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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology

Vascularization and EVs at the Life Science Tuesday

(20.01.2021)

Wolfgang Holnthoner, head of the Vascular Biology Research Group at LBI Trauma, will be on virtual stage as invited speaker at the Life Science Tuesday, February 8. The event is hosted by ÖGMBT, the Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology.

Sylvia Nürnberger is MedUni Vienna’s Researcher of the Month

(03.12.2020)

In December 2020, MedUni Vienna awarded the title “Researcher of the Month” to Sylvia Nürnberger, head of the cartilage regeneration group at LBI Trauma. The award was presented to her on the occasion of the study “Repopulation of an auricular cartilage scaffold, AuriScaff, perforated with an enzyme combination” published in the Top Journal Acta Biomaterialia.

(20.11.2020)

The European Researchers’ Night is a mega-event that takes place every year in many European cities. Due to the current Covid19 situation, the event will be held exclusively online for the first time, giving everyone the opportunity to take part comfortably from home. The program will be streamed via several online channels.

(16.11.2020)

Jaw surgery often includes bone augmentation via implants. A common method to gain bone tissue is to transplant it from the patient’s femur – a process which is associate with an increased infection rate, a prolonged healing process and additional stress for the patient.

(13.11.2020)

In 2005, archaeological excavations on the Wachtberg in Krems an der Donau (Austria) revealed two Upper Paleolithic infant burials. Among them was the 31,000 years old double burial of two infants, protected by the shoulder blade of a mammoth and well preserved. Genetic, morphological and chemical studies were able to identify the two infants as identical twins and shed light on their short survival time.