International PhD Program

 


 








 

 

 

 

 

 


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Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease (DK-MCD)

The DK-MCD offers an excellence PhD program that provides an in-depth, multidisciplinary training in biomedical research in a stimulating international environment. The thesis projects focus on aspects of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases that integrate basic research and clinically-oriented sciences utilizing a wide spectrum of state-of-the-art techniques.

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News

08.05.2025
Congratulations to Martin Hirtl who successfully defended his thesis and completed his PhD studies.

31.01.2025
Sarah Masser successfully completed her PhD studies with the defense of her thesis. Congratulations!

16.12.2024
Magdalena Lang was awarded the 1st annual Dissertation Award of the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology (ÖGAI). Congratulations!

 

Latest Publications

Zhou Q, Sagmeister T, Hutten S, Bourgeois B, Pavkov-Keller T, Dormann D, Madl T. Structural basis of phosphorylation-independent nuclear import of CIRBP by TNPO3. Zhou Q, Sagmeister T, Hutten S, Bourgeois B, Pavkov-Keller T, Dormann D, Madl T. Nat Commun. 2025; 16(1):4456.

Oflaz FE, Bondarenko AI, Trenker M, Waldeck-Weiermair M, Gottschalk B, Bernhart E, Koshenov Z, Radulović S, Rost R, Hirtl M, Pilic J, Karunanithi Nivedita A, Sagintayev A, Leitinger G, Brachvogel B, Summerauer S, Shoshan-Barmatz V, Malli R, Graier WF. Annexin A5 controls VDAC1-dependent mitochondrial Ca2+ homeostasis and determines cellular susceptibility to apoptosis. EMBO J. 2025; in press

Kalinová K, Gottschalk B, Hirtl M, Ostaku J, Gabrijelčič S, Sokolowski A, Malle E, Graier WF, Madreiter-Sokolowski CT. Targeting enhanced mitochondrial respiration chain activity as a potential therapeutic approach for endometriosis. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2025; 1871(6):167885

Peña de la Sancha P, Wieser BI, Schauer S, Reicher H, Sattler W, Breinbauer R, Schweiger M, Lechleitner M, Frank S, Zechner R, Kratky D, Espenshade PJ, Hoefler G,Vesely PW. Lipolysis-derived fatty acids are needed for homeostatic control of sterol element-binding protein-1c driven hepatic lipogenesis. Commun Biol. 2025 Apr 9;8(1):588