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Prof. Wolfgang Weninger

Group Leader
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Rohit Jain, PhD

Principal Investigator

Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-76900
Email: rohit.jain@meduniwien.ac.at 
MedUni Vienna – Researcher Profile 
Twitter: @rohitjain_18 
ORCID: 0000-0002-4905-462X 
Research interests: 
Macrophage Ontogeny in health and disease, Innate Immunology, Intravital Multiphoton Imaging, Advanced Imaging Modalities, Embryonic Development, Hematopoiesis, Tumour Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Melanoma, Amelanotic Melanoma, Imaging Tumor Microenvironment, Cell Death Pathways, Cell Biology, High-Throughput Screening, Drug Discovery

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Shweta Tikoo, PhD

Principal Investigator

Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-76900 
Email: shweta.tikoo@meduniwien.ac.at 
MedUni Vienna – Researcher Profile 
Twitter: @Shwetatikoo29 
ORCID: 0000-0001-5850-8075 
Research interests: 
Cancer Biology, Immuno-Oncology, Macrophage Ontogeny, Innate Immunity, Hematopoiesis, Embryonic Development, Imaging Tumour Microenvironment, Advanced Imaging Modalities, Intravital Multiphoton Microscopy, Melanoma Biology, Breast Cancer, Signaling Pathways in Cancer, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, High-Throughput Screening, Drug Discovery, CRISPR-Mediated Gene Editing

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Karin Pfisterer, PhD

Principal Investigator

Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-77880 
Email: karin.pfisterer@meduniwien.ac.at 
MedUni Vienna – Researcher Profile 
Twitter: @PfistererKarin
ORCID: 0000-0003-1723-6266 
Research interests: Tissue homeostasis and inflammation, immunology, cancer, cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, cell migration, advanced imaging (live imaging in 2D and 3D, superresolution microscopy, FRET, FRAP, image analysis), in vitro assays (cell differentiation models, functional assays, flow cytometry, Ca2+ flux, organotypic skin models), molecular biology (Co-IP, lipid raft isolations, Western blotting, qPCR, scRNA-seq, molecular cloning) and bacteriophage assays

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Matthias Wielscher, PhD

Principal Investigator

Email: matthias.wielscher@meduniwien.ac.at 
MedUni Vienna – Researcher Profile
GitHub: Mwielscher
ORCID: 0000-0003-4138-1383 
Research interests: 
Genetic epidemiology, skin microbiome research, skin bacteria and bacteriophages relationship, developing methods for phage therapy using metagenomic samples, medical genetics

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Frank Assen, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher

Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-77880
Email: frank.assen@meduniwien.ac.at
Twitter: @FrankAssen
ORCID: 0000-0003-3470-6119
Research interests: 
(Intravital) imaging, bio-image analysis, immunology, (patho)physiology, mechanobiology, lymphatics, stroma, extracellular matrix, cell migration

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Maria Buchberger

Labmanager / Technician

Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-77880
Email: maria.buchberger@meduniwien.ac.at
ORCID: 0000-0001-8728-4269
Research interests: 
Laboratory Organisation, Phages, Skin Immunology (especially DC, mastcells, T cells), Psoriasis, Atopic Dermatitis, Urticaria, and to analyse them with Imaging technologies, Immunohistochemistry, Flow cytometry

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Minoo Schuch-Ghannadan, Dr DI

Senior scientist

Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-76900 
Email: minoo.schuch-ghannadan@meduniwien.ac.at
Research interests: 
Phenotypic characterization of Human Mastcells and Basophiles, Immunohistochemistry analysis, Flow cytometry, Histamin release 

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Lisa Shaw, MSc

Technician
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Dörte Symmank, Dr.med.univ.

PhD student

Supervisor: Wolfgang Weninger
Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-76900 
Email: doerte.symmank@meduniwien.ac.at
Twitter: @d_symmank
ORCID: 0000-0002-3992-6447
Research interests: 
Innate Immunity, Intravital multiphoton imaging, Infectious Diseases, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Cell Biology, Autoinflammatory Diseases

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Parvaneh Balsini, MSc

PhD student

Supervisor: Karin Pfisterer
Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-78030 
Email: parvaneh.balsini@meduniwien.ac.at
ORCID: 0000-0002-6124-7774
Research interests: 
Chronic inflammatory skin conditions, allergen exposure, contact allergens, extracellular matrix, confocal microscopy, flow cytometry

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Pauline Weinzettl, BSc

Master student
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Bahareh Horr

Diploma student

Supervisor: Karin Pfisterer
Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-78030
Email: n11741148@students.meduniwien.ac.at
Research interests: 
Skin immunology, allergic skin diseases, cell culture (differentiation assays), flow cytometry

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Lea Lemajić, BSc

Master Student

Supervisor: Karin Pfisterer
Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-78030
Email: a12026975@unet.univie.ac.at
Research interests: 
Atopic Dermatitis, skin microbiome, skin bacteria and bacteriophage interaction, bacteriophage isolation and cultivation, bacteriophage therapy, drug discovery

Arezou Najm, Bsc

Master Student

Supervisor: Shweta Tikoo
Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-76900
Research interests: 
Immune cells, cell migration, inflammation, autoimmunity, mouse models, microbiology

Chandna Panwar, Bsc

Master Student

Supervisor: Shweta Tikoo, Rohit Jain
Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-76900
Research interests: 
Host-pathogen interaction, innate immunity, intravital multiphoton microscopy, confocal fluroscence microscopy, vaccine development, infectious biology, autoimmunity

Alumni

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David Samardžić, BSc

Master student

Supervisor: Karin Pfisterer
ORCID: 0009-0008-5137-1641
Research interests: 
Allergic skin diseases, skin immunbiology, hypersensitvity reactions, innate immune system, macrophages/dendritic cells, allergen effects on skin, cell culture (differentitation assasys, intercellular communication, co-cultivation systems), bioinformatics (single cell RNA sequencing), bacteriophage cultivation, chemistry, drug discovery, pharmacy

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Moritz Stadler

Diploma student

Supervisor: Matthias Wielscher
ORCID: 0009-0007-4366-4826
Research interests: 
Genomic data analysis, bioinformatics