Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease (DK-MCD)
The DK-MCD offers an excellence PhD program that provides an in-depth, multidisciplinary training in biomedical research in a stimulating international environment. The thesis projects focus on aspects of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases that integrate basic research and clinically-oriented sciences utilizing a wide spectrum of state-of-the-art techniques.
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Latest Publications Peña de la Sancha P, Wieser BI, Schauer S, Reicher H, Sattler W, Breinbauer R, Schweiger M, Lechleitner M, Frank S, Zechner R, Kratky D, Espenshade PJ, Hoefler G, Vesely PW. Lipolysis-derived fatty acids are needed for homeostatic control of sterol element-binding protein-1c driven hepatic lipogenesis. Commun Biol. 2025 Apr 9;8(1):588 Akhmetshina A, Schooltink L, Amor M, Kuentzel KB, Rainer S, Nandy A, Habisch H, Madl T, Rendina-Ruedy E, Leithner K, Vujić N, Kratky D. Loss or inhibition of lysosomal acid lipase in vitro leads to cholesteryl ester accumulation without affecting muscle formation or mitochondrial function. BBA Adv. 2025; 7:100135 Hirtl M, Gottschalk B, Bachkoenig OA, Oflaz FE, Madreiter- Sokolowski C, Høydal MA, Graier WF. A novel super-resolution STED microscopy analysis approach to observe spatial MCU and MICU1 distribution dynamics in cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 2025; 1872(3):119900 |