Welcome to the homepage of the Institute of Human Genetics Innsbruck
We are the only human genetics institute in western Austria. We fulfil comprehensive tasks in the education and training of physicians and natural scientists and have independent research laboratories.
As the Centre for Medical Genetics Innsbruck, we are also responsible for comprehensive medical care for genetic issues in the region and beyond. We provide a wide range of clinical genetic services in our genetic consultation hours and consults in Innsbruck, Feldkirch, Zams and Lienz. All relevant methods of genetic diagnostics are competently performed in our ISO 15189 accredited laboratories. For special questions, we draw on a comprehensive network of national and international cooperation partners.
You can find more detailed information on medical genetics as a medical subject here.
For those seeking advice and patients
If you have a medical-genetic concern yourself, you will find all the information about our consultation hours, making an appointment and your contact persons here.
For doctors
If you are a doctor and would like to refer patients to us, you will find information on our range of services and the necessary forms here.
Research and teaching
Here you will find information on the basic research groups at the Institute as well as on the courses offered in various degree programmes and continuing education.
Our institute
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News
How mitochondrial membrane architecture is regulated:
Researchers from the Institute of Human Genetics (Director: Johannes Zschocke) at the Medical University of Innsbruck have used methods they developed themselves to examine the regulation of the lipid composition of mitochondrial membranes. In the scientific journal Cell Reports, they demonstrate how far-reaching the mechanisms identified are. More more
- Earlier current information can be found here in our archive