virtual Science Get Together 2023 (vSGT23)

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 2023 Science Report here.

More than 100 posters on a variety of research topics were submitted for SGT23 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. 

Researcher of the year

• a.o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Lichtenauer, MSc PhD | Department of  Internal Medicine I - Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nephrology, Metabolism and Diabetology | SALK Salzburg, Austria
• Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jurij Matija Kalisnik | University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery | Klinikum Nuremberg, Germany
• Dr.ⁱⁿ phil. Dipl. Psych.ⁱⁿ Barbara Stein | University Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy | Klinikum Nuremberg, Germany
• Dr.ⁱⁿ Elke Boxhammer  | Department of Internal Medicine II - Division of Cardiology | SALK Salzburg, Austria

Rising Scientist

• Dr.ⁱⁿ Elke Boxhammer  | Department of Neurology | SALK Salzburg, Austria
• Dr.ⁱⁿ phil. Dipl. Psych.ⁱⁿ Barbara Stein | University Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy | Klinikum Nuremberg, Germany
• Dr. Maximilian Pallauf | Department of Urology and Andrology | SALK Salzburg, Austria
• Gabriel Torbahn, MPH BSc | University Clinic for Newborns, Children and Adolescents | Klinikum Nuremberg, Germany

Outstanding performance in innovation and translation

• Doz.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Alexandra Astner Rohracher  | Department of Neurology | SALK Salzburg, Austria
• Ass. Prof.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Manela Glarcher  | Institute of Nursing Science and Practice | PMU Salzburg, Austria
• Dr.ⁱⁿ Katja Steinbrücker | Department of Pediatrics | SALK Salzburg, Austria
• Ass. Prof. Dr. Patrick Kutschar | Institute of Nursing Science and Practice | Salzburg, Austria
• Dr. Constantin Hecker  | Institute of Neurointervention | PMU Salzburg, Austria
• Doz. Dr. Florian Enzmann | Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | SALK Salzburg, Austria
• Dr.ⁱⁿ Panagiota Manava | Institute of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine | Klinikum Nuremberg, Germany
• Doz. Dr. Jakob Triebl | UK for Clinical Chemistry, Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Medicine | Klinikum Nuremberg, Germany

Outstanding performance in innovation and translation

• Prof. Dr. Dr. Günter Schiepek | Institute of Synergetics and Psychotherapy & Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy | SALK / PMU Salzburg, Austria

Most cited publication of a Rising Scientist (cited since 2019)

• Dr.ⁱⁿ Elisa Floride | Institute of Human Genetics | SALK Salzburg, Austria
• Doz. Dr. Tobias Moser | UK for Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care Medicine and Neurorehabilitation | SALK, Salzburg, Austria
• Dr.ⁱⁿ Ekaterini Georgiadou | Clinic for Psychiatrie and Psychotherapy | Klinikum Nuremberg, Germany
• Dr. Pablo Marques de Marino | Clinic for Vascular Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | Klinikum Nuremberg, Germany

Beste Posterbeiträge

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), providing a platform to present their work to a broad audience. The posters are then evaluated by a jury. This year, awards were given in the following categories: 'Best Female Poster,' 'Best Male Poster,' 'Best Poster,' 'Best PhD Poster,' and 'Best Student Poster.' Additionally, a People's Choice Award was determined through online voting.

Best female poster

• Dr.ⁱⁿ Lara Bieler, BSc MSc | Institute of Experimental Neuroregeneration and Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg (SCITReCS) | PMU Salzburg, Austria | ,,Exploring the potential of human iNSCs to restore connectivity in the injured spinal cord in a rat model''
• Dr.ⁱⁿ Vera Paar, BSc MSc | Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, PMU Salzburg, Austria | ,,SGLT2 inhibitors reduce cytosolic calcium transient in a diabetic cardiomyopathy rat model with preserved ejection fraction''

Best male poster

• Dr. Bruno Benedetti, Ph.D. | Institute of Experimental Neuroregeneration | PMU Salzburg, Austria | ,,Old prince meets young sleeping beauty“: the slow awakening of dormant neuronal precursors in the aging brain''
• Dr. Lothar Marischen | Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology | PMU Nuremberg, Germany | ,,A case: 60-year old patient with refractory B cell lymphoma successfully treated with γδ T cells''

Best PhD poster

• Michael Kleindorfer, MSc, BSc | Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg | PMU Salzburg, Austria | ,,Does early Montelukast therapy improve bladder function and spinal cord regeneration after SCI?''

Best Student poster

• Theresa Mähr | Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Clinical Pharmacy | PMU Salzburg, Austria | ,,The Cdk-5 inhibitor Dinaciclib as a novel approach in biliary tract cancer''
• Teresa Schotte | Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology | PMU Nuremberg, Germany | ,,IL-10 family cytokines in the interrelation of osteoarthritis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (Bedeutung von Zytokinen der IL-10 Familie in der Wechselbeziehung zwischen Osteoarthritis und Diabetes mellitus Typ 2)''

Publikumspreis

• Dr.ⁱⁿ Christiane Licht | University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy PMU Nuremberg, Germany | ,,Age effects on motor threshold''