Department of Dermatology
Position: Lecturer
ORCID: 0000-0003-1723-6266
T +43 1 40400-77880
karin.pfisterer@meduniwien.ac.at
Keywords
Cell Migration Assays; Cytoskeleton; Extracellular Matrix; Inflammation; Melanoma, Experimental; Microscopy; Skin
Research group(s)
- Tissue Homeostasis Group
Head: Karin Pfisterer
Members:
Research interests
My special interest lies in regulatory signalling networks that preserve homeostasis in mammalian tissues and how this balance is disrupted during pathological processes.
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
live imaging in 2D and 3D, superresolution microscopy (PALM, STORM, SIM), FLIM-FRET, ratiometric FRET, FRAP, LLSM, image analysis, primary cell isolation and in vitro differentiation, Co-IP, Ca2+ flux, lipid raft isolation, qPCR, flow cytometry, molecular cloning
Grants
- Pioneer Melanoma Cells (2021)
Source of Funding: ARC (Austrian Research Council), Fellinger Krebsforschung
Principal Investigator - Allergic Skin Diseases (2020)
Source of Funding: NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB), DARC
Principal Investigator - Relocation Grant (2019)
Source of Funding: FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), Karriere-Grants
Principal Investigator
Selected publications
- Pfisterer, K. et al. (2021) ‘The Extracellular Matrix in Skin Inflammation and Infection’, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.682414.
- Pfisterer, K., Lumicisi, B. and Parsons, M. (2021) ‘Imaging of Human Cancer Cells in 3D Collagen Matrices’, BIO-PROTOCOL, 11(2). Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.21769/bioprotoc.3889.
- Pfisterer, K. et al. (2020) ‘FMNL2 regulates dynamics of fascin in filopodia’, Journal of Cell Biology, 219(5). Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201906111.
- Pfisterer, K. et al. (2014) ‘The Late Endosomal Transporter CD222 Directs the Spatial Distribution and Activity of Lck’, The Journal of Immunology, 193(6), pp. 2718–2732. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1303349.
- Pfisterer, K. et al. (2015) ‘CD90 + Human Dermal Stromal Cells Are Potent Inducers of FoxP3 + Regulatory T Cells’, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 135(1), pp. 130–141. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jid.2014.309.