Research
Research is one of the three core tasks of Innsbruck Medical University and is carried out by research teams in the theoretical departments and those of the University Medical Center.
The research focuses on molecular bio-sciences (including the special research area “Cell proliferation and cell death in tumors”, Austrian Proteomics Platform), neuro-sciences, cancer research, molecular imaging and sports medicine. In these and other areas, academic research at Innsbruck Medical University has been very successful in getting research funding against strong national and international competition.
Clear evidence of this success are a number of research projects supported by the Austrian Federal Science Fund (FWF), the National Bank and the European Union. Innsbruck Medical University is also integrated in a number of international partnerships. The Innsbruck Medical University staff are active in numerous networks and in cooperative research, as well as being represented in the relevant specialised scientific associations.
A research service supports the scientists with the realisation of various research projects. The research is evaluated regularly according to strict guidelines and presented in the documentation of research achievements. Applied research is linked to competence and spin-off centers (CAST, KMT, HITT).
In its research efforts, Innsbruck Medical University has the support of various partners. The province of the Tyrol and the Tiroler Landeskrankenanstalten Ges.m.b.H (Tilak, Tyrolean provincial hospitals limited liability company) as joint operators of the University Medical Center play a major role here.
Special Research Areas, Graduate Programs
- Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in Tumors (SFB-F 021; 2003-...)
- Biological Communication Systems (SFB-F 002; 1993-2003)
- Limbic System Circuitries Underlying Fear and Anxiety(NFN, 2006-...)
- Austrian Proteomics Platform
- Innsbruck Medical University Graduate School
- Molecular Cell Biology and Oncology Graduate Program (MCBO)
- Signal Processing in Neurons Graduate Program(SPIN)
- Neurosciences Innsbruck
- EC-funded projects
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Publications of the Innsbruck Medical University (Research documentation)
Theoretical Departments:
- Biocenter Innsbruck
- Division of Bioinformatics
- Division of Biological Chemistry
- Division of Cell Biology
- Division of Clinical Biochemistry
- Division of Developmental Immunology
- Division of Experimental Pathophysiology and Immunology
- Division of Genomics and RNomics
- Division of Medical Biochemistry
- Division of Molecular Biology
- Division of Molecular Pathophysiology
- Division of Neurobiochemistry
- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics
- Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology
- Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology
- Department of Hygiene, Microbiology, and Social Medicine
- Institute of Pharmacology
- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics
- Institute of Pathology
- Institute of Legal Medicine
University Medical Center
- Centerof Operative Medicine
- Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery
- Department of Heart Surgery
- Department of Vascular Surgery
- Department of Plastic-, Reconstructive- and Aesthetic Surgery
- Department of Traumatology
- Department of Urology
- Division of Experimental Urology
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
- Department of General and Surgery Critical Care Medicine
- Center of Internal Medicine
- Department of Internal Medicine I(Metabolic Diseases, Pulmology, Infectious Diseases,Endocrinology, Rheumatology and Angiology)
- Department of Internal Medicine II(Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
- Department of Internal Medicine III(Cardiology)
- Department of Internal Medicine IV(Nephrology and Hypertensiology)
- Department of Internal Medicine V(Hematology and Oncology)
- Center of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Center of Gynecology
- Center of Otorhinolaryngology and Hearing, Speech and Voice Disorders
- Center of Diagnostic Radiology
- Center of Dentistry and Oral Surgery
- Department of Dentistry Surgery
- Department of Orthodontics
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Center of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy
- Center of Pediatrics
- Department of Pediatrics I
- Department of Pediatrics II
- Department of Pediatrics III
- Department of Pediatrics IV
- Department of Pediatrics V
- Department of Dermatology
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Women's Health Center
- Institute for Neuroscience
Further Facilities
- Ethics Commission
- Integrated Center of Research and Therapy(IFTZ)
- Gene Discovery Core Facility
- Research Laboratory for Gut Inflammation Innsbruck
Co-operations
- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research
- Daniel Swarovski Research Laboratory
- LFU - Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck
- Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute of Cardiology and Gender Research
- TKFI - Tyrolean Cancer Research Institute
- MFF - Medical Research Fund Tirol
- Documentation "Iceman" (German only)
- Scientific Organizations