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Michael Freissmuth - A scientific journey

Sep 26th 2025, 12.30 p.m., Van Swieten Saal

26. September 2025
12:30 PM - 21:00 PM

Scientific Program: Medical University of Vienna, Van Swieten Saal

Get Together: University Clinic for Dentistry

Time to celebrate a scientific journey - farewell to Michael Freissmuth

Pharmacology under the sign of precision medicine

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med.univ. Michael Freissmuth

After decades of groundbreaking research, inspiring teaching and tireless commitment to the Institute of Pharmacology and the Centre for Physiology and Pharmacology, it is time to pay tribute to Michael Freissmuth's scientific journey. Come with us on a journey along the milestones - with colleagues, companions and friends. Together, we will celebrate not only his achievements, but also the future of science that he has shaped.

Join us - an afternoon full of scientific highlights, new inspiration and fond memories!

We look forward to seeing you.
Harald Sitte, Stefan Böhm, Wolfgang Schütz

Program

  • 12:30 - 1:00 PM
    Welcome notes
    Markus Müller, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Veronika Sexl, Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
    Wolfgang Schütz, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • 1:00 - 1:30 PM
    Targeting RAF signalling: Lessons learned from histiocytic neoplasms
    Caroline Hutter, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria
  • 1:30 - 2:00 PM
    Mechanotransduction from within: how the Endoplasmic Reticulum senses mechanical stress
    Hesso Farhan, Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
  • 2:00 - 2:30 PM
    STAT3 signaling in acute myeloid leukemia development and progression
    Dagmar Stoiber-Sakaguchi, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Krems, Austria
  • 2:30 - 3:00 PM
    Coffee break
  • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
    From Dallas to Singapore: Tales of G Proteins and Lipidation
    Patrick Casey, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
  • 3:30 - 4:00 PM
    Transported by the beauty of biochemistry
    Giulio Superti-Furga, CeMM and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • 4:00 - 4:30 PM
    Structure and function of membrane adenylyl cyclases
    Volodymyr Korkhov, Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, Villigen, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 4:30 - 5:00 PM
    Refreshments
  • 5:00 - 5:30 PM
    The biphasic elimination kinetics in the intra- and postoperative course of thyrotoxicosis in semilogarithmic transformation
    Michael Hermann, 2nd Surgical Department of Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna, Austria
  • 5:30 - 6:00 PM
    Rethinking insulin resistance – the role of endothelial insulin signaling
    Stefan Offermanns, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
  • 6:00 - 6:30 PM
    Closing words
    Harald Sitte
  • from 6:30 PM
    Get-together at the "Kräuterhof" of the University Clinic of Dentistry
    (in case of bad weather on the 3rd floor of the University Clinic of Dentistry)

Speakers

Markus Müller

President Medical University of Vienna

Veronika Sexl

President University of Innsbruck

Wolfgang Schütz

President emeritus Medical University of Vienna

Caroline Hutter

Medical Director, St. Anna Children's Hospital

Hesso Farhan

Medical University Innsbruck, Director of the Institute of Pathophysiology

Dagmar Stoiber-Sakaguchi

Professor of Pharmacology, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences

Patrick Casey

Senior Advisor and Sr. Vice Dean of Research, 2005 – 2023, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Giulio Superti-Furga

Scientific Director CeMM and Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo, Italy

Volodymyr Korkhov

Paul Scherrer Institute, ETH Zurich

Michael Hermann

Head of the 2nd Surgical Department of Rudolfstiftung Hospital

Stefan Offermanns

Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

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