Burtscher Johannes
Name: Johannes Burtscher, PhD
Email: Johannes.Burtscher[at]uibk.ac.at
Phone number: +43 512 507 45874
Office location: FH-227
Tutorial hours: by arrangement
Address: Fürstenweg 176, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2889-0151
Research area: Motor neurophysiology, Sports and exercise psychology
Johannes Burtscher studied business administration (diploma), and biology (Bachelor) at the LFU in Innsbruck. He then completed a Master programme in neurochemistry in Stockholm Sweden and obtained a PhD from the Medical University Innsbruck on his research on the neurochemical characterization of epileptogenesis and oxygen utilization in the brain with relevance for neurodegenerative diseases that he performed both in Innsbruck and in Italy. Following the PhD studies, he moved to Lausanne for a 3-year postdoc at the EPFL, working on the role of mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases and associated stress- and anxiety disorders. He then worked on projects related to cellular and systemic adaptations to hypoxia, primarily in the context of hypoxic exercise and in neurological/psychiatric diseases at the University of Lausanne. Since July 2024 he is member of the ISW.
- Neurodegenerative diseases and brain aging
- Mitochondrial physiology
- Exercise and interorgan signalling
- Hypoxia adaptation
- Angewandte Sportwissenschaft
- Seminar mit Bachelorarbeit
- Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten
Burtscher J, Moraud EM, Malatesta D, Millet GP, Bally JF, Patoz A. Exercise and gait/movement analyses in treatment and diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. Ageing Res Rev. 2024
Burtscher J, Pepe G, Maharjan N, Riguet N, Di Pardo A, Maglione V, Millet GP. Sphingolipids and impaired hypoxic stress responses in Huntington disease. Prog Lipid Res. 2023
Burtscher J, Soltany A, Visavadiya NP, Burtscher M, Millet GP, Khoramipour K, Khamoui AV. Mitochondrial stress and mitokines in aging. Aging cell. 2023
Burtscher J, Niedermeier M, Hüfner K, van den Burg E, Kopp M, Stoop R, Burtscher M, Gatterer H, Millet GP. The interplay of hypoxic and mental stress: Implications for anxiety and depressive disorders. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022