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Molecular Medicine (MolMed) PhD Candidates
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    • Project: Investigating subcellular iron fluxes in cancer cells by high-resolution fluorescence microscopy
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  • Alibrandi Paola
    • Project: Genetic factors influencing the immunogenicity of pediatric tumors
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    • Project: Clonal hematopoiesis indeterminate potential (CHIP) and inflammatory signmaling in humanized atherosclerotic mice
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    • Project: Circulating tumor DNA for early detection and risk stratification of colorectal cancer
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    • Project: Understanding the adaption of immune cells to the tissue environment to treat rheumatoid arthritis
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    • Project: To explore the role of Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanobrevibacter intestini in bacteria-archaea and host-archaea interactions
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  • Azimi Shabnam
    • Project: Perturbation and manipulation of archaea-bacterial communities
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    • Project: Identifying novel vulnerabilities in lung cancer utilizing advanced CRISPR approaches
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    • Project: Purification and cryo-EM of TRPC3
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    • Project: "bioSWITCH": controlling the click-to-release of chemotherapeutics with iontronic devices
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    • Project: Structure and dynamics of apolipoprotein B-100
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  • Bhattachatterjee Shangomitra
    • Project: Diethylsuccinate as a novel therapeutic for Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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    • Project: Genetic factors influencing the immunogenicity of pediatric tumors
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    • Project: Microchimeric cells: Trans-oral route to and presence in the host
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    • Project: Antigen presentation and immunopathology in heart failure
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    • Project: The role of RAS signaling aberrations in the development of myeloid sarcoma
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    • Project: Bioactive lipids: key players in shaping placental function in pregnancies with adverse metabolic profiles
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    • Project: Metabolic reprogramming in glioblastoma in response to drug therapy
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    • Project: Investigating the role of ACBP in ischemic heart disease
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    • Project: Clinical relevance of serial sNfL testing in multiple sclerosis
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    • Project: Exercise as a tool to improve response to immumotherapy in lung cancer
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    • Project: Rejuvenated yeasts for better biorefineries
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    • Project: Lysosomal acid lipase and inra-/intercellular communication in atherosclerosis
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    • Project: Circulating tumor DNA in metastic hormone receptor positive breast cancer patients with focus on HER2 biology
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    • Project: Evaluating immunological aging as a driver of immune dysfunction
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    • Project: The microbiome and its influence on human health
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    • Project: Pre-Sjögren Syndrome targeted immunology evaluation
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    • Project: One step in a mile: revisiting insulitis in Type 1 Diabetes
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    • Project: Translational Test Models for Functional Assessment of Bioactive Wound Dressings in Chronic Wound Environments
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    • Project: Evaluating the role of succinate sending via GPR91 in T cell-mediated anti-tumour immunity
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    • Project: Development of Next-Generation Potassium Ion Biosensors
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    • Project: Trophoblastic anticoagulant proteins at the implantation front
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    • Project: Genetic events in teh progression from precancerous lesions in inavive carcinoma
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    • Project: Live-cell fluorescence imaging of cell signaling and metabolism on cell-Mg-implant interfaces and in cancer cells
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    • Project: Environmental enrichment modulates behaviour via microbiota-gut-brain axis signalling
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    • Project: Bioinformatic characterization of the molecular background affecting treatment response in early-stage and metastatic cancer
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    • Project: Targeting mitochobndria-autophagy circuits in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
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    • Project: The impact of mitochondrial-ER interplay on metabolism during aging
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    • Project: Effects of altered microbiota-gut-brain axis siganlling on aggressive behavior
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    • Project: Temporal filtering in motion vision
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    • Project: The molecular circadian clock in pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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  • Grebe Alexandra
    • Project: Characterization of PNPLA3 enzyme function via small-molecule inhibitors
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    • Project: explore the diversity and function f the excreted and exposed proteins of human-associated archaeaand their roles in biofilm formation
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    • Project: CXCR4 role in the anabolic responses of teriparadide in bone
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    • Project: Modeling reproductive failure in humans
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    • Project: Biomarker and resitance mechanisms of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer
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    • Project: The role of LYVE-1 Hofbauer cells in preeclampsia
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    • Project: Interplay of gluconeogenesis and gycolysis in lung cancer
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    • Project: Drug-microbiome interaction in liver cirrhosis
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    • Project: Identification and characterization of novel gene candidates regulating aggression
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    • Project: MIDAS - inflammatory mechanisms involved in Diabetes uncovered by tissue imaging and machine learning
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    • Project: Deciphering the role of lipolysis in brain and energy metabolism
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    • Project: Metabolism and fucntion of naive DC4+ T cells in primary Sjögren's syndrome
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    • Project: Metabolic adaption of cancer cells to glucose deprivation
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    • Project: Therapeutic potentila of antimicrobial peptides in atopic dermatitis
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    • Project: CDK9 inhibition in RAS-mutated chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML)
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    • Project: Investigating the influence of Mg-deficiency on callus quality and fracture healing in high-fat undiced obese mice after transplantation of metallic material
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    • Project: Elucidating the pathogenic role of acyl-coenzyme A binding protein (ACBP) in age-related cardiac decline
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    • Project: Identification of antigen-specific T cells via Ca2+ - NFAT signaling in non-small cell lung cancer
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    • Project: CaMKII-mediated (inflammatory) signaling in hypertensive heart disease
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    • Project: The initiation and evolution of rare cancers
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    • Project: The crosstalk between gut hormones and endothelial cells in cardiometabolic disease
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    • Project: Correlation of tumor size and biology with the release of ct-DNA in early colorectal cancer
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    • Project: Neprilysin in pregnancy
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    • Project: Maternal obesity and its impact on the placental extracellular matrix composition
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    • Project: Liquid biopsies for eraly detection of cancer
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    • Project: Atypical chemokine receptors in kidney disease
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    • Project: Immune/ vascular endothelial cell crosstalk drives pathogenic remodeling
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    • Project: Probing cellular aging with fluorescent receptors
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    • Project: Neutrophil elastase and myeloperoxidase in the tumor microenvironment of NSCLC
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    • Project: Succinate in human placental vasculature in GDM
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    • Project: Discovery of positive allosteric modulators for the treatment of mannosidosis
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  • Magaard-Romano Carlo
    • Project: Principles of archaeal-bacterial interaction in host systems 
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    • Project: The role of extracellular vesicles as emrging modulators of anticancer drug resistance
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    • Project: Metabolic regulation of Th9 cells
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    • Project: Temporal dynamics of blood biomarkers in relation to clinical and radiologicla disease worsening in multiple sklerosis
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    • Project: Replace Mice Xenografts by Microfluidic CancerogEnesis Chips – ReplaceMICE
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    • Project: Enhanced protein synthesis by synchronous yeast cells
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    • Project: Transcriptional Reprogramming of the Hypertensive Heart
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  • Mayer Marie-Christin
    • Project: Small RAS-mutated clones and the bone marrow microenvironment in myeloid neoplasms
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    • Project: Investigating the influence of Mg-based implants on chondrocytes
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    • Project: PANcreatic CAncer Initial Dectection via liquid biopsy (PANCAID)
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    • Project: Exploring the Immunomodulatory Role of Archaeal Extracellular Vesicles in Macrophage Function and Host Immunity
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    • Project: LAMB3-DAG1 axis in early placental developement
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    • Project: Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Aging and Dravet Syndrome – Mechanisms and Targeting
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    • Project: Role of macrophage LAL in the small intestine and contribution of neutral and acidic lipolysis to fatty acid release
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    • Project: Trophoblastic anticoagulant proteins at the implantation front
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    • Project: Bile acid-mediated tissue factor activation in hepatocytes
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    • Project: Novel biomarker and statistical approaches for prediction of recurrent cardiovascular events
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    • Project: Prone adiposity: programming of neonatal adipose by maternal gestational diabetes
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    • Project: Designing the niche space of the human gut microbiome
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    • Project: Identifying the hematopoietic and leukemic stem cell niches
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    • Project: T3-induced rewiring of mitochondrail Ca2+ in cancer cells
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    • Project: Cardiovascular risk prediction using multiparametric analysis of the human serum proteome
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    • Project: Environmental modulation of microbiota-gut-brain axis signalling during experimental colitis
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    • Project: Novel metabolic biomarkers of aging and age-related diseases
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  • Petrucci Lorenzo
    • Project: Monitoring and interfering with glioblastoma network formation with bioelectronic technologies
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    • Project: Impact of inflammation on disease progression and extracellular matrix remodeling in failing hearts
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    • Project: Computer-aided (re)design of enzymes for therapeutics
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    • Project: Dissecting Cytokine Signaling for Precision Targeting of Therapy-Resistant Leukemic Stem Cells in AML
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    • Project: Effect of EL modified HDL on cholesterol and oxysterol induced endothelila dysfunction
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    • Project: BAMBinO: bile acids as metabolic regulators in osteoporosis
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    • Project: Interorgan communication and NAD+ metabolism in exercise and cardiometabolic disease
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    • Project: LAM dynamics during weight cycling
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    • Project: Immune heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment and the endocannabinoid system
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    • Project: Circulating tumor DNA for detection of localized prostate cancer
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    • Project: Molecular insights into Ca2+ supply of the endoplasmic reticulum
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    • Project: Vascular health and maternal adaptation in cardiometabolic complications of pregnancy
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    • Project: precision medicine for people with muco-obstructive lung disease
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    • Project: Harnessing Immunogenic Cell Death for Improved Lung Cancer Therapy
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    • Project: The clinical relevance of the NR4A1/p53 axis in diffuse large B cell lymphoma
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    • Project: Antihypertensive mechanism of spermidine
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    • Project: Elucidating the key mechanistic steps of reticulocyte to erythrocyte transition in vivo and ex vivo using light sheet ultramicroscopy and scRNAseq analyses
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    • Project: Identification of tumor-specific metabolite antigens
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    • Project: Characetrization of two new possible trigyceride hydrolases
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    • Project: Microchimeric cells: distribution of microchimeric cells in offspring of genetically identical and non-identical parents (mouse model)
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    • Project: The Contribution of Lipids to Intrahepatic Coagulation  During Cholestatic Liver Injury
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    • Project: Targeting cancer cell mitochondria to increase their vulnerability to cytotoxic T-cell killing
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    • Project: The microbiome of the small intestine
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    • Project: The immunomodulatory effects of the NR4A1/p53 axis in diffuse large B cell lymphoma
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    • Project: Microchimeric cells: trans-placental route to and presence in the host
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    • Project: Impact of inflammation on atherosclerosis pregression post MI
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    • Project: Deciphering the intricate role of FOXO proteins in health and disease
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    • Project: Impact of maternal obesity on immune function of fetal endothelial cells
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    • Project: Effect of pharmacological inhibition of ATGL-mediated lipolysis in WAT by Atglistatin on cardiometabolic health and the HFpEF phenotype
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  • Suresh Krishna
    • Project: Archaeome-immune system interactions 
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    • Project: Investigating the function of nNR4A nuclear receptor family in Myc-driven lyphomagenesis
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    • Project: The role of neuronal and glial biomarkers to indicate disease worsening in multiple sclerosis
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    • Project: Invasive properties of trophoblast subtypes during implantation and early placentation
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    • Project: Targeted drug delivery by an ionotropic implant for tunable chemoimmunotherapy
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    • Project: Ionotropic chemoimmunotherapy for the treatment of local and distal in vivo tumors
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    • Project: Design and biophysical characterization of peptidomimetics as CRAC channel modulators
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    • Project: Exploring the crosstalk between immune and non-immune cells in the rheumatoid arthritis synovium
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    • Project: Development and cellular characterization of next-generation biosensors
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    • Project: Targeting growth factor signaling to promote cardiovascular health in aging
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    • Project: Cardioprotective effects of combined exercise and NAD+ replenishment in rats with cardiometabolic syndrome
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    • Project: Alterations in DNA repair genes are associated with platinum sensitivity in metastatic prostate patients
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    • Project: A potential novel liver-adipose axis activated by FXR to induce browning and thermogenesis in obese patients with MASLD
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    • Project: Neural circuits for path integration
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    • Project: Skewed chromosome X inactivation as a driver of pro.-inflammatory and metabolic disturbances in pulmonary vascular disease
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  • Weber Laurenz
    • Project: Decoding and Targeting Mitochondria–ER Crosstalk in Cellular and Organismal Aging
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    • Project: Metabotyping nutrient deprivation response in cancer therapy
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    • Project: P53 regulation of lipid-associated macrophages upon fasting in liver disease
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    • Project: Archaea interactions in mammal gut microbiota
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    • Project: Endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in airway diseases
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    • Project: Controlled degradation of nanorobots via computationally-engineered biocatalysts
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    • Project: Peptide YY in colitis and gut-brain siganling
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    • Project: Pioneering inflammation resolution with engineered high-density lipoproteins
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    • Project: An epigenetic-metabolic crosstalk reveals vulnerabilities of acquired drug resistance
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Alumni

Alumni 2020

  • Dalinac Natasa: Mechanisms of trigger induced cardiac remodelling
    Supervisor: Egbert Bisping & Akos Heinemann
  • Gampawar Piyush Gajananrao: Genetic determinants of brain ageing
    Supervisor: Helena Schmidt
  • Forstner Desiree: Effects of maternal platelets on trophoblasts
    Supervisor: Martin Gauster
  • Birkl-Töglhofer Anna Maria: Drug-induced liver injury in psychiatric disorders
    Supervisor: Johannes Haybck
  • Hinteregger Barbara: Integration of metabolomics and already established approaches for characetrization of an Alzheimer's Disease Model
    Supervisor: Tobias Madl
  • Ramadani-Muja Jeta: Development and application of fluorescent protein-based probes to determine protein targeting mitochondria
    Supervisor: Roland Malli
  • Zhou Qin: Tumor Genome Stratification and Network Analyses based on Non-invasive Liquid Biopsies
    Supervisor: Michael Speicher
  • Burgstaller, Sandra: Visualization of local intracellular & cell surface cation alterations using fluorescent protein-based probes
    Supervisor: Roland Malli
  • Del Gaudio, Ilaria:The role of (S1P)-HDL on endothelial barrier function by gestational diabetes mellitus
     Supervisor: Christian Wadsack
  • Pausan, Manuela-Racula: Interacting microbes - the microcosmos in our body and our homes
    Supervisor: Christine Moissl-Eichinger

Alumni 2019

  • Kétszeri Máté Csaba: The role of microRNA-142-3p in uremic vascular media calcification
    Supervisor: Alexander Rosenkranz
  • Francic, Vito: Vitamin D, clinical outcome and regulation of metabolism
    Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch
  • Matak Andrija: Characterization of cancer specific mechanisms in hepatobiliary carcinoma
    Supervisor: Kurt Zatloukal
  • Caraffini, Veronica: Analysis of the role of RAF kminase inhibitor protein innthe development of myeloid neoplasias
    Supervisor: Armin Zebisch
  • Abdellatif, Mahmoud: Cardioprotective mechanisms of spermidine in aging and related cardiovascular disease
    Supervisor: Simon Sedej
  • Daga, Shruti: Leukemic stem cells and a novel method of minimal residual disease detection in acute myeloid leukemia
    Supervisor: Albert Wölfler
  • Gungl, Anna: Inflammatory profiling reveals Type 2 predominant eosinophilic inflammation and asthmatic airway disease in the Fra2 transgenic mouse model
    Supervisor: Grazyna Kwapiszewska
  • Mora, Maximiliam: Microbes in restricted indoor environments - with focus on International Space Station and spacecraft associated celan rooms
    Supervisor: Christine Moissl-Eichinger
  • Bischof, Helmut: Development, characterization and application of novel genetically encoded, fluorescent potassium ion indicators
    Supervisor: Roland Malli
  • Stryeck, Sarah: Deciphering the intricate interaction network in the beta-catenin destruction complex - the Axin-1 paradigm
    Supervisor: Tobias Madl
  • Fechter, Karoline: Investigating the role of NR4A1 in aggressive lymphomas
    Supervisor: Andreas Prokesch & Alexander Deutsch
  • Unterluggauer, julia Judith: Investigating the role of translation initiation factors in aggressive B-cell lymphoma
    Supervisor: Johannes Haybck
  • Lögl, Jelena: Paracrine regulation of feto-placental angiogenesis by placental macrophages and trophoblasts
    Supervisor: Gernot Desoye