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, 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 ResearchRegistration
Please register by September 25th.