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Reinhard Würzner Tel.: +43 (0)512 9003-70707 |
Biographical sketch
University studies of Human Medicine at the Universities Marburg (DE), Rutgers New Brunswick (NJ, US), Vienna (AT), Heidelberg (DE), Cambridge (UK) and Göttingen (DE) and of Molecular Immunopathology at the University of Cambridge (UK).
Current Position
Deputy Head of Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology
Director of PhD Studies at Med. Univ. Innsbruck
Speaker of FWF-funded Intern. Doctoral Programme HOROS (since 2014)
Coordinator of EU-funded Intern. Doctoral Programme CORVOS (since 2019)
Education
1978 | Matura, Gymnasium Hochdahl, Erkrath, DE |
1986 | Approbation as Doctor of Medicine, University of Göttingen, DE |
1986 | Doctor of Medicine, MD, University of Heidelberg, DE |
1991 | Medical Specialist in Laboratory Medicine (Physicians Chamber Hannover) |
1993 | Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK |
1997 | Medical Specialist in Hyg. & Med. Microbiol. (Physicians Chamber Innsbruck) |
1997 | Habilitation in Hygiene and Medical Microbiology |
Career History
since 1993 | Institute of Hygiene & Med. Microbiology (formerly Division of Hygiene & Med. Microbiology and Inst. for Hygiene) at the Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health (formerly ... and Social Medicine), Med. Univ. of Innsbruck (MUI, formerly Innsbruck Med. University and Univ. of Innsbruck): - Head of Diagnostic Section Virology/Serology (1998-2009) - Head of Diagnostic Section Bacteriology (2004-2009) - "Geschäftsführender Oberarzt" of the Department (2004-2009) - Deputy Head of Institute/Division (2004-2014/2019-2023) |
1986-1993 |
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Major Research Projects
P 12551 FWF Stand alone |
FWF | 1997-1999 |
P 13183 FWF Stand alone |
FWF | 1998-2001 |
P 17043 FWF Stand alone |
FWF | 2004-2008 |
EU network of excellence (Europathogenomics) |
EU | 2005-2010 |
Doctoral programme HOROS (W1253) |
FWF, Med. Univ. Innsbruck, Land of Tyrol |
2014-2022 |
European Joint Doctoral programme |
EU-Horizon 2020 (MSCA), Med. Univ. Innsbruck Land of Tyrol |
2019-2023 |
Awards
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Austrian Microbiology Prize 1998 (Würzner, Gruber, Lukasser-Vogl, Dierich) |
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Austrian Nephrology Prize 1998 (Lhotta, Würzner, Kronenberg, König) |
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Meteka Hospital Hygiene Prize 2001 (Lass-Flörl, ..., Würzner, Dierich) |
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Int. Candida Research Prize 2000 (Würzner) |
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Austrian Immunology Research Prize (Herndler-Brandstetter, …, Würzner, Grubeck-Loebenstein) |
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German Mycology Research Prize 2008 (Vogl, Lesiak, …, Würzner) |
Research Interest
Complement: activation, inhibition, terminal pathway, deficiencies, polymorphisms, monoclonal antibodies; Candida albicans: 'molecular mimicry', integrin-analogue, complement receptors, adhesion, secreted aspartic proteases, complement evasion; EHEC: virulence factors, influence of complement, HUS
Publications
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Other activities
Offices, Editorships
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Co-Editor (1992-1996), Associate & Section-Editor Complement (1996-2001) of 'Experimental & Clinical Immunogenetics' |
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Associate Editor of ‘Intern. Archives of Allergy & Immunology’ (2002-2006) |
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General Secretary of the European Complement Network (ECN, 1997-2003) |
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President of the Austrian Society for Medical Mycology (ÖGMM 2001-2006) |
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Speaker of the “Infection, Immunity & Transplantation” module (formerly "Infectious Disease", 2002-2017) of the MUI-Ph.D.-Programmes (since 2002) |
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Secretary of the Section "Eukaryotic pathogens" of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM, 2003-2009) |
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Head of the Austrian Reference Laboratories for EHEC (2003-2009) |
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Coordinating General Secretary for all Research Sections of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM, 2004-2009) |
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Deputy Head and Secretary of the Section "Zoonosis" of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM, 2012-2022) |
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Speaker of FWF-funded Intern. Doctoral Programme HOROS (since 2014) |
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Member of the Scientific boards of ÖGAI, ÖGMM, ÖGHMP (since 2006) |
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President of the European Complement Network (ECN, 2017-2021) |
Organisation of congresses
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Member of the Organizing Committee for the XIV International Complement Workshop, Cambridge, 1991 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for the 6th European Meeting on Complement in Human Disease, Innsbruck, 1997 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for Immunology2001 - 17th DGfI Spring meeting, Innsbruck, 2001 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for the DGHM Statusworkshop "Eukaryotic Pathogens", Innsbruck, 2004 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2005 – 1st Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2005 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for MYK2006 – 40th Annual Meeting of the DMykG and the ÖGMM, Innsbruck, 2006 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2007 – 2nd Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2007 |
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Member of the Organizing Committees for the 59th, 60th, 61st, and 62nd Annual Meetings of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM), Göttingen, Dresden, Göttingen, Hannover, 2007-2010 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2008 – 3rd Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2008 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2009 – 4th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2009 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2010 – 5th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2010 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2010 – 2nd International conference on HUS & related disorders, Innsbruck, 2010 |
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Member of the Organizing Committee for MYK2010 - 44th Annual Meeting of the DMykG and the ÖGMM, Vienna, 2010 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2011 – 6th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2011 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2011 – 3rd International conference on HUS & related disorders, Innsbruck, 2011 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2012 – 7th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2012 |
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Member of the Organizing committee & Scientific Chair for VTEC2012 - 8th Intern. Meeting on Verocytotoxin producing E. coli, Amsterdam, 2012 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2013 – 8th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2013 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2013 – 4th International conference on HUS & related disorders, Innsbruck, 2013 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2014 – 9th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2014 |
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Deputy General Secretary of the Organising Committee for MYK 2014 - 48th Annual Meeting of the DMykG and the ÖGMM, Salzburg, 2014 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2015 – 10th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2015 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2015 – 5th International conference on HUS & related disorders, Igls, 2015 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2016 – 11th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2016 |
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Member of the Organizing Committee for ÖGAI2016 – Annual Meeting of Austrian Society of Immunology & Allergology, 2016 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2017 – 12th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2017 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2017 – 6th International conference on HUS & related disorders, Igls, 2017 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2018 – 13th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2018 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for MYK2018 - 52nd Annual Meeting of the DMykG and the ÖGMM, Innsbruck, 2018 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2019 – 14th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2019 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for the DGHM Statusworkshop "Eukaryotic Pathogens", Innsbruck, 2020 |
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General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2020 – 15th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2020 |
Teaching
