Science Get Together 2024 (SGT24)

The Science Report provides a detailed overview of the scientific achievements at PMU locations over the past year, featuring statistics, graphs, and valuable insights into various funding opportunities.

In addition, the report includes interviews with PMU board members and recipients of the Research Innovation Awards (RIA).

You can download the 2024 Science Report here.

More than 100 posters on a variety of research topics were submitted for SGT24 by PMU staff, students, and other researchers.

The citable abstract book, featuring all participants' contributions, can be viewed here.

Research & Innovation Awards (RIA)

Each year, the RIA honors PMU members and their affiliated hospital departments for outstanding research achievements. 

Rising Scientist

• Dr.ⁱⁿ med. Crispiana Cozowicz | Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and General Intensive Medicine, University Hospital Salzburg (SALK)
• Anna Bold | Department for Internal Medicine 5 - Oncology and Haematology, Klinikum Nuremberg
• Dr. Maximilian Pallauf | Department of Urology and Andrology, University Hospital Salzburg (SALK)
• Dr. rer. nat. Bernd Neumann | Institute for Clinical Hygiene, Medical Microbiology and Clinical Infectiology, Klinikum Nuremberg

Researcher of the year

• Priv.-Doz.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ rer. nat. Verena Wally, Ph.D. | Department of Dermatology and Allergology, EB House Austria, University Hospital Salzburg (SALK)
• Apl. Prof.ⁱⁿ Priv.-Doz.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Justyna Swol | Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Division of Pneumology, Allergology, Sleep medicine, Klinikum Nuremberg
• a.o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Michael Lichtenauer MSc PhD | Department of Internal Medicine II - Division of Cardiology and Internal Intensive Medicine, University Hospital Salzburg (SALK) 
• Prof. Dr. Dr. Axel Hueber | Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Klinikum Nuremberg

Best first author publication in a top-ranked journal

• Dr.ⁱⁿ Sarah Hochmann | Institute for Experimental and Clinical Cell Therapy, PMU Salzburg | ,,The enhancer landscape predetermines the skeletal regeneration capacity of stromal cells.'' published in SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
• Dr.ⁱⁿ Renate Ziegler | Institute for Clinical Hygiene, Medical Microbiology and Clinical Infectiology, Klinikum Nuremberg | ,,Microbiologic diagnostics and pathogen spectrum in infective endocarditis of surgically treated patients: a five-year, retrospective, monocentric study.'' published in INFECTION
• Dr. Rodolphe Poupardin | Institute for Experimental and Clinical Cell Therapy, PMU Salzburg | ,,The enhancer landscape predetermines the skeletal regeneration capacity of stromal cells.'' published in SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
• PD Dr. Athanasios Katsargyris | Clinic for Cardiac-, Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery, Klinikum Nuremberg | ,,Editor's Choice - Long Term Outcomes of the Advanta V12 Covered Bridging Stent for Fenestrated and Branched Endovascular Aneurysm Repair in 1 675 Target Vessels'' published in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY

Best Posters

Each year, students and researchers from PMU, SALK, and all other PMU-affiliated universities and clinics have the opportunity to submit a scientific poster (including an abstract) for the Science Get Together (SGT). This provides a platform to present their work to a broad audience. The posters are evaluated by a jury, and awards are given in the categories of 'Best Poster,' 'Best PhD Poster,' and ‘Best Student Poster.’

Best poster

• Dr. rer. nat. Bernd Neumann | Institute for Clinical Hygiene, Medical Microbiologie and Clinical Infectiology, Klinikum Nuremberg | ,,WGS-based characterization of putative hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae identified in a tertiary care hospital in Germany''

Best PhD poster

• Selina Ismair, MSc | Institute for Early Life Care, PMU Salzburg | ,,Within and between effects of mothers' and fathers' attachment, mentalizing and caregiving''
• Dr. Mahdi Safdarian | Department of Neurology, Neurological Intesive Medicine and Neurorehabilitation, University Hospital Salzburg (SALK) | ,,Burden of spinal cord injury, 1990 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019''

Best Student poster

• Melina Wirtz | Human Medicine PMU Nuremberg | Departments of Neurological Surgery, Neurology and Critical Care, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville | ,,A new approach for management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage based on Manual and Artificial Intelligence blood volume measurement in Non-Contrast Head CT scans''

The virtual poster tour showcasing all contributions from students and researchers at PMU, SALK, and other PMU-affiliated universities and clinics is available here. More than 100 posters were submitted for the event.