School Education: Biochemistry & Medicine

• HTL Biochemist (HTBLVA Rosensteingasse, Department of Biochemistry & Food Technology), graduated in 1984
• From the beginning of medical studies, collaboration in basic university research, including two research stays in Canada

Research Activity

January – March 1986   Research work for Doz. K. Czerwenka & Doz. K. Kremser, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Vienna

• Glycoproteins in Ovarian Cysts(published)

March – Aug. 1986    Research work for Prof. Hans Goldenberg, Institute of Medical Chemistry, 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, supported by a scholarship from the Research Promotion Fund

• Cell and Embryo Culture

Aug. 1986 – Aug. 1989    Scientific training, then part-time employee with Prof. Dr. Manfred Huettinger, Institute of Medical Chemistry at the University of Vienna, supported by the Research Promotion Fund. I feel incredibly grateful to Professor Hüttinger, as he has influenced my entire life, supporting and correcting me with patience and kindness. His lovely wife, Inge, too, is grateful! Thank you!!

• Lipoprotein Metabolism and Atherosclerosis(published)
• Isolation of the Chylomicron Remnant Receptor(published)

Aug. – Dec. 1989   Research activity with Prof. Wolfgang J.Schneider, Dept.Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton / Canada, supported 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. of 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 in the journal) underline;”>

Swiss-PROT-Database

• Molecular characterization of a lipoprotein receptor(published)

Aug. – Oct. 1990    6-week “taster course” in genetics with Prof. Erwin Wagner, IMP (Institute of Molecular Pathology) Vienna

• Cell Transformation and Oncogene Expression
• Retroviral-mediated gene transfer