School education in biochemistry & medicine
- HTL biochemist (HTBLVA Rosensteingasse, Department of Biochemistry & Food Technology), graduated in 1984
- from the start of medical studies Collaboration in basic university research including two research stays in Canada
Research activity
Jan. – March 1986 Research work for Doz. K. Czerwenka & Doz. K.Kremser, II. Gynecology at the University Hospital Vienna
- Glycoproteins in ovarian cysts (published)
March – Aug. 1986 Research work for Prof. Hans Goldenberg, Institute of Medical Chemistry at the University of Vienna
- Endocytosis of transferrin in the rat liver (published)
May 1987 Scientific training with Prof. K.Kratochwil & Doz. H.Bauer, Department of Molecular Biology of the Academy of Sciences, Salzburg, funded by a scholarship from the Research Promotion Fund
- Cell and Embryo Culture
Aug. 1986 – Aug. 1989 Scientific training, then part-time employee at Prof. Dr. Manfred Huettinger, Institute of Medical Chemistry at the University of Vienna, funded by the Research Promotion Fund. I am incredibly grateful to Prof. Hüttinger because he has influenced my entire life path by supporting and correcting me with a lot of patience and kindness, as has his lovely wife Inge! Thank you!!
- Lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis (published)
- Isolation of the chylomicron remnant receptor (published)
Aug. – Dec. 1989 Research work with Prof. Wolfgang J.Schneider, Dept.Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton / Canada, funded by the Research Promotion Fund
- Endocytosis in developing Chicken Oocytes
Aug. 1989 – Feb. 1990 Research work with Prof. Johannes Nimpf & Prof. Wolfgang J.Schneider, Dept.Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton / Canada, funded by the Research Promotion Fund, Boehringer/Bender and Sandoz/Novartis
- Isolation, characterization, cloning and sequencing of chicken oocyte cathepsin D (published), published in Swiss-PROT-Database
- Molecular Chara
cterization of a lipoprotein receptor (published)
Aug. – Oct. 1990 6-week “taster course” in genetics with Prof. Erwin Wagner, IMP (Institute for Molecular Pathology) Vienna
- Cell transformation and oncogene expression
- Retroviral mediated gene transfer
- Publications on science with the collaboration of Dr. Helmut Retzek can be found on the page “scientific publications by Dr. Retzek“