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Scientific Program

Preliminary Program

The YSA Symposium will take place at the Hörsaalzentrum of Meduni Vienna and will feature keynote lectures and talks across several scientific areas from Immunology over Malignant Diseases to Medical Imaging and Physics, poster sessions, sponsor exhibitions and lively networking opportunities.

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Tuesday, 12 May - Day I

08:00 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:15 Opening - Welcome by the University & the YSA

9:15 - 10:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE I - ISTVÁN HERNÁDI:
Translational models from motivation to decision making: What can we learn from animal cognition?

10:00 - 10:40 ORAL SESSION I: Neuroscience

1. Philipp Jauk (10:00-10:10)

2. Petra Andreea Mercea (10:10-10:20)

3. Eric Freund (10:20-10:30)

4. Matthias Tomschik (10:30-10:40)

10:40 - 10:50 POSTER SLAM I

Elena Bondareva | Mario Mazić | Animesh Awasthi

10:50 - 11:50 POSTER SESSION I

Poster Wall A - Clinical Neurosciences

(A1) Maria Aliotti Lippolis, (A2) Markus Ponleitner, (A3) Julia Shawarba, (A4) Sigrid Klotz, (A5) Fabian Föttinger, (A6) Omar Keritam, (A7) Sophie Nitsch, (A8) Tobias Monschein, (A9) Elena Bondareva

Poster Wall B - Immunology

(B1) Jessica Lange, (B2) Laura Hermann, (B3) Sophia Alemanno, (B4) Dominik Moll, (B5) Verena Fuhrmann, (B6) Mario Mazić, (B7) Lisabeth Emilius, (B8) Constantin Aschauer

Poster Wall C - Malignant Diseases

(C1) Lisa Kainacher, (C2) Pedro Morata Saldaña, (C3) Animesh Awasthi, (C4) Hon Lam, (C5) Rastislav Pitek, (C6) Alexandra Tsal-Tsalko, (C7) Theresa Hillinger, (C8) Alice Keirle

Poster Wall D - Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Diseases

(D1) Fred Bucek, (D2) Rebecca Mura, (D3) Anna Sotir, (D4) Mathias Maleczek, (D5) Melanie Arnreiter, (D6) Helena Schluchter, (D7) Christof Skos, (D8) Marco Neymayer, (D9) Michael Poledniczek

Poster Wall E - Public Health & Preclinical Research

(E1) Madeleine Jaeger, (E2) Tonja Ofner, (E3) Ulrich Gustav Graf, (E4) Lisa Schneider, (E5) Honja Hama, (E6) Nils Bukowski, (E7) Lisa Lichtenegger, (E8) Marlene Prager

Poster Wall F - Neuroscience & Mental Health

(F1) Armin Trojer, (F2) Andrea Gmeiner, (F3) Sizhu Gong, (F4) Felix Schwarz, (F5) Kanji Cho, (F6) Nikoletta Kardos-Török, (F7) Maximilian Hirzer

11:50 - 13:00 Lunch break

13:00 - 13:45 KEYNOTE LECTURE II - NICOLA GAGLIANI:
From patients to the lab – and back:  Exploring immune responses in the  gastrointestinal tract and liver

13:45 - 14:25 ORAL SESSION II: Immunology

1. Djurdja Pasajlic (13:45-13:55)

2. Piyal Saha (13:55-14:05)

3. Fatma Öykü Elaslan (14:05-14:15)

4. Tamina Österreicher (14:15-14:25)

14:25 - 14:35 POSTER SLAM II

Bihua Chen | Petra Pavić | Xiaojia Li | Funda Baysal | Dilara Gülmez | Stephanie Winter | Tanmoy Chakma

14:35 - 15:35 POSTER SESSION II

Poster Wall A - Clinical Neurosciences

(A1) Magdalena Novak, (A2) Vitalij Zeiser, (A3) Hannah Schned, (A4) Natalia Grüll, (A5) Alexander Hoffelner, (A6) Tina Bartosik, (A7) Ulla Al Dabbass, (A8) Benjamin Eggerstorfer

Poster Wall B - Immunology

(B1) Rebecca Zirnbauer, (B2) Johannes Holler, (B3) Bihua Chen, (B4) Petra Pavić, (B5) Peter Stoll, (B6) Lisa Auer, (B7) Nataliia Novikova, (B8) Anna-Lena Pirker, (B9) Anna Pfundner

Poster Wall C - Malignant Diseases

(C1) Giorgia Risso, (C2) Magdalena Rizk, (C3) Mikolaj Kepa, (C4) Xiaojia Li, (C5) Tamari Kukhalashvili, (C6) Mona Zakani, (C7) Ceren Yildirim Ergin, (C8) Theresa Michls

Poster Wall D - Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Diseases

(D1) Manar El-Shaer, (D2) Julia Oppenauer, (D3) Erhan Urganci, (D4) Funda Baysal, (D5) Kira Osipenko, (D6) Daniel Kogler, (D7) Paul Willmann

Poster Wall E - Public Health & Preclinical Research

(E1) Isabel Santonja García-Ramos, (E2) Niklas Senning, (E3) Bernhard Brauner, (E4) Veronika Mikl, (E5) Michael Haider, (E6) Dilara Gülmez, (E7) Stephanie Winter, (E8) Lena Pracher, (E9) Maximilian Edlinger-Stanger

Poster Wall F - Endocrinology & Other

(F1) Henriette Horstmeier, (F2) Lejla Samson, (F3) Magdalena Boegl, (F4) Tanmoy Chakma, (F5) Maximilian Pichler, (F6) Paula Richwien, (F7) Viktoria Fischer

15:35 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 16:45 KEYNOTE LECTURE III - ED ROBERTS:
Immunological memory and tumor development

16:45 - 17:25 ORAL SESSION III: Malignant Diseases

1. Leah Mager (16:45-16:55)

2. Ernesto Abila (16:55-17:05)

3. Clarissa Bauernfeind (17:05-17:15)

4. Theresa Harm (17:15-17:25)

17:25 - 17:35 Closing session Day I


Wednesday, 13 May - Day II

08:00 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:05 Opening Day II

9:05 - 9:15 POSTER SLAM III

Sanjana Balaji | Katarina Mišura | Irena Yordanova | Qianling Ye | Philipp Melhorn | Agata Suleja | Ali Yavari | Alireza Vasfi

9:15 - 10:00 POSTER SESSION III

Poster Wall A - Clinical Neurosciences & Neuroscience

(A1) Johan Albert Saelens, (A2) Sarah Glatter, (A3) Elias Konrath, (A4) Susanna Riessland, (A5) Cornelia Marion Diendorfer, (A6) Ashlyn Creamer, (A7) Sina Zaic

Poster Wall B - Malignant Diseases

(B1) Laura Schnell, (B2) Sanjana Balaji, (B3) Weronika Herc, (B4) Anna Gemza, (B5) Katarina Mišura, (B6) Daria Pajak, (B7) Azaz Hussain

Poster Wall C - Clinical Experimental Oncology

(C1) Max V. John, (C2) Teresa Binter, (C3) Oskar Steinbrecher, (C4) Sandra Stickler, (C5) Philipp Melhorn, (C6) Agata Suleja

Poster Wall D - Vascular Biology

(D1) Christopher Mann, (D2) Johannes Eckel, (D3) Olesya Harkot, (D4) Johannes Bernhard, (D5) Irena Yordanova, (D6) Qianling Ye

Poster Wall E - Medical Imaging

(E1) Giuseppe Morgese, (E2) Jennifer Straub, (E3) Felicia Bader, (E4) Zeyang Wang, (E5) Branko Mitic, (E6) Ali Yavari, (E7) Alireza Vasfi

Poster Wall F - Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Diseases

(F1) Alexander Franz Szinovatz, (F2) Clemens Atteneder, (F3) Elvis Tumnitz, (F4) Vincenz Scharner, (F5) Lukas Fuchs, (F6) Selma Rizvanovic, (F7) Georg Neubauer

10:00 - 10:45 KEYNOTE LECTURE IV - IRINA V. LARINA:

Optical coherence tomography for decoding the mysteries of female reproductive physiology

10:45 - 11:25 ORAL SESSION IV: Physics & Medical Imaging

1. Xinwei Li (10:45-10:55)

2. Simon Gutwein (10:55-11:05)

3. Julius Arnold (11:05-11:15)

4. Theresa Patsch (11:15-11:25)

11:25 - 11:35 POSTER SLAM IV

Rongqin Zhang | Amitava Sinha | Bernardo Nunes Araújo Silva | Helene Kaufmann | Kaveh Same | Elias Marcon | Alexander Lotz | Astrid Hafner | Jordi Tarrats Rosell

11:35 - 12:35 POSTER SESSION IV

Poster Wall A - Neuroscience & Mental Health

(A1) Caroline Sesztak, (A2) Jan Philipp Nolte, (A3) Gabriel Auer, (A4) Joëlle Wallérus, (A5) Linda Fischer-Grote, (A6) Till Buschhorn

Poster Wall B - Immunology

(B1) Hannes Kühtreiber, (B2) Lisa Hofer, (B3) H. Oya Berezhinkiy, (B4) Lukas Kremp, (B5) Rongqin Zhang, (B6) Amitava Sinha, (B7) Bernardo Nunes Araújo Silva, (B8) Helene Kaufmann, (B9) Jiaqi Shen, (B10) Francisca Faber

Poster Wall C - Oncology & Preclinical Research

(C1) Holger Einspieler, (C2) Jasmin Reiter, (C3) Joy Feka, (C4) Leo Andexlinger, (C5) Florian Eibensteiner, (C6) Ines Lopez Martinez

Poster Wall D - Medical Imaging

(D1) Thomas Spiegel, (D2) Laura Lintner, (D3) Julieta Di Marco, (D4) Oguz Lafci, (D5) Johannes Tischer, (D6) Daphne Resch, (D7) Elias Marcon, (D8) Selina Bravin, (D9) Kaveh Same

Poster Wall E - Biomedical Engineering

(E1) Vladislav Agafonov, (E2) Theodor Abart, (E3) Aldo Jose Suria Roldan, (E4) Marko Grujic, (E5) Rosmarie Schoefbeck, (E6) Alexander Lotz, (E7) Astrid Hafner, (E8) Lev Neuimin, (E9) Valentin Yugay

Poster Wall F - Medical Physics

(F1) Patrick Scharpf-Roisl, (F2) Manuel Moura Neves Moreira, (F3) Nicolas Weilguny, (F4) Hannah Jungreuthmayer, (F5) Jordi Tarrats Rosell, (F6) Aleksandar Rončević

12:35 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 - 14:15 KEYNOTE LECTURE V - BERND PULVERER:
Transparent Publishing + Open Science: from bench to journal

14:15 - 14:55 ORAL SESSION V: Mixed Session

1. Nicola Mora (14:15-14:25)

2. Laurenz Wolner (14:25-14:35)

3. Oliver Koldyka (14:35-14:45)

4. Tyler Artner (14:45-14:55)

14:55 - 15:15 TBA

15:15 - 15:35 Coffee break

15:35 - 15:45 POSTER SLAM V

Sophie Weninger | Bernhard Nagler | Yuxin Shi | Deepika Kumari Gola | Justin Trowbridge

15:45 - 16:45 POSTER SESSION V

Poster Wall A - Immunology & Allergology

(A1) Joel Wong, (A2) Sophie Weninger, (A3) Nishelle Dsouza, (A4) Vanessa Izewski, (A5) Katharina Germ, (A6) Caroline Rohner, (A7) Ljiljana Anicic, (A8) Andrea Martschini, (A9) Giovanni Lamorte, (A10) Deepika Kumari Gola

Poster Wall B - Regeneration & Transplantation

(B1) Merjem Becirovic, (B2) Haytham Qinawi, (B3) Yinqiao Du, (B4) Filip Milosic, (B5) Yannic Abulesz, (B6) Paul Lennart Hoppe, (B7) Domenik Popp, (B8) Bernhard Nagler, (B9) Enrico Bono, (B10) Rahel Jagoditsch

Poster Wall C - Clinical Endocrinology & Other

(C1) Patrick Haselwanter, (C2) Corina Dörner, (C3) Christian Sebesta, (C4) Annabella Kurz, (C5) Angelika Bauer, (C6) Emily Grubb, (C7) David Florian, (C8) Yuxin Shi

Poster Wall D - Mixed Session: Cardiovascular & RNA

(D1) Carolina Donà, (D2) Jovan Rogozarski, (D3) Hanna Toth, (D4) Liliane Zillner, (D5) Agnes Geher, (D6) Kevin Hamzaraj, (D7) Bea Gössinger, (D8) Ângela Marques, (D9) Josef Laurin

Poster Wall E - Molecular Signal Transduction

(E1) Mounaf Al Makhlouf, (E2) Jamie Reilly (E3) Daniele Colombo, (E4) Julia Steinbinder, (E5) Justin Trowbridge, (E6) Christina Bauer, (E7) Nur Umi Azkiyyatul Umaro, (E8) Razan Al-Salaymeh, (E9) Katharina Bonitz, (E10) Jonathan Shklarek

Poster Wall F - Medical Informatics

(F1) Linda Steurer, (F2) Nico Bruder, (F3) Han Chang Chiam, (F4) Johannes Vilsmeier, (F5) Carmen Guadalupe Colin Tenorio, (F6) Mitja Devetak, (F7) Thomas Sorz-Nechay, (F8) Sofia Berdalli

16:45 - 17:00 Closing session Day II

19:00 Networking Event & Award Winners at Van Swieten Saal


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