants from 10 countries, especially from Eastern Europe, could benefit from lectures and workshops in basic and clinical immunology.more

 

Hannes Stockinger awarded Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st Class

Great honour for Head of MedUni Vienna's Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunologymore

 

Vito Pistoia (1949–2018)

On September 11, 2018, our dear friend Vito Pistoia passed away in his family environment in Genoa.more

 

Best Presentation Prizes for Markus Kraller, Verena Mündler and Anna-Margarita Schötta at the 9th Center's Retreat

At the 9th Retreat of the Center, held on September 17, 2018, 78 projects were presented as short presentations and posters.more

 

Michiel WIJNVELD wins 1st prize in the "best student's presentation" category at the "5th Labuda's days"

At the conference organized by the Slovak Academy of Sciences, dedicated to the eminent biologist Milan Labuda, Ing. Michiel Wijnveld was awarded the first prize in "Best Student's Presentation". The event took place from...more

 

Poster Prize for Markus KRALLER at the 14th YSA PhD Symposium

At the 14th YSA PhD-Symposium of the Medical University of Vienna, held from June 7 – 8, 2018, Markus Kraller was awarded a Poster Prize.more

 

ÖGHMP Poster Award 2018 for ANNA-MARGARITA SCHÖTTA

At the Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP), held from June 4 – 7, 2018 in Graz, Anna-Margarita Schötta, BSc. won a Poster Award.more

 

Scientific double success for the ICC Water & Health: Austrian Microbiology Award and Hygiene Award 2018

At the 36th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP), held 4 – 7 June 2018 in Graz, both the Austrian Microbiology Award and the Austrian Hygiene Award 2018 were awarded to...more

 

Surprising research finding by Johannes Huppa and his team

Johannes Huppa and his team have solved the mystery of how the T cell antigen receptor works.more

 

Living Standards Award 2018 für Regina Sommer

Preisträger des international ausgeschriebenen Living Standards Awards 2018: Regina Sommer mit dem UV-Team Austriamore

 

Hannes Stockinger Adjunct Professor of Immunology of the Yerevan State Medical University

Prof. Hannes Stockinger has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Immunology by the Rector of the Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia.more

 
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Hannes Stockinger awarded Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st Class

Great honour for Head of MedUni Vienna's Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology

Hannes Stockinger, Head of the Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology and also Head of one of the Center’s subunits (Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology) at the Medical University of Vienna, has been awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st Class.

The Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art is awarded by the Austrian President on the recommendation of the Federal Government or a government-authorised Federal Minister.
Hannes Stockinger is Professor of Molecular Immunology and Head of the Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology and Head of the Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, one of the Center’s subunits at the Medical University of Vienna. With 300 employees, the Center is one of the largest translational preclinical research institutes of the Medical University of Vienna. Stockinger was also co-founder and CEO of the biotech SME BMT [Centre of Excellence for Biomolecular Therapeutics].

Discoverer of the "lipid raft"

Hannes Stockinger and his research team were the first to discover and characterise a series of critical receptors/ligands on the cell membrane of immune cells and to discover how immune cells use these to communicate with each other to protect our bodies. Together with Vaclav Horejsi (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague), he also discovered how a group of receptors, the so-called GPI proteins, which are anchored in the outer plasma membrane layer by glycolytic glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI), transmit signals via the plasma membrane: namely via cell membrane structures that are now referred to as lipid rafts and are regarded as the central switching points for the transmission of information from the cell environment into the cell interior via the cell membrane.

Pioneer of monoclonal antibodies

The tools used for structural and functional characterisation of these receptors were and still are monoclonal antibodies (mAb). Stockinger learned how to produce them in a pioneering project when he was a doctoral student in Walter Knapp’s laboratory in the 1980s. These mAb are still used for research into the immune system and for diagnosing autoimmune diseases and leukaemia. His team at the time was the first to use mAb therapeutically, thereby laying the foundation for the immunotherapies that are now used so successfully in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune reactions as well as in organ transplantation. On the strength of these achievements, Hannes Stockinger has been a member of the international Human Cell Differentiation Molecules Council for 15 years. This is the body that allocates the CD nomenclature for diagnostic and therapeutic antibodies.

Working closely with biophysicist Gerhard Schütz (Technical University of Vienna), Stockinger also built high-resolution microscopes. For the first time, these nanoscopes enabled them to resolve individual molecules (especially membrane receptors) in living (immune) cells and study them. These studies provide a completely new insight into the organisation and workings of the molecules in cells, thereby providing a basis for developing new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. These research papers have been published in more than 20 publications, including some of the top-ranking journals from Nature Publishing Group.
Alongside the analysis of biochemical processes on a nanoscopic level, Stockinger is also interested in researching the targeted and safe delivery of drugs by new types of liposomes. Based on impressive in-vitro and mouse studies, these liposomes are already being manufactured for a Phase-1 clinical trial for treating rheumatoid arthritis (funded by an EU project). A third current research interest is the development of improved diagnostic techniques for bacterial diseases, especially Lyme's disease (also funded by the EU).

Hannes Stockinger's research work is documented in 200 scientific papers (some of which have appeared in top-ranking journals such as Cell, Science, Nature Methods, Nature Immunology, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Science Signaling).

Involvement in professional societies and education

Hannes Stockinger has carried out numerous functions in national and international research associations and organisations. For example, he was President of the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Austrian Science Fund, treasurer of the European Federation of Immunological Societies, and much more. He is currently President of the Federation of Austrian Scientific Societies, which has 160 member societies and approximately 30,000 individual members. 
One of his major interests is the promotion and education of young scientists. 

As the first Curriculum Director (2003-2010) and Chairman of the Curriculum Committee for Doctoral Studies (2010 to the present day), he has built up the Medical University of Vienna’s PhD capability by creating one of the most successful PhD schools, which currently supervises 1,400 PhD students. He founded the Young Scientist Association (YSA) and the PhD Symposium at our university and has personally guided 36 students through their PhDs. He has also supervised countless undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Many of his PhD students came from Eastern European countries. This taught him a lot about the problems of scientists in these countries, inspiring him to help them in their efforts to achieve Western standards. Examples of this are: since 2000 he has worked with Vaclav Horejsi to organise the renowned biennial Tatra Immunology Conference in Slovakia. In 2009, he founded the South Eastern European Immunology School, which has now been held 10 times (in all the Balkan states, in Romania and Ukraine right through to Armenia). He has received multiple distinctions for his work in South Eastern Europe: these include Guest Professor of the University of Kragujevac, Serbia, Honorary Member of the Georgian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Honorary Award from Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Ukraine, Honorary Medal from Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Ukraine and Adjunct Professor of Immunology at Jerewan State Medical University, Armenia.

Link: This article on the website of the MedUni Vienna.

07.11.2018

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