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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology

The Human Touch among the Top10 finalists for the S&B Award

(02.10.2020)

The Rudolf Sallinger Fund awards early-stage commercialization ideas based on state-of-the-art research with the S&B Award. With his Start-Up company The Human Touch, Johannes Hackethal made it among the top 10. The winner will be awarded with € 20,000 as well as mentoring services and other support offers for their commercialization idea. All projects placed 2-10 will receive mentoring services and other support offers for their commercialization idea.

Voting is possible until Monday, October 5, 12:00 at derbrutkasten.com!

(22.09.2020)

The Urania Puppet Theater, home of Kasperl and Pezi, recently hosted a very special guest: Philipp Heher from LBI Trauma, who performed swabs on the entire crew and tested them in the institute’s COVID testing lab. The actors were thrilled by his performance and Pezi sent many kisses and Pezitaler.

(02.09.2020)

At the upcoming world congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) in Maastricht, the Netherlands, the LBI Trauma will be present as organizer of multiple symposia:

(14.07.2020)

Hundreds of employees ensure that the AUVA trauma centers continue to operate even in times of the pandemic. Their work puts them at increased risk of infection, and it is therefore of utmost importance to maintain a high level of safety regarding COVID-19.

This is where the LBI trauma comes into play. During lockdown, the scientists were sent to work from home, leaving the laboratories empty. Head of the institute Johannes Grillari, and chemist Michaela Stainer, both experts in the field of molecular biology, soon recognized the chance to bring the expertise as well as the equipment to good use and assist the AUVA in the fight against COVID-19. Protocols were established and the highly sought after reagents were obtained. Numerous scientists joined the initiative and volunteered to work in the test laboratory. The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien and BOKU Vienna provided advice and assistance.

Unique microRNA profile linked to PLS3 gene-related osteoporosis

(20.06.2020)

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, non-coding RNA fragments that play an integral role in various biological processes by regulating gene expression and protein translation. In bone, miRNAs directly affect osteogenic cell maturation and function, and thus partake in fetal skeletal development and maintenance of postnatal bone health. In a recent study performed by scientists from LBI Trauma and BOKU, they were able to identify a change in microRNA levels associated with PLS3 mutation.