(Vienna, 14 March 2025) Georg Stary from the Department of Dermatology at MedUni Vienna was recently awarded the Paul Langerhans Prize at the annual conference of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Forschung (ADF) in Berlin.
The Paul Langerhans Prize is awarded specifically to "highly qualified dermatological scientists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland who are in the middle of their academic careers and have distinguished themselves through continuous, first-class and innovative dermatological research over the past few years", according to the working group.
Georg Stary was honoured for his research in the field of immunodermatology and infectious dermatology, which has been published in top journals such as Immunity, Science Immunology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Lancet Rheumatology and Journal of Experimental Medicine. "We were able to phenotypically and functionally characterise immune cells in the skin, in particular tissue-resident memory T cells, using the latest methods, and decipher their role in various diseases," says Stary.
About Georg Stary:
Georg Stary focuses on research into the immune system of the skin and mucous membranes at the Medical University of Vienna's Department of Dermatology. He completed his doctorate at MedUni Vienna in 2004 and also undertook his specialist training there. He spent four years as a postdoc at Harvard University in Boston. Since 2015, he has headed his own research group in Vienna and in 2024 he took up a professorship in the Department of Dermatology. His scientific work focuses on the immunopathogenesis of skin diseases, in particular the role of tissue-resident memory T cells in chronic inflammation and infection. He is investigating new therapeutic approaches, including potential vaccines and innovative treatment strategies for inflammatory skin diseases.
Georg Stary has received numerous awards, including the Ferdinand von Hebra Prize from the Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology and the Oscar Gans Prize from the German Society of Dermatology. He is active in several scientific societies, including as a board member of the Austrian Society of Allergology and Immunology and as chairman of the Austrian Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.