Willkommen bei der Sektion für Molekulare Pathophysiologie (DMP)1

Research:
The aim of the DMP is to improve our understanding of fundamental biological processes on the molecular level with the ultimate goal to apply this knowledge to improved therapy and diagnosis of human diseases. Specifically, we investigate apoptosis (Kofler), cell cycle control (Geley) and proteins interacting with the glucocorticoid receptor (Helmberg). Our Division participates in the local Research Program Project (SFB, "Spezialforschungsbereich"), and programs funded by the European Community (Transfog) and Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (GEN-AU). Our research is further supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, SFB-F021, P18571, P18747) and other funding agencies.

Teaching:
The Division further participates in various teaching programs of both the MUI (basic medical school, MD/PhD program) and the LFU (PhD program). In this respect, we are part of the recently established "Molecular Cell Biology and Oncology" training program (MCBO).

The DMP consists of four research groups (organisation):

  • Leukemia Apoptosis: Reinhard Kofler
  • Cell cycle control: Stephan Geley
  • Molecular Oncology: Arno Helmberg
  • Applied Bioinformatics Group: Johannes Rainer
1) Supported by the Austrian Science Fund - FWF (http://www.fwf.ac.at/), the Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Culture - BM-BWK (http://www.bmbwk.gv.at/), the European Community - EU (http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.html), the Tyrolean Science Fund -TWF(http://www.tiroler-wissenschaftsfonds.at/) and other funding Institutions.