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Join the ASEV Young Scientist Meeting

(25.06.2021)

The Austrian Society for Extracellular Vesicles has just announced the ASEV Young Scientist Meeting, to be held October 15-16, 2021, at Danube University in Krems. The event will take place in a hybrid format, allowing for both, physical attendance (in accordance with the COVID-19 safety regulations in October) or online via Zoom. Topics will include advances in EV characterization, the role of extracellular vesicles in regeneration and many more.

Pint of Science - The international science festival is coming to Austria

(10.05.2021)

Local research packed into three entertaining evenings – presented by the international festival Pint of Science. For the first time in Austria, scientists will appear for the first time in Austria in the (virtual) bar next door from May 17-19, 2021. Among them Susanne Wolbank, co-director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology.

Trauma-induced coagulopathy - New article in Nature Reviews Disease Primers

(02.05.2021)

Trauma is the fourth most common cause of death worldwide and uncontrolled bleeding is a major preventable cause of death in patients with traumatic injury. Controlling hemorrhage is often more difficult than it seems though, as in severely bleeding trauma patients, coagulation may be altered. Both uncontrollable bleeding as well as hypercoagulation can occur as a result of a complex interplay of several mechanisms involving procoagulant and anticoagulant factors as well as cellular components.

Tune in! Radiodoktor, April 15. on Radio Ö1

(13.04.2021)

On April 15 at 4:05 pm, LBI Co-Director Susanne Wolbank will be a guest on Radiodoktor, a broadcast on the Austrian radio channel Ö1. As part of the focus on "Years Won - New Paths to Old Age", she will talk about how biotechnological processes can be used to restore tissue and organ structures after injuries.

Invitation to attend the World Sepsis Congress 2021

(12.04.2021)

On April 21^st and 22^nd, the Global Sepsis Alliance will host the World Sepsis Congress 2021 - Advancing Prevention, Survival, and Survivorship of Sepsis and COVID-19.

This free online congress is a great opportunity to connect and learn with leading sepsis experts from around the globe – right from the comfort of your home or office.

Bridging preclinical and clinical research during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

(09.04.2021)

In their brand new review article, Marcin Osuchowski and his co-authors from more than twenty research institutions from all over Europe address the interplay between preclinical and clinical research in the context of COVID-19.

INKplant prints the future of regenerative medicine

(07.04.2021)

Nineteen partners from universities, research centers, SMEs, multinational corporations, and hospitals are collaborating on this project, funded by the EU with 6 million euros. A multidisciplinary team working on the fusion of different biomaterials and 3D printing technologies aims to bring a new solution to the fabrication of biomimetic implants.

Wolfgang Holnthoner on Radio Burgenland

(07.02.2021)

"I have been following the scientific discourse on SARS-Cov-2 and the mRNA vaccination for a long time and I understand that it is not easy to keep track of things."

With these words, Wolfgang Holnthoner opened his comment in the Pinkafelder Stadtzeitung, in which he speaks about the role of mRNA and explains scientific discourse and consensus.

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 9. 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.

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology