Students of the DC AGE_REG

  Andreas Andric
  Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research 
  Research area(s): Molecular cell biology
  Thesis: Establishing FAHD1 as a novel druggable onco-target in human breast and prostate cancer
  First supervisor: Ass-Prof. Alexander K. H. Weiss

Julianne Beirute-Herrera

Elia Cappuccio

Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research

Research area(s): Mitochondrial physiology, aging, skin aging, cellular senescence

Thesis: Investigation of mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular senescence in different models and organisms

First supervisor: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Pidder Jansen-Dürr

 

Elisa Gabassi

Department of Molecular Biology

Research area(s): Molecular Biology

Thesis: Age-induced organoid models for deciphering risk factors of Parkinson’s disease

First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Frank Edenhofer

Sonja Grossman 

Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research 

Research area(s): cell Metabolism and Differentiation Research 

Thesis: Analysis of the weight loss target gene Insulin-response element binding protein-1 in white adipose tissue 

First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Zwerschke

 

 

 

 

Max Holzknecht

Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research

Research area(s): Molecular cell biology

Thesis: FAHD Proteins as potentailly druggable onco-targets

First supervisor: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Pidder Jansen-Dürr (Co-supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Alexander K. H. Weiss)

Moses Kibet

Department of Zoology

Research area(s): Evolutionary and developmental biology, regeneration

Thesis: Role of Myc associating factor x (Max) in Neoblast maintenance in flatworms

First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bert Hobmayer

Gabriel Knoll

  

  Beatriz Lopez-Amo

  Department of Molecular Biology

Ines Martic

 

  Lorenzo Merotto

  Department of Molecular Biology

  Research area(s): Computational bioogy, omics data analysis
  Thesis: Computational reconstruction of cell trajectories from multi-omics data to advance regenerative
               medicine and cancer immunotherapy
  First supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Francesca Finotello

Michèle Petit

Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research

Research area(s): Mitochondrial physiology, ageing, cellular senescence, cell proliferation, cancer
Thesis: Role of oxaloacetate decarboxylase FAHD1 in regulation of cell proliferation and cellular senescence

First supervisor: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Pidder Jansen-Dürr

  Irene Rigato

  Department of Molecular Biology

  Research area(s): Computational biology, Omics data analysis
  Thesis: Integrative analysis of multi-omics data to investigate molecular network rewiring in blood cancer
  First supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Francesca Finotello

 

 

 

Marc Sathianathan

Department of Molecular Biology

Research area(s): Stem cells, developmental biology

Thesis: The role of MNX1 in human pancreas development

First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dirk Meyer

Lena Schreiberhuber

Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research

European Translational Oncology Prevention & Screenting (EUTOPS)

Research area(s):DNA methylation, gynecological cancers, molecular biology

Thesis: Epigenome-based risk prediction and detection of gynecological cancers 

First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Widschwendter

Victoria Strobl

Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research 

Research area(s): cell Metabolism and Differentiation Research 

Thesis: Factors modulating extracellular matrix in adipose tissue

First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Zwerschke

  Periklis Ziakis

  Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research

  Research area(s): Immunology, Molecular Biology
  Thesis: Investigating the role of miR-142 locus during B cell development in young and old mice
  First supervisor: Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Derudder

 

 

 

Melanie Zott

Department of Molecular Biology

Research area(s): Developmental biology
Thesis: Molecular regulation of beta-cell fate determination and maintenance
First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dirk Meyer

Associated Member

  Nicki Marami-Zonouz

  Department of Botany

  Research area(s): Plant biochemistry and metabolism
  Thesis: Molecular Mechanisms of Ageing and Regeneration across different Kingdoms of Life
  First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ilse Kranner

 

 

  Lena Böhnke
  Department of Molecular Biology
  Research area(s): Neuronal aging, Reprogramming of human fibroblasts into induced neurons (iN), Mild                Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Transcriptome analysis, Alzheimer's Disease
  Thesis: From normal aging to dementia: A patient-specific neuronal reprogramming approach for the                    progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer's disease
  First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Frank Edenhofer (Co-supervisor: Jerome Mertens)

 Anita Erharter
 Department of Molecular Biology

 Research area(s): Stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, neuroscience
 Thesis: Establishment and application of human stem cell derived 3D in vitro brain models
 First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Frank Edenhofer

Davide Gerna

Department of Botany

Research area(s): Plant Biochemistry and Metabolism
Thesis: Interactions between hormones, antioxidants, and reactive oxygen species during seed germination
First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ilse Kranner

Onur Temocin

Department of Molecular Biology

Research area(s): Stem cells, developmental biology

Thesis: The role of MNX1 in human lineage determination

First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dirk Meyer

  Marcel Tisch

  Department of Molecular Biology

  Research area(s): Stem cell biology, Neuroscience, Autism-Spectrum-Disorder

  Thesis: Pathophysiological Effects of Autism-Spectrum-Disorder risk Mutations in Human cell Culture Models

  First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Frank Edenhofer

Sophia Wedel

Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research

Research area(s): Senescence, skin aging, molecular biology

Thesis: Using in vitro models to study extrinsic skin aging associated with air pollution and cigarette smoke to understand mechanisms of cellular senescene

First supervisor: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Pidder Jansen-Dürr

Fan Zeng

Department of Zoology