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On the 20 and 21st of March 2025 we had our annual CavX PhD Program Retreat, and what an incredible experience it was! A huge thank you to our highly motivated and well-prepared students for delivering two fantastic days of science.
With 16 presentations, a PhD thesis defense, a plenary lecture, and… A LOT OF FUN, it was the perfect opportunity to celebrate our progress while strengthening our community. You can check our pictures here.
Looking forward to next year already! See you in 2026.
21.03.2025
🎉 Congratulations to our colleague Sabrin HADDAD (OBERMAIR Research Group) on successfully defending her PhD! 🎓👏
Her presentation, “Pathophysiological mechanisms of α2δ protein mutations associated with neurodevelopmental disorders,” showcased her outstanding research and dedication.
We are incredibly proud of her achievement and excited for what’s next! 🚀🔬
#PhDDefense #Neuroscience #CavX
27-28.02.2025
A huge congratulations to our colleagues Rosalie Dittrich and Xuechen Tang on successfully defending their PhDs! 🎉
🔬 Rosalie Dittrich presented “Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Cav1.2 as a Key Player in Delta-Cell Mediated Beta-Cell Regulation.” (Feb 27)
🧬 Xuechen Tang defended “Phenotype Prediction of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels with Evolutionary Methods and Structural Analyses.” (Feb 28)
We are incredibly proud of their achievements — what an exciting week for our lab! 🚀👏
#PhDDefense #CavX
Tobogganing 2023
02.2023
The Flucher and Campiglio groups with Obermair and Tuluc as guests enjoyed a great tobogganing day. Sun, snow, great food and lovely people
Awards 2022
01.2023
We want to congratulate CaVX alumni Yousra El Ghaleb for the two awards she won in the last months! First, she received the “Dr. Otto Seibert best paper Award 2022” of the Medical University of Innsbruck for her publication in BRAIN, in which she characterized for the first time the gene encoding for CaV3.3 T-type calcium channels as disease-causing for neurodevelopmental disorders and epilepsy. Shortly after, Dr. El Ghaleb won the Austrian state price “Award of Excellence 2022” for having one of the best dissertations in Austria.
ECCC 20022 Workshops
03.2022
This years European Calcium Channel Conference in Alpbach (Austria) will host two workshops organised by our CavX Students and associated members (read more)
Poster and travel prize
02.2022
We congratulate our two students Noelia and Tamara for winning the poster and travel prize on this years Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco. We are proud!
Biophysical Society Meeting
02.2022
We are very happy that finally, after a global pandemic, we could participate at an international meeting. The 66th annual American Biophysical Society Meeting held in San Francisco was a complete success. It was a perfect place to meet other researchers, get up to date with the latest developments in the field, and present our science. CavX community had an astounding presence with 8 graduate students from 4 CavX labs and 3 PIs. See you next year again!
CavX Retreat 27th & 28th May 2021
04.06.2021
Happy that we could have our first program retreat after more than a year. Congratulations to all students and postdocs for an exciting symposium! I’m honored serving as speaker of such a unique and motivated PhD program! (Obermair Gerald)
Kalziumkanal: Krankheitsgen für neuronale Entwicklungsstörung
06.04.2021
Im menschlichen Körper steuern zehn Typen Spannungs-aktivierter Kalziumkanäle eine Vielzahl wichtiger Funktionen. Neun der zehn waren bereits als Krankheit-verursachende Gene bekannt. Nun konnte ein Team von Forschern für das letzte Mitglied dieser Kanalfamilie (CACNA1I) genetische Defekte beschreiben, welche intellektuelle Störungen und epileptische Anfälle verursachen. Flucher Group, Tuluc Group (read more)
