Gabriele
Werner-Felmayer, Division
of Biological Chemistry ,
Biocentre,
Innsbruck Medical
University
e-mail: gabriele.werner-felmayer@i-med.ac.at
Scientific
curriculum:
1985 PhD (Dr.phil.) in
Microbiology, Science Faculty of the University of Innsbruck,
Austria
1985/86 Erwin Schrödinger Postdoctoral Fellow (FWF) at the
Department of Oral Microbiology and General Immunology,
University Zürich, Switzerland
1987-1994 Postdoctoral Scientist at the Institute of Medical
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria
1992 Guest scientist (Kamillo Eisner Foundation) at the
Department of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New
York, USA
1994 Habilitation in Medical Biochemistry (Significance of
cytokine-induced pteridine biosynthesis for formation of nitric
oxide from L-arginine)
1994 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Medical Chemistry
and Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria
1997 Title "Ausserordentliche Universitätsprofessorin"
2006 - Editorial Adviser The Biochemical Journal
Research interests in Medical Biochemistry:
Cytokine-induced cellular
processes:
- Molecular regulation of pteridine biosynthetic enzymes and
its impact on nitric oxide formation
- Expression, function and gene structure of CXCL11, a
T-cell-attracting chemokine evolved by gene duplication
- Pteridines and nitric oxide in cellular differentiation:
- Physarum polycephalum; - mammalian cells
- Diagnostic application:- Human(e) pyrogen test
Publications (PubMed)>>
Top10 cited papers Innsbruck Medical University>>
Research interests in
Bioethics:
- Science as culture
- Innovative technologies in Biomedicine (Genetics, stem cell research, reproductive medicine)
- Identity, individual, person
Publications (Bioethics)>>
book "the Wariness of the
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"Die Vorsicht der Schildkröten">>
Media Reports (German)>>
Group
members:
Petra Loitzl
(technician);
Funding:
Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF)
Jubiläumsfonds der Österreichen Nationalbank (OENB)
European commission
Bioethics-Network:
Ethucation
International Network of the
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Austrian Unit)
Teaching activities:
Biochemische Übungen für Mediziner
Bioinformatics
course (Medical Graduate Program)
Ethik und Betrug in den Biowissenschaften (Seminar, Medical
Graduate Program)
Seminar für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
Participation in the Medical Graduate Program, module "Regulation of gene
expression during growth, development and
differentiation"
Positions:
diploma, PhD or MD thesis,
postdoctoral or technical positions: please inquire