Infection, Immunity & Transplantation

Lectures and courses from three categories (general subjects, core courses, and seminars) will provide at least 20 ECTS which are required to submit your thesis, according to the credit calculator of the Medical University of Innsbruck (https://www.i-med.ac.at/studium/formulare/).

The Core Courses (Kernfach, KF) of the program are taught on an annual basis (i.e. once a year, if these are lectures), starting with the Ring Lecture in October. All courses can be found at i-med inside and your login details. The student is free to choose specific subjects.

The students are encouraged to attend courses of other PhD programs (normally one or two) of the Medical University of Innsbruck, especially in later semesters. As the IIT program encourages international exchange, courses taken abroad may be accepted for the different categories, which is subject to evaluation by the IIT coordinator.

If a student wishes to start the doctoral work later during the winter term, or at the beginning of the summer term, other courses can be attended before the core courses (e.g. IIT Seminars, General Subjects or other Core Courses), to avoid any delay of the study progress. The mandatory Ring Lecture can be attended in the following winter term.

An example of the PhD trajectory of lectures and courses is schematically depicted below. The minimum and maximum ECTS accredited for each category are contained in the credit calculator, and further information can be found here: https://www.i-med.ac.at/studium/formulare/.

Legends (numbers = ECTS- points = SWS):
RING LECT…….. IIT Ring Lecture (1.5 ECTS) and MYCOS Ring Lecture (1 ECTS) PRS……………… IIT Progress Reports (Seminars 1 ECTS)
JC……………….. IIT/MYCOS Journal Clubs (Seminars 1 ECTS)

Lectures & Courses

Core Courses 

Ring Lectures (IIT Ring lecture, 1.5 ECTS, obligatory, LV-Nr. 45001, MYCOS Ring Lecture 1 ECTS, LV-Nr. 45020, obligatory for MYCOS students) Ring Lectures will provide you with a broad overview on subjects related to infection, immunity and transplantation. No registration is required before the lectures, your attendance will be tracked by signature.

Other Core Courses 

Other Core Courses (minimum 5.5, maximum 7.5 ECTS) Please see section IIT Core Courses below – these courses are specific to the IIT or MYCOS program. To attend lectures no registration is required. To attend practical courses, please register at IIT@i-med.ac.at or, for MYCOS courses at mycos@i-med.ac.at and you will allocated a slot within the next semester(s) (dependent on availability).

Seminars (progress reports and journal clubs – 6 ECTS)

IIT Progress Report Seminars (PRS 1 ECTS, 45008 / 45508)
These are “work progress seminars” of each PhD student enrolled in the program. Each progress report enables the dissertation committee to assess the students’ progress, and promotes the interaction between IIT researchers. The discussion after each presentation should be fostered by the students. The dissertation committee and supervisor may also participate in the discussion and will meet afterwards to discuss the past and future progress in the presence of that student. A protocol must be compiled by the student summarizing the features discussed. All students have to present their progress yearly.

Comprehensive Center for Infectiology, Immunology and Transplantation (CIIT)
These are clinical seminars with discussion of patient trajectories to connect researchers with clinicians. More Information can be found at https://www.i-med.ac.at/ciit/index.html.

Journal Clubs (JC, 1 ECTS, 45509) 
IIT or MYCOS Journal Clubs are seminars where each student will choose one important scientific paper not too close to her/his own project, but of general interest which she/he will present to the peers. Students have to actively participate in these talks by asking questions (minimum one question per semester) and each student also has to moderate one talk.

The Journal Club is optional, but it is strongly advised to take at least one Journal Club during the study to compensate for a missing Progress Report Seminar.

General Subjects (minimum 4, maximum 6 ECTS)

General Subjects are open to all PhD programs and provide general news and views common to all biomedical research areas. They can be found in i-med inside here: General Subjects (i.e. courses for all PhD programs), organized by Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Patrizia Stoitzner.

To complete your studies, 8-10 ECTS in core courses are required with the following offers below. The core courses will provide the student to obtain state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of infection, immunology and transplantation by experts in their field. These core courses providing a more detailed and thorough view in the field, including the discussion of provocative and aberrant views in addition to the (obligatory) Ring lecture. The core courses are detailed below; ECTS=SWS, different SWS in ().

Winter	ECTS (WS)	Summer	ECTS
IIT Ring Lecture (45001) (October) (Presentation handout)	1.5	Fungal Infections (45517) (April)	1
MYCOS Ring Lecture (45020) (October)	1	Viral Infections (45502) (April)	1
Host Defence Mechanisms (45006) (October/November)	1	Outbreak Game (045510)	1
Vaccination (45015) (November)	0.5	Chemotherapy, Antibiotics and Resistance (45511) (May)	1
Clinical Immunology (45004) (December)	1	Clinical Immunology (45004) (May)	1
Novel Methods (45005) (January)	1	Novel Methods (45005) (June)	1
Infectious Disease Diagnostics in Daily Routine (45019) (December)/January	1	Infectious Disease Diagnostics in Daily Routine (45019) (June)	1
Clinical Week (45002) (January)	1	Clinical Week (45002) (June)	1
		WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens (045527) (June)	1

TOPICS OF CORE COURSES

Host defence mechanisms: General introduction into the immune system with particular respect to infectious diseases.

Clinical Immunology: Pathophysiology, diagnostics, clinical pictures and management of immune-mediated diseases.

Vaccination: History of vaccinations and recent developments, advantages and disadvantages of immunization.

Fungal infections: Fungal infections & their impact in intensive care medicine, Candida spp., Aspergillus spp., emerging fungi.

Chemotherapy, Antibiotics and Resistance: History, General aspects of treatment, bioavailability, drug metabolism and resistance mechanisms.

Viral Infections: Aspects of viral infections, up-to-date examples.

Novel Methods: Practical hands-on course on novel biomedical techniques.

Infectious disease diagnostics: Demonstration of most recent developments in diagnostic clinical routine.

Clinical Week: Demonstration of pediatric, transplant, surgical and internal medicine cases with patients on the ward

WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens: Overview on WHO priorities and pathogen surveillance. Outbreak Game: Simulation and management of a pandemic.

To complete your studies, 6 ECTS in seminars are required either with IIT progress reports, Journal Clubs or other seminars.

IIT Progress Report Seminars

These are “work progress seminars” of each PhD student enrolled in the program. Each progress report enables the dissertation committee to assess the students’ progress, and promotes the interaction between IIT researchers. The discussion after each presentation should be fostered by the students. The dissertation committee and supervisor may also participate in the discussion and will meet afterwards to discuss the past and future progress in the presence of that student. A protocol must be compiled by the student summarizing the features discussed. All students have to present their progress yearly and participation is strongly recommended every semester, to compile 6 ECTS in 3 years.

IIT Journal Clubs

IIT Journal Clubs are currently organized by MYCOS in the summer term. Seminars focus on WHO fungal priority pathogens. The Journal Club is optional, but it is strongly advised to participate, for example to compensate for a missing Progress Report Seminar. Please register in advance at mycos@i-med.ac.at.

Other Seminars

As part of the MYCOS program, the seminars “AI versus Human” and “Fake News” are held in the next terms. For more information and registration please contact mycos@i-med.ac.at.

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If you want to enroll for general subjects, please register via i-med.inside or contact the lecturers directly via e-mail.

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Nicolas Nacke	Nicolas.Nacke@student.i-med.ac.at	Rupert Oberhuber

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Martin Toth	Martin.Toth@student.i-med.ac.at	Chiara Volani
Michael Stefan Schlögl	Michael.Schloegl@student.i-med.ac.at	Timon Adolph
Niclas Maier	Niclas.Maier@student.i-med.ac.at	Florentine Marx-Ladurner
Nadine Linherr	Nadine.Linherr@student.i-med.ac.at	Johanna M. Gostner
Jana Leonhartsberger	Jana.Leonhartsberger@student.i-med.ac.at	Florentine Marx-Ladurner
Alexandra Ioannou	Alexandra.Ioannou@student.i-med.ac.at	Markus Nagl
David Eisele	David.Eisele@student.i-med.ac.at	Werner Ruppitsch
Katharina Theresa Calana	Katharina.Calana@student.i-med.ac.at	Werner Ruppitsch
Kathrin Juliana Vouk	Kathrin.Vouk@student.i-med.ac.at	Timon Adolph
Patricia Andreia Da Costa Domingues	Patricia.Da-Costa@student.i-med.ac.at	Andreas Kronbichler
Hannah Biermann	Hannah.Biermann@student.i-med.ac.at	Gisa Gerold

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Chendo Dieleman	Chendo.Dieleman@student.i-med.ac.at	Fabio Gsaller
Pallavi Saxena	Pallavi.Saxena@student.i-med.ac.at	Peter Willeit
Katja Rungger	Katja.Rungger@student.i-med.ac.at	Hubert Hackl
Reynaldo Aldrien Ryan Naces	Aldrien.Naces@student.i-med.ac.at	Johanna Gostner
Behrad Roohi	Behrad.Roohi@student.i-med.ac.at	Annemarie Weißenbacher
Stefan Lung	Stefan.Lung@student.i-med.ac.at	Heribert Stoiber
Nidhi Srinivasan	Nidhi.Srinivasan@student.i-med.ac.at	David Haschka
Jakob Scheler	Jakob.Scheler@student.i-med.ac.at	Timon Adolph
Olayinka Ruth Bamidele	Olayinka.Bamidele@student.i-med.ac.at	Herbert Oberacher
Lukas Müller	Lukas.Mueller@student.i-med.ac.at	David Haschka
Ilay Berke	Ilay.Berke@student.i-med.ac.at	Andreas Kronbichler
Tariq Oluwakunmi Agbabiaka	Tariq.Agbabiaka@student.i-med.ac.at	Janine Kimpel
Dina Aly	Dina.Aly@student.i-med.ac.at	Cornelia Speth
Tendral Sekar	Tendral.Sekar@student.i-med.ac.at	Michaela Lackner
Luis Enrico Zundel	Luis.Zundel@student.i-med.ac.at	Timon-Erik Adolph

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Laura Scheffauer	Laura.Scheffauer@student.i-med.ac.at	Timon-Erik Adolph
Julia Rothärmel	Julia.Rothaermel@student.i-med.ac.at	Herbert Oberacher
Cecilia Barnini	Cecilia.Barnini@student.i-med.ac.at	Andreas Kronbichler
Christoph Waldnig	Christoph.Waldnig@student.i-med.ac.at	Annemarie Weissenbacher
Isidor Happacher	Isidor.Happacher@student.i-med.ac.at	Hubertus Haas
Jonas Leander Koch	Jonas.Koch@student.i-med.ac.at	Dorothe von Laer
Hendrik Gottschling	Hendrik.Gottschling@student.i-med.ac.at	Theresa Neunteufel

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Jan Schobert	jan.schobert@student.i-med.ac.at	Cornelia Lass-Flörl
Iara Portnaia	iana.portnaia@student.i-med.ac.at	Günter Weiss
Manuel Grander	manuel.grander@student.i-med.ac.at	Günter Weiss

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Marlene Panzer	marlene.panzer@student.i-med.ac.at	Heinz Zoller
David Bante	david.bante@student.i-med.ac.at	Dorothee von Laer
Clemens Gehrer	clemens.gehrer@student.i-med.ac.at	Günter Weiss

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Angelika Bauer	angelika.bauer@student.i-med.ac.at	Markus Reindl

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Bettina Müller née Nothegger	B.Mueller@student.i-med.ac.at	Norbert Reider

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Christina Watschinger	christina.watschinger@student.i-med.ac.at	Alexander Moschen

Name	Status	Jahr	Supervisor
Abd El Halim Hussam		2026	Wilflingseder Doris
Seidlberger Stephanie		2026	Santos Sierra Sandra
Steixner Stephan		2026	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Meyer Moritz		2026	Adolph Timon
Jukic Almina		2026	Tilg Herbert
Reider Simon		2026	Moschen Alexander
Bernar Aline		2025	Streif Werner
Schöpf Cristina		2025	Marx-Ladurner Florentine
Parrakova Lucia		2025	Gostner Johanna
Koller Adriana		2025	Kronenberg Florian
Zollner Andreas		2025	Moschen Alexander
Pollner Bernhard		2025	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Aßhoff Malte			Theurl Igor
Radvan Frederik		2024	Von Laer Dorothee
Hetzer Benjamin		2024	Würzner Reinhard
Govrins Miriam Alisa		2024	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Tobiasch Anna Katharina		2024	Joannidis Michael
Buoso Chiara		2024	Weiss Günter
Caballero Fiz Patricia	HOROS Assoc. Student	2024	Haas Hubertus
Lafon Eliott	HOROS Assoc. Student	2024	Wilflingseder / Lass-Flörl
Sangineto Moris		2023	Herbert Tilg
Hurler Lisa		2023	Würzner / Prohászka
Massri Mariam		2023	Würzner / Prohászka
Prantl Lena		2023	Stoiber Heribert
Rosam Katharina		2023	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Schwärzler Julian		2023	Tilg Herbert
Lamprecht Sissy		2023	Posch Wilfried
Sastré Velásquez Luis Enrique	HOROS Affil. Student	2023	Gsaller Fabio
Yap Annie	HOROS Assoc. Student	2023	Haas Hubertus
Brigo Natascha	HOROS Assoc. Student	2023	Weiss Günter
Aguiar Mario	HOROS Student	2023	Haas Hubertus
Kakar Anant	HOROS Student	2023	Marx-Ladurner Florentine
Kellnerova Sara	HOROS Student	2023	Würzner Reinhard
Zaderer Viktoria		2022	Wilflingseder Doris
Gasperetti Tiziana		2022	Bellmann Romuald
Grabherr Felix		2022	Adolph Timon
Huber Silke	HOROS Assoc. Student	2022	Würzner / Orth-Höller
Schachtl-Riess Johanna	HOROS Student	2022	Kronenberg Florian
Vahedi Roya	HOROS Student	2022	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Hoffmann Alexander	HOROS Assoc. Student	2022	Weiss Günter
Petzer Verena	HOROS Assoc. Student	2022	Weiss Günter
Noce Damia	HOROS Assoc. Student	2021	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Malekshahi Zahra	HOROS Assoc. Student	2021	Stoiber / Würzner
Luvanda Maureen	HOROS Assoc. Student	2021	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Mayr Lisa		2020	Adolph Timon
Schäfer Benedikt		2020	Zoller Heinz
Viveiros André		2020	Zoller Heinz
Welte René		2020	Bellmann Romuald
Pérez Hansen Antonio	HOROS Assoc. Student	2020	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Bresk Anika		2019	von Laer Dorothee
Miggitsch Carina	HOROS Assoc. Student	2019	Grubeck-Loebenstein Beatrix
Naismith Erin	HOROS Assoc. Student	2019	Grubeck-Loebenstein Beatrix
Chatterjee Sneha	HOROS Assoc. Student	2019	Würzner Reinhard
Fazzini Federica	HOROS Assoc. Student	2019	Kronenberg Florian
Kenno Samyr	HOROS Student	2019	Würzner Reinhard
Harpf Verena	HOROS Assoc. Student	2019	Würzner / Speth
Volani Chiara	HOROS Assoc. Student	2019	Weiss Günter
Fischer Christine		2018	Weiss Günter
Schiela Britta	HOROS Student	2018	Stoiber Heribert
Dichtl Stefanie	HOROS Student	2018	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Deshmukh Hemalata	HOROS Assoc. Student	2018	Speth Cornelia
Dietl Anna-Maria	HOROS Assoc. Student	2018	Haas Hubertus
Orasch Thomas	HOROS Student	2018	Weiss Günter
Chandorkar Parul Rohit	HOROS Student	2018	Weiss Günter
Grasse Marco	HOROS Student (LFU)	2018	Grubeck-Loebenstein Beatrix
Kheirkhah Azin	HOROS Assoc. Student	2018	Kronenberg Florian
Valente de Souza Lara	HOROS Student	2018	Haas Hubertus
Bachler Mirjam		2017	Fries Dietmar
Brühwasser Christina		2017	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Caramalho Rita		2017	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Haschka David		2017	Weiss Günter
Idrees Muneeb Ahmad		2017	Stoiber Heribert
Schenk Bettina		2017	Fries Dietmar
Steger Marion		2017	Wilflingseder Doris
Wieser Verena		2017	Tilg Herbert
Knackmuss Ulla		2016	Wilflingseder Doris
Stolz Valentina	left 2016, grad. in Vienna	2016	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Fabritius Cornelia	left 2016, graduated in Berlin	2016	Kotsch Katja
Pechlaner Raimund		2015	Kiechl Stefan
Riedl Magdalena		2015	Würzner Reinhard
Borena Wegene Tamir		2014	Ulmer Hanno
Jukic Emina		2014	Kiechl Stefan
Zlamy Manuela		2014	Prelog Martina
Maurer Elisabeth		2014	Lass-Flörl Cornelia
Schmidt Kerstin		2014	von Laer Dorothee
Tober Reinhard		2014	von Laer Dorothee
Radvan Frederik			Von Laer Dorothee
Hendrik Gottschling			Hautt-Neunteufel Theresa
Jonas Leander Koch			Von Laer Dorothee
Haj Ahmad Janti			Köhl / Wilflingseder
Abd El Halim Hussam			Weiss / Wilflingseder
Coelho Medeiros Pedro			Würzner / Mollnes
Bertacchi Giulia			Wilflingseder / Niemann
Barros-Pinkelnig Marina			Weiss Günter
Melzer Franz Leonard			Würzner / Grubeck-Loebenstein