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An alle, die einen Workshop über Molekularbiologie in Salzburg besuchen wollen:

Der Fachbereich „Molekulare Biologie“ und der Schwerpunkt „Biowissenschaften und Gesundheit“ veranstalten einmal im Semester ein kleines Symposium, in dem alle DiplomandInnen und DoktorandInnen ihre Projekte vorstellen.

Wenn Sie sich über unsere Forschungsthemen informieren wollen, dann besuchen Sie unser Symposium im „Grünen Hörsaal“. Das Programm finden Sie im Attachment dieser Email.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Annemarie Frischauf und Josef Thalhamer

Thesis Workshop of Diploma and Doctoral Students

Organized by the Department of Molecular Biology and the
Priority Program “BioSciences and Health” of the University of Salzburg

Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Salzburg, 4th - 5th of February, 2008
Opening: Monday 4th of February, 2008, 9:00, lecture hall green (HS 403)


9:00 Welcome: Josef Thalhamer


Chair: Fritz Aberger

9:00 – 9:20
Franz Zimmermann
Doctoral thesis: Alterations of complex I of the respiratory chain in tumorigenesis
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Salzburg.

9:20 – 9:40
Rene' Feichtinger
Doctoral thesis: Activity of enzymes of the energy metabolism in solid tumors
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Salzburg.

9:40 – 10:00
Edith Müller
Doctoral thesis: Mitochondrial polymorphisms in multifactorial diseases
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Salzburg.

10:00 – 10:20
Daniela Asslaber
Doctoral thesis: Arsenic trioxide as novel treatment option for patients with high risk chronic lymphoctic leukemia
Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research (SALK)

10:20 – 10:40
Nathalie Wacht
Doctoral thesis: Novel substances for B-CLL high risk patients and their mechanisms of action
Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research (SALK)

10:40 – 11:00
Franz Gassner
Doctoral thesis: Immunomodulatory Effects of Fludarabine on B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in vivo and in vitro
Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research (SALK)

11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break

Chair: Anna-Maria Frischauf

11:20 – 11:35
Markus Eberl
Diploma thesis: Synergistic GLI/EGF mediated transformation in GLI1-HaCaT cells by MEK/AKT
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Genomics
University of Salzburg

11:35 – 11:55
Johanna Gostner
Doctoral thesis: The influence of GA733-proteins on the metastatic potential of breast cancer cells
Tiroler Krebsforschungsinstitut, AG Experimentelle Onkologie, Innrain 66, A-6020 Dr. Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Genomics
University of Salzburg

11:55 – 12:10
Daniela Kern
Diploma thesis: Hedgehog Signaling in B1-Cells
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Genomics
University of Salzburg

12:10 – 12:30
Sebastian Walter Hofbauer
Doctoral thesis: Involvement of Protein Kianse B Isoforms in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia of B Cells.
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Genomics
University of Salzburg
Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research (SALK)

12:30 – 12:50
Stefan Klingler
Doctoral thesis: Identification of touching points in HH/GLI and EGFR signaling and its effects on cancerformation and maintenance, elucidating molecular key mediators in HH/GLI – EGFR synergism
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Genomics
University of Salzburg


12:50 – 13:15 Lunch Break

Chair: Barbara Krammer, Fatima Ferreira

13:15 – 13:30
Verena Ziegler
Diploma thesis: In-vitro studies for fluorescence diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma cells with hypericin
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg
13:30 – 13:45
Julia Knaup
Diploma thesis: Treatment of squamous cell carcinoma cells with hypericin
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

13:45 – 14:05
Victoria Engelhardt
Doctoral thesis: Antibakterielle PDT
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

14:05 – 14:25
Andrea Harrer
Doctoral thesis: Mechanism of diclofenac-inducesd anaphylaxis
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

14:25 – 14:40
Stephanie Wallner
Diploma thesis: cloning and characterisation of cleavage mutants of Amba1
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

14:40 – 14:55
Tamara Girbl
Diploma thesis: Cloning and characterization of a novel lipid transfer protein from celery
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

14:55 – 15:10
Florian Reisinger
Diploma thesis: Monoclonal antibodies agaginst plant allergens
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg


15:10 – 15:30 Coffee Break


Chair: Albert Duschl

15:30 – 15:45
Anna Lipp
Diploma thesis: Ca – signaling in T cells
Upper Austrian Research GmbH, Linz
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

15:45 – 16:00
Stefan Hainzl
Diploma thesis: Stimulation of dendritic cells with IL-31
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

16:00 – 16:20
Eva Untersmayr
Doctoral thesis: The influence of aging on the development of typ I allergy
Dept. of Pathophysiology
Center of Physiology, Pathophysiology & Immunology
Medical University of Vienna
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

16:20 – 16:40
Petra Desch
Doctoral thesis: Idendification of putative cancer stem cells in B-CLL
Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research (SALK)

16:40 – 16:55
Jochen Fister
Diploma thesis: IgG1 and IgA specific interaction partners responsible for isotype specific signaling
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg
Gernot Achatz

16:55 – 17:10
Benjamin Seeburger
Diploma thesis
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Genomics
University of Salzburg

Tuesday, 5th of Februar, 2008


Chair: Gernot Achatz, Hanno Stutz

9:00 – 9:20
Elisabeth Rösler
Doctoral thesis: RNA vaccines: Effect of different RNA capping approaches
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

9:20 – 9:35
Andrea Autengruber
Diploma thesis: Strategies for the induction of peripheral tolerance
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

9:35 – 9:50
Gudrun Horner
Diploma thesis: Design of immuno-regulatory antigens
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

9:50 – 10:05
Esther Weinberger
Diploma thesis: RNA based vaccination against allergy
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

10:05 – 10:25
Ursula Maier
Doctoral thesis: Development of analytical methods for the separation of genotoxic compounds
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Chemistry
University of Salzburg
Department of Cell Biology
University of Salzburg

10:25 – 10:45
Marija Jozic
Doctoral thesis: Rapid test methods to assess heavy metals in soil: development and comparison with reference methods
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Chemistry
University of Salzburg


10:45 – 11:10 Coffee Break


Chair: Fritz Aberger, Annemarie Frischauf

11:10 – 11:30
Christina Gruber
Doctoral thesis: EB associated squamous cell carcinoma: Molecular therapy using SmaRT
EB-House Austria, Laboratory for Molecular Therapy (SALK)

11:30 – 11:45
Monika Ettinger
Diploma thesis: Expression, purification, and functional characterization of tolerance-inducing fusion proteins
EB-House Austria, Laboratory for Molecular Therapy (SALK)

11:45 – 12:05
Ulrich Koller
Doctoral thesis: High throughput screening for functional pre-trans-splicing molecules for gene therapy of EB-patients
EB-House Austria, Laboratory for Molecular Therapy (SALK)

12:05 – 12:25
Elisabeth Mayr
Doctoral thesis
EB-House Austria, Laboratory for Molecular Therapy (SALK)

12:25 – 12:45
Jenny Breitenbach
Doctoral thesis: Pharmacological treatment of Epidermolysis Bullosa
EB-House Austria, Laboratory for Molecular Therapy (SALK)

12:45 – 13:05
Martina Haim
Doctoral thesis: Development of therapeutic peptides by molecular technique
EB-House Austria, Laboratory for Molecular Therapy (SALK)

13:05 – 13:25
Barbara Kronsteiner
Doctoral thesis: Immunomodulatory properties of mesenchymal stem cells from amnion and adipose tissue
Blutzentrale Linz und LBI für Traumatologie Wien
Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg


13:25 – 14:00 Lunch Break


Chair: Gerhard Obermeyer, Robert Schwarzenbacher

14:00 – 14:15
Magdalena Pöckl
Diploma thesis: Electrophysiological Measurements of the Plasma Membrane H+ ATPase Activity in Lily Pollen
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Salzburg

14:15 – 14:30
Janina Ullmann
Diploma thesis: PQQ biosynthesis
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Structural Biology
University of Salzburg

14:30 – 14:50
Moritz Metlitzky
Doctoral thesis: The Biosynthesispathway of PQQ
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Structural Biology
University of Salzburg

14:50 – 15:10
Angela Ehart
Doctoral thesis: NLRs
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Structural Biology
University of Salzburg


15:10 – 15:30 Coffee Break


Chair: Hans Brandstetter

15:30 – 15:45
Ines Ehrnstorfer
Diploma thesis: Biochemical and Structural Characterisation of Prohibitin 1 and 2 from S.cerevisiae
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Structural Biology
University of Salzburg

15:45 – 16:00
Esther Schönauer
Diploma thesis: Biochemical and Structural Characterisation of Collagenase H from C.histolyticum
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Structural Biology
University of Salzburg

16:00 – 16:15
Andreas Grießner
Diploma thesis: structural investigation and biochemical characterization of Factor VIII
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Structural Biology
University of Salzburg

16:15 – 16:35
Gabriele Rubenzer
Doctoral thesis
Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research (SALK)

16:35 – 16:50
Ursula Mayrhauser
Diploma Thesis: Hedgehog Signaling in Neuroblastoma
Department of Pathology, Division of Immunhistochemistry (SALK)

16:50 – 17:05
Maria Paulischta
Diploma thesis
Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Genomics
University of Salzburg

17:05 – 17:20
Andrea Privec
Diploma thesis: Gli interactions
Department of Molecular Biology
Division of Genomics
University of Salzburg