Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Clinical Division of General Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Clinical Division of Obstetrics and Feto-Maternal Medicine)
Position: Consultant
ORCID: 0000-0002-0739-3658
karin.windsperger@meduniwien.ac.at
Keywords
Chronic Disease; Decidua; Diabetes, Gestational; Immune Tolerance; Maternal Health Services; Obstetrics; Placenta; Trophoblasts; Violence
Research group(s)
- Chronische Krankheiten und Schwangerschaft (ChroniK)
Head: Karin Windsperger-Taheri
Members: - Diabetes, Adipositas und Stoffwechselstörungen in der Schwangerschaft
Head: Christian Göbl
Members: - Maternal-Fetal Immunology Group
Head: Jürgen Pollheimer
Members: - „FEM Safe“ – Arbeitsgruppe zu weiblicher Genitalverstümmelung (FGM/C) und Gewalt in der Schwangerschaft
Head: Karin Windsperger-Taheri
Members:
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
- Clinical Research
- Registry-based studies
- Primary cell culture of human trophoblasts, trophoblastic cell lines, villous explant culture model systems, trophoblast organoids
- Various biochemical, cell biological and imaging techniques (e.g., immunofluorescence of sections and cells, western blot, RNA interference, semi-quantitative/real-time PCR, ELISA, flow cytometry and laser-captured microdissection)