(Vienna, 11 August 2025) Eleven young researchers at MedUni Vienna have been awarded funding for their dissertation projects in the latest call for applications for the DOC Fellowship Programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The DOC programme enables qualified doctoral students from all fields of research who are pursuing their doctoral studies at an Austrian university to devote themselves to writing their dissertation in a concentrated manner and within a clear time frame.
Researchers from MedUni Vienna
Berkun Kathleen ׀ Max Perutz Labs, Medical University of Vienna, Role of Processing Bodies in Healthy and Parkinson's Disease Neurons
Chatziangelou Myrto ׀ Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Medical University of Vienna, Identifying Factors that Enable Long-Distance Enhancer-Promoter Regulation
Czuczu Barbara ׀ Institute of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Neurons of Nurture: First-response Cells Initiating Experience-induced Alloparental Behaviour
Ethier Elizabeth ׀ Max Perutz Labs, Medical University of Vienna, Genetic and Chemical Determinants of α-Synuclein Localisation, Mobility, and Membrane Residence
Hebenstreit Konstantin ׀ Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Medical University of Vienna, Generate-Evaluate Dynamics in AI-driven Science: Addressing Threats to Research Integrity
Horstmann Christina ׀ St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Medical University of Vienna, Functional Identification and Targeting of Zinc-finger Containing Proteins at Domain Resolution in Leukaemia
Lisy Marcus ׀ University Clinic for Ophthalmology and Optometry, Medical University of Vienna, Deep Learning in Cataract Surgery
Ntayi Moses Levi Kisakye ׀ University Clinic for Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Unravelling Tissue-resident Memory T Cells in Anti-tumour Immunity in HPV-associated Neoplasms
Perepelkina Polina ׀ Centre for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Deciphering the Role of Tumor Microenvironment in Osteosarcoma Recurrence
Rocha Marta ׀ Centre for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, The Role of Plectin in Normal and Diseased Hearts
Shetty Kavya ׀ Max Perutz Labs, Medical University of Vienna, Elucidating the Impact of ISGylation on the Human Proteome during Viral Infection