Students‘ and coworkers‘ achievements
Wissenschaftliche Resultate (Hofstätter N., et al.) in Zeiten reger gesellschaftlicher Diskussionen um die Rolle von Kindern in COVID-19. Aufgrund ihrer Lungenmorphometrie erleiden nur etwa 4% der Kinder eine Beteiligung der tiefen Lunge nach Infektion mit SARS-CoV-2, während dies etwa 20% der Erwachsenen betrifft.
Scientific results (Hofstätter N., et al.) in public discourse on the role of children in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Due their lung morphometry only about 4% of kids experience severe disease including pulmonary effects, whereas about 20% are affected in adults.
Foto: S. Haigermoser
Salzburger Nachrichten, 18. November 2021
On 3rd July 2021 our PhD student Litty Johnson (upper row in the middle) presented orally at the 15th World Immune Regulation Meeting (WIRM) in the Workshop 8 on Biologicals, Vaccines, and Immunomodulation. We see her after her oral presentation in discussion with the panelists headed by Ruby Pawankar (lower row to the right), former President of the World Allergy Organization.
Our research associates Sabine Hofer and Norbert Hofstätter (see below) digged into the pathogenesis of Covid-19 identifying aerosol transmission into the deep lung as critical risk factor for severe courses in disease. Their publication has earned interest by the local press.
Salzburger Nachrichten, 25. Juni 2021
Bettina Grotz, MSc, received the AK Wissenschaftspreis 2017 for her master thesis „Time-resolved uptake of protein – nanoparticle conjugates in lung epithelial A549 and macrophage-like THP-1 cells“ in the category „Future – natural sciences and technology“. Currently, Bettina develops applications for „Laser PCR“ at GNA Biosolutions GmbH (www.gna-bio.com) in Martinsried close to Munich. This technology enables ultrashort (1,000,000x faster) temperature ramps, and therefore DNA detection within 10 min.
Markus Steiner, MSc, received the WISP 2011 3rd Prize for his contribution „Wenn Schmerzmittel schmerzen“ granted by dialog<>gentechnik, Die Presse, and Austria Presse Agentur. Two years later he furthermore receives the ImmunoTools Award 2013 for his project on elucidations of immune functions of human basophils. After successful completion of his PhD thesis on “Human basophils – novel aspects beyond the allergic effector role”, Markus started as Postdoc in the the Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research, http://www.limcr.at, at the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg.
