
Prof. Wolfgang Weninger
Group LeaderPhone: +43 (0)1 40400-77070
Email: w.weninger@meduniwien.ac.at
ORCID: 0000-0003-3133-8699

Rohit Jain, PhD
Principal InvestigatorPhone: +43 (0)1 40400-76900
Email: rohit.jain@meduniwien.ac.at
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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
- Deciphering macrophage ontogeny in health and disease
- Elucidating the role of perivascular macrophages in breast cancer development and metastasis
- Novel High-throughput Screening Platform for Drug-Discovery
- Imaging dynamics of immune cells in the melanoma tumour microenvironment
- Understanding the role of innate immune cells during contact hypersensitivity
- Delineating the role of innate immune cells in leukocyte trafficking during sterile inflammation
- Understanding the interplay of Leishmania and host immune cells

Shweta Tikoo, PhD
Principal InvestigatorPhone: +43 (0)1 40400-76900
Email: shweta.tikoo@meduniwien.ac.at
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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
- Deciphering macrophage ontogeny in health and disease
- Elucidating the role of perivascular macrophages in breast cancer development and metastasis
- Novel High-throughput Screening Platform for Drug-Discovery
- Imaging dynamics of immune cells in the melanoma tumour microenvironment
- Understanding the role of innate immune cells during contact hypersensitivity
- Delineating the role of innate immune cells in leukocyte trafficking during sterile inflammation
- Understanding the interplay of Leishmania and host immune cells

Karin Pfisterer, PhD
Principal InvestigatorPhone: +43 (0)1 40400-77880
Email: karin.pfisterer@meduniwien.ac.at
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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

Matthias Wielscher, PhD
Principal InvestigatorEmail: matthias.wielscher@meduniwien.ac.at
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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

Frank Assen, PhD
Postdoctoral researcherPhone: +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

Maria Buchberger
Labmanager / TechnicianPhone: +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

Minoo Schuch-Ghannadan, Dr DI
Senior scientistPhone: +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

Lisa Shaw, MSc
Technician(shared technician with the INIMAC-lab)
Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-79900
Email: lisa.shaw@meduniwien.ac.at
ORCID: 0000-0003-2273-7655
Research interests:
Flow cytometry, mass cytometry, mouse models, single cell RNA sequencing (10x genomics), smart-seq, ATAC-seq

Dörte Symmank, Dr.med.univ.
PhD studentSupervisor: 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

Parvaneh Balsini, MSc
PhD studentSupervisor: 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

Pauline Weinzettl, BSc
Master studentSupervisor: Karin Pfisterer
Phone: +43 (0)1 40400-78030
Email: pauline.weinzettl@meduniwien.ac.at
ORCID: 0009-0007-8508-3800
Research interests:
Confocal microscopy, live-cell imaging, 3D matrices, cell migration, mechanotransduction

Bahareh Horr
Diploma studentSupervisor: 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

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

Chandna Panwar, Bsc
Master StudentSupervisor: 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

David Samardžić, BSc
Master studentSupervisor: 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

Moritz Stadler
Diploma studentSupervisor: Matthias Wielscher
ORCID: 0009-0007-4366-4826
Research interests:
Genomic data analysis, bioinformatics