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

12.12.2025
Congratulations to Olaf Bachkoenig who successfully defended his thesis and completed his PhD studies.

15.09.2025
Selena Trattner defended her thesis successfully and completed her PhD studies. Congratulations!

 

Latest Publications

Amor M, Diaz M, Fuerlinger A, Svecla M, Bianco V, Schooltink L, Dobrijević A, Schwarz B, Akhmetshina A, Vujić N, Korbelius M, Hirtl M, Buerger M, Pirchheim A, Rainer S, Schauer S, Beretta G, Goessler W, Kolb D, Hoefler G, Hackl H, Madreiter-Sokolowski C, Abdellatif M, Norata GD, Kratky D. Deletion of MMP12 improves energy metabolism and brown adipose tissue function in mice prone to cardiometabolic disease. J Lipid Res. 2026; 67(1): 100951

Tilp A, Nasias D, Carley AL, Park MY, Mooring A, Tirumalasetty MB, Abumrad NA, Wang Y, Miao QR, Lewandowski ED, Alemán JO, Goldberg IJ, Cabodevilla AG. Extracellular Vesicles From Chylomicron-Treated Endothelial Cells Drive Macrophage Inflammation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2025; 45(12):2179-95

Lischnig A, Erdoğan YC, Gottschalk B, Gruber M, Groselj-Strele A, Burgstaller S, Graier WF, Malli R. A quad-cistronic fluorescent biosensor system for real-time detection of subcellular Ca2+ signals. Br J Pharmacol. 2025; in press