The research interests of participating laboratories cover many immunological topics including basic aspects of immune cell development and function, activation of immune cells, signal transduction, autoimmunity, infectiology, allergy research, clinical immunology, vaccine development, tumor immunology and transplantation immunology.
A summary of research topics of participating Faculty members is provided below. If you are interested in a PhD position in a particular laboratory, please contact the respective Faculty member.
Judith ABERLE
Center for VirologyResearch Interests:
• Encephalitis
• Tick-Borne
• Epitope Mapping
• Immunodominant Epitopes
• T-Lymphocyte
• Flavivirus Infections
• Yellow fever virus
Christina BAHRS
Research Interests:
• Diagnosis and Therapy of Infectious Diseases
• Vaccinology
christina.bahrs@meduniwien.ac.at
(on leave until 01/2025)
Talin BARISANI
Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical MedicineResearch Interests:
• Diagnoses and Therapy of Immunological Diseases
• Vaccinology
Alberto BENAZZO
Department of Thoracic SurgeryResearch Interests:
Keiryn Lynn BENNETT
Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of SciencesResearch Interests:
kbennett@cemm.oeaw.ac.at
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Angelika BERGER
Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineResearch Interests:
• Infection & Immunology
• Immune Cell Development
• Diagnoses and Therapy of Infectious Diseases
Michael BERGMANN
Department of General SurgeryResearch Interests:
• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Hereditary Nonpolyposis
• Colorectal Surgery
• Influenza Vaccines
• Innate Immunity
• Oncolytic Virotherapy;
• Telomere
• Tumor Markers
Andreas BERGTHALER
Institute for Hygiene and Applied ImmunologyResearch Interests:
• Cachexia
• Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Immunometabolism
• Infections
• Inflammation
• Molecular Medicine
• Pathogen Surveillance
• Pathology
• Public Health
• T cells
• Virology
Stephan BLÜML
University Hospital for Internal Medicine IIIResearch Interests:
• Rheumatology
• Pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis
Barbara BOHLE
Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchResearch Interests:
• Allergy and Immunology
Michael BONELLI
Department of Medicine III (Division of Rheumatology)Research Interests:
• Autoimmunity
• Epigenetics
• Structural Immunity
Nicole BOUCHERON
Institute of ImmunologyResearch Interests:
• Animal Disease Models
• Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
• CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
Kaan BOZTUG
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineResearch Interests:
• Genetics of Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders
• Diagnosis and Therapy of Immunological Diseases
• Inflammation & Autoimmunity
Heimo BREITENEDER
Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchResearch Interests:
• Allergy Research
• Immunoregulation
• Tumorimmunology
Merima BUBLIN
Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchResearch Interests:
• Allergy Research
Heinz BURGMANN
Clinical Department for Internal Medicine IResearch Interests:
• Infectiology
• Tropical medicine
• Internal intensive care medicine
Loic DUPRÉ
Research Interests:
loic.dupre@meduniwien.ac.at
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Leopold ECKHART
Department of DermatologyResearch Interests:
• Barrier function of the skin
• Enzymatic control of epidermal cornification
• Evolution and comparative genomics of the skin and skin appendages
• Mechanisms of programmed cell death
• Autophagy in tissue homeostasis and stress responses
Thomas EIWEGGER
Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für GesundheitswissenschaftenResearch Interests:
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Adelheid ELBE-BÜRGER
Department of DermatologyResearch Interests:
• Skin
Wilfried ELLMEIER
Institute of ImmunologyResearch interests:
• Histone deacetylase function in T cell-mediated immunity
• Transcriptional control of T cell development and function
• Regulation of T cell lineage identity and integrity
Michelle EPSTEIN
Department of DermatologyResearch Interests:
• Basic allergy and immunology
• Mechanistic studies in mouse models of allergic asthma and food allergy
• In vivo mouse models for evaluating tissue regeneration with novel biomaterials
• Protein chemistry approach for evaluating novel food
Matthias FARLIK
Department of DermatologyResearch Interests:
• Innate immune cells, in particular macrophages and natural killer (NK) cells
Sabine FLICKER
Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchResearch Interests:
• Allergy and Immunology
• Antibodies
Riem GAWISH
Clinical Department for Internal Medicine IResearch Interests:
• Infection Biology
Silvana GELEFF
Research Interests:
Irene GÖRZER
Center for VirologyResearch Interests:
• Virus genome diversity
Arvand HASCHEMI
Department of Laboratory MedicineResearch Interests:
• Identify regulatory mechanism at the interfaces of cellular metabolism and physiology
• Elucidate metabolic reprogramming in immune and cancer cells
• Translate basic research to human medicine
arvand.haschemi@meduniwien.ac.at
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Franz Xaver HEINZ
Center for VirologyResearch Interests:
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franz.x.heinz@meduniwien.ac.at
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Dietmar HERNDLER-BRANDSTETTER
Center for Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer CenterResearch Interests:
• Humanized mouse models for translational cancer research and immunotherapy
• Stromal regulation of immune cell development and anti-tumor immunity
• Long noncoding RNA regulation of adaptive and anti-tumor immunity
Wolfgang HOLTER
Children's Cancer Research InstituteResearch Interests:
• Childhood malignancies
• Viral infections following stem cell transplantation
Johannes HUPPA
Institute for Hygiene and Applied ImmunologyResearch Interests:
• Adaptive Immunity
• Autoimmunity
• Biophysics
• Cell Biology
johannes.huppa@meduniwien.ac.at
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Peter JAKSCH
Department of Thoracic SurgeryResearch Interests:
Erika JENSEN-JAROLIM
Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchResearch Interests:
• Allergy and Immunology
• Allergy Diagnosis
• Clinical Immunology
• Dermatology
• Oncology
• Vaccinology
Renate KAIN
Department of PathologyResearch Interests:
• Allergy and Immunology
• Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
• Autoantibodies and Autoimmune Diseases
• Autophagy
• Cell Biology
• Exosomes
• Genomics
• Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2
• Microscopy
• Nephrology;
• Pathology
• Proteomics
Reinhard KIRNBAUER
Department of DermatologyResearch Interests:
• Human papillomavirus 11
• Vaccines
• Virus-Like Particle
Alexander KIRSCHNER
Institute for Hygiene and Applied ImmunologyResearch Interests:
• Water Microbiology
Reinhard KLEIN
IMC FH KremsResearch Interests:
• Virology
• Molecular Biology
• RNA Biology
Sylvia KNAPP
Clinical Department for Internal Medicine IResearch Interests:
• Immunity, Innate
• Macrophages
• Pneumonia
• Sepsis
• Inflammation
Inga KONECZNY
Division of Neuropathology and NeurochemistryResearch Interests:
• Autoantibodies
• Autoimmunity
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Neuroimmunology
Eva KÖNIG
Institute of PharmacologyResearch Interests:
• Tumor Immunoediting
• Natural killer cells
• Cellular immunotherapy
• Signal transduction
Thomas KRAUSGRUBER
Institute of Artificial IntelligenceResearch Interests:
• Structural Immunity
Thomas KREIL
TakedaResearch Interests:
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Manfred LEHNER
Children’s Cancer Research InstituteDavid LEITSCH
Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical MedicineResearch Interests:
• Molecular biology of anaerobic parasites
• Drug Resistance
• Mode of action of and resistance to metronidazole and other nitro drugs.
david.leitsch@meduniwien.ac.at
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Birgit LINHART
Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchThomas LION
Children’s Cancer Research InstituteResearch Interests:
• Complexity of viral, fungal and bacterial infections in immunocompromised patients as well as the subclonal architecture of Ph-positive leukemias.
Barbara MAIER
Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of SciencesResearch Interests:
• Tumor immunology
Athanasios MAKRISTATHIS
Department for Clinical MicrobiologyResearch Interests:
• Molecular biological diagnostics
• Antimicrobial resistance testing
• Microbiome analyses
• Sepsis diagnostics
• Fungal infections
• C. difficile infections
Peter MANDL
Department of Internal Medicine IIIResearch Interests:
• Aptamers, Nucleotide
• Aptamers, Peptide
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid;
• Cartilage;
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Fibroblasts;
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
• Multimodal Imaging;
• Musculoskeletal Diseases;
• Synovitis
• Ultrasonography
Diana MECHTCHERIAKOVA
Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchResearch Interests:
• Systems biology and systems medicine, global concept of personalized medicine
• B-cell biology
• Immuno-oncology
Verena NIEDERBERGER-LEPPIN
Department of OtorhinolaryngologyResearch Interests:
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Sylvia NÜRNBERGER
Department of Orthopedics and Trauma-SurgeryResearch Interests:
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Rainer OBERBAUER
Department of Internal Medicine IIIResearch Interests:
• Kidney Diseases
• Kidney Transplantation
Rudolf OEHLER
Department of General SurgeryResearch Interests:
• Allergy and Immunology
• Biotechnology
• Cell Biology
• Cell Culture Techniques
• Granulocyte Immunology
• Molecular Biology
• Oncology
Winfried F. PICKL
Institute of ImmunologyResearch Interests:
• T cell activation and differentiation
• Antigen presentation
• Allergic immune responses
• Immunodeficiencies
• Immunohematology
Nina PILAT-MICHALEK
Department of Cardiac SurgeryResearch Interests:
• Costimulatory and Inhibitory T-Cell Receptors
• Flow Cytometry
• T-Lymphocytes,
• Translational Medical Research
• Transplantation
• Transplantation Chimera
• Transplantation Immunology
• Transplantation Tolerance
Jürgen POLLHEIMER
Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyResearch Interests:
• Cell Differentiatio
• Developmental Biology
• Placenta
Christian RADAUER
Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchResearch Interests:
• Identification of epitopes of allergen-specific IgE and IgG antibodies and their relevance for pollen-associated food allergies and allergen-specific immunotherapy
Anna REPIC
Institute for Hygiene and Applied ImmunologyResearch Interests:
• Immune Cell Signal Transduction
Shinya SAKAGUCHI
Institute of ImmunologyResearch interests:
• Molecular mechanisms controlling the differentiation of peripheral CD8+ T cells, particularly focusing on transcriptional and epigenetic regulations
Gernot SCHABBAUER
Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis ResearchResearch Interests:
• Analysis of Signaling Pathways involved in infectious and non-infectious inflammatory Diseases
Klaus SCHMETTERER
Department of Laboratory MedicineResearch Interests:
• Dissection of genetic mechanisms regulating T cell activation
• Elucidation of differential signaling between effector and regulatory T cells
• Definition of novel targets for immunomodulatory drug
Omar SHARIF
Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis ResearchResearch Interests:
• Molecular mechanisms regulating inflammation in obesity
• Macrophages in health and disease
• Immunometabolism
Philipp STARKL
Department of Internal Medicine IResearch Interests:
• Type 2 immune responses and effector cells in host defense and disease
STARY Georg
Department of DermatologyResearch Interests:
• Translational immunology of the skin and mucous membranes
Peter STEINBERGER
Institute of ImmunologyResearch interests:
• Immune Receptors and T cell Activation
Christoph STEININGER
Department of Internal Medicine IResearch Interests:
• Actinomyces
• Clinical virology
• Cytomegalovirus
• Helicobacter
• Immunity, Humoral
• Immunosuppression
Karin STIASNY
Center for VirologyResearch Interests:
• Flavivirus
• Binding Sites, Antibody
STROBL Herbert
Medical University of GrazResearch Interests:
• Mononuclear phagocytes and dendritic cells
Eva UNTERSMAYR-ELSENHUBER
Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchResearch Interests:
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Andreas VILLUNGER
Medical University InnsbruckResearch interests:
• Cell Death Signalling
Thomas VOGL
Center for Cancer ResearchResearch interests:
• The interplay between the immune system and microbes in cancer
• Autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases
• Antibody repertoires and B cells
• Immunogenetics
Susanne VRTALA
Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy ResearchResearch Interests:
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Julia WALOCHNIK
Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical MedicineResearch Interests:
• Acanthamoeba
• Leishmania
• Parasites
• Parasitic Diseases
• Protozoan Infections
Thomas WEICHHART
Institute of Medical GeneticsResearch Interests:
• Molecular and cellular regulation of innate immunity and inflammation
• Macrophages
• Immunometabolism
• Sarcoidosis
• Granulomatous Diseases
Thomas WEKERLE
Department of General SurgeryResearch Interests:
• Clinical Immunology
• Costimulatory and Inhibitory T-Cell Receptors
• Immunosuppression
• T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory
• Translational Medical Research
• Transplantation Immunology
• Transplantation Tolerance
WENINGER Wolfgang Peter
Department of DermatologyResearch Interests:
• Skin Inflammation and Immunity
Ursula WIEDERMANN-SCHMIDT
Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical MedicineResearch Interests:
• Immunological tolerance induction and immunomodulation as treatment strategy for diseases with immunological hyper-responsiveness
Michiel WIJNVELD
Institute for Hygiene and Applied ImmunologyResearch Interests:
• Tick-Host-Pathogen interactions
• Immune responses towards tick-bites
WISGRILL Lukas
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineResearch Interests:
• Neonatal & Pediatric Systems Immunology
lukas.wisgrill@meduniwien.ac.at
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