International PhD Program

 


 








 

 

 

 

 

 


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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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News

12.02.2026
Beatrix Steinberger successfully completed her PhD studies with the defense of her thesis. Congratulations!

12.12.2025
Congratulations to Olaf Bachkoenig who successfully defended his thesis and completed his PhD studies.

 

Latest Publications

Sagintayev A, Oflaz FE, Kanlinuro A, van Amsterdam S, Gottschalk B, Rost R, Koshenov Z, Malli R, Graier WF. TRPs—NCX2 Axis Jointly Preserves Pancreatic Beta Cell Susceptibility/Sensitivity to Elevated Glucose. Cells. 2026; 15: 1766

Koshenov Z, Postic S, Schoiswohl G, van Amsterdam S, Hois-Zelinka V, Oflaz FE, Rost R, Tiapko O, Gottschalk B, Hirtl M, Bachkoenig OG, Koshenova A, Erdogan YC, Sagintayev A, Krnjic A, Pfabe JU, Sarikas S, Hochreiter B, Gindlhuber J, Schittmayer M, Tadic J, Ehall B, Madeo F, Madl T, Malli R, Birner-Gruenberger R, Pieber T, Eisenberg T, Slak Rupnik M, Graier WF. Presenilin-1 controls glycolysis and identity of pancreatic beta cells. Commun Biol. 2026; in press

Mukherjee S, Korbelius M, Pirchheim A, Schwarz B, Diaz M, Schooltink L, Grabner GF, Vujić N, Kratky D. Secreted enzyme uptake masks the in vivo phenotype of macrophage-specific lysosomal acid lipase deletion. Mol Metab. 2026; 108:102369