Michael Freissmuth - A scientific journey

Time to celebrate a scientific journey - farewell to Michael Freissmuth

Pharmacology under the sign of precision medicine

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, 2^nd 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 3^rd floor of the University Clinic of Dentistry)

Speakers

Registration

Please register by September 25th.

Site plan

Van Swieten Saal of the Medical University of Vienna, Van-Swieten-Gasse 1a, 1090 Vienna