Translationale Forschung

From bench to bedside and back again“: Forschung im Labor inspiriert durch klinische Hypothesen steht im Focus dieser Arbeitsgruppe. Verzahnt mit den PhD-Programmen der Universität und nationalen und internationalen Partnern forscht dieses Team mit Zellen und Biomodellen unter Verwendung neuester Technologien und Methoden, um zielgerichtete Strategien zur Behandlung entzündlicher und maligner Hautkrankheiten zu etablieren. Diversität beim Personal gilt dabei als Zukunftsfaktor und Basis für Innovationen. 

Former team members and their current affiliation

  • Ellen Heitzer, PhD: "Analysis of the PTCH gene of basal cell carcinoma patients of differing clinical phenotype", 2004-2007
    Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Austria
  • Anita Lassacher, PhD: ”Molecular alterations in Merkel cell carcinoma“, 2004-2007
    Institute for Microbiology, University Clinic Hospital, Graz, Austria
  • Tej Pratap Singh, PhD: ”Platelet-activating factor (PAF) and photo(chemo)therapy- responsive diseases", 2007-2010
    Inflammation Biology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Nina Schweintzger, PhD: "Pathomechanisms of polymorphic light eruption“, 2010-2015
    Dept. of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Austria
  • Eleonora Reginato, PhD: "Induction of immunological changes by endoluminal photodynamic therapy (PDT) for esophageal carcinoma", 2010-2014
    GlaxoSmithKline, London, UK; Boehringer-Ingelheim, Vienna, Austria
  • Pablo Augusto Vieyra Garcia, PhD: "Pathophysiology of cutaneous T-cell lymhoma: understanding of neoplastic T-cells and non-malignant infiltrate in lesional skin”, 2012-2016
    Dept. of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
  • Nitesh Shirsath, PhD: "Molecular mechanisms of photo(chemo)therapy and mTOR inhibition in two mouse models of psoriasis“, 2013-2017
    Cipla, Mumbay, India
  • VijayKumar Patra, PhD: "Insight into the role of skin microbiome in UV-induced immune modulation and its potential link to pathogenesis of polymorphic light eruption", 2013-2018
    Immunology of Skin Allergy and Vaccination, International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
    (INSERM-U1111) Lyon, France, and Dept. Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria