Intermediate R for life science researchers

ics. Due to technological advances in molecular biology (genomics, large-scale systems biology) research in the life sciences is becoming increasingly data rich. The aim of this course is to provide students [...] this course, participants will be able to more proficiently use R for data analysis in life science research by applying loops, control structures and create complex graphics. For registration please fill

Air pollution changes the placenta: the effects of particulate matter on pregnancy

be taken seriously—and its effects begin even earlier than previously assumed. An international research cooperation between Lund University in Sweden and the Medical University of Graz is the first to [...] immune cells. To better understanding how air pollution can interfere with these functions, the research team used a highly specialized experimental model—ex vivo dual placenta perfusion, which allows [...] risk for pregnant women and their unborn child,” emphasizes Christian Wadsack, head of the Graz research group. The changes in the placenta might contribute to the development of preeclampsia, a disorder

Team Goswami

Research team Goswami Research focus: Circulation and vascular research PI: Nandu Goswami Focus: Research interests include the effects of various disorders - on the one hand in healthy humans, such as [...] Graz; Harald Kessler, Diagnostic and Research Institute for Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Med Uni Graz; Evelyn Stelzl, Diagnostic and Research Institute for Hygiene, Microbiology and [...] Eichen, Institute of Education Research and Teacher Education; Sigrid Hackl-Wimmer, Psychology Department, Uni Graz; Catherine Walter-Laager, Institute of Education Research and Teacher Education, Uni Graz;

Team Schulz

Research Team Schulz Research area semantics and ontologies in medicine PI: Stefan Schulz Focus: The focus of the group is on semantic data modelling of data from science and clinical practice. Two paths [...] explains the focus set on text mining methods. The standardized data extracts obtained support document research, data analysis and clinical decision-making. Networking: Currently important cooperation partners [...] information is a so-called knowledge graph, which can be used to query clinical information for care and research in a standardised way. AIDAVA's clinical application domains are breast cancer and ischemic heart

Team Semlitsch

Visual Approaches in High-Quality Health Information (FWF research group) (0450) The main research question and objective of this FWF research group is: How can evidence-based medical knowledge, cogni [...] information is available on the homepage . Further Research achievments PI Thomas Semlitsch T: +43 316 385 77559 E: thomas.semlitsch(at)medunigraz.at Research profile Team Members Horvath Karl Klaus Jeitler [...] Evidence-based medicine Team leader: Thomas Semlitsch Focus: The research focus is on the systematic analysis of medical issues using established methods of evidence-based medicine in the form of health

University Welcome 2026: Academia between Freedom and Neutrality

Affairs, Labour, Finance, Science and Research. “To continue on this path to success, we need an open society and free science, free from boundaries. For with basic research we lay the foundations for the economy [...] How neutral must research be? At the Styrian University Conference at the University of Graz, keynote speaker David Beaver questioned the concept of objectivity. He called for a bold academic community [...] before. And in these challenging times, it is the universities that, through their teaching and research, strengthen the region’s innovative capacity and thus make us more resilient in the face of crises

Understanding the aging brain: neuropsychology and neuroscience

such as Alzheimer's disease. The goal of research is early detection, better understanding and long-term prediction of changes in cognitive performance. Research vision: a "digital twin" of the brain Aging [...] conspicuous?" explains neuropsychologist Marisa Koini of the Med Uni Graz Department of Neurology. The researcher studies structural and functional changes in the brain as it ages as well as biomarkers and their [...] technologies, which in the future may help to detect cognitive changes earlier. The long-term goal of research is to develop a "digital twin" of the brain that takes into account biological factors—for example

Expansion of cooperation with KUSMS in Nepal

in future, as well as research cooperation in the field of nursing science. Students of the MA Nursing Science at Med Uni Graz have the opportunity to complete four-week research stays for their thesis [...] Sciences (KUSMS) in Nepal since 2009 within the framework of student and staff exchanges as well as research cooperation. Since 2019, this cooperation has been supported by funding from the Erasmus+ International [...] Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the Institute of Nursing Science, and the Diagnostic and Research Institute of Pathology and will further grow in these areas. Dentistry In 2019, Wolfgang Zemann

Psychocardiology

Psychocardiology integrated care model This special clinic treats and researches psychological symptoms that arise from dealing with heart disease as well as heart disease triggered or exacerbated by [...] exhaustion. Contact Jolana Wagner-Skacel T: +43 316 385 83036 E: jolana.wagner-skacel(at)medunigraz.at Research profile Our focus Anxiety and depression screening and risk evaluation in the event of heart failure [...] explore innovative approaches that improve resilience to stress in patients with chronic disease. The research focuses on applying a 12-week video intervention consisting of either a physical therapy procedure

Who we are

divisions of the Otto Loewi Research Center for Vascular Biology, Immunology and Inflammation . Chair Akos Heinemann T: +43 316 385 74112 E: akos.heinemann(at)medunigraz.at Research profile First Deputy Chair [...] Chair Julia Kargl T: +43 316 385 74105 E: julia.kargl(at)medunigraz.at Research profile Team Academic university staff Atallah Reham Bärnthaler Thomas Böhm Eva Cosic Mujkanovic Nejra Danner Laura Bianka