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Reinhard Wuerzner

Reinhard Würzner
Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr.med. PhD

Retired since 1 October 2024

Biographical sketch

Education

1978	Abitur, Gymnasium Hochdahl, Erkrath, DE
1979-1986	University studies of Human Medicine 1979-1982 University of Marburg (DE) 1980 Rutgers University New Brunswick (NJ, US) 1981-1982 University of Vienna (AT) 1982-1984 University of Heidelberg (DE) 1984 University of Cambridge (UK) 1984-1986 University of Göttingen (DE)
1986	Approbation as Doctor of Medicine, University of Göttingen, DE
1986	Doctor of Medicine, MD, University of Heidelberg, DE
1990-1993	University studies of Molecular Pathology at Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge (UK)
1991	Medical Specialist in Laboratory Medicine (Physicians Chamber Hannover)
1993	Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
1997	Medical Specialist in Hyg. & Med. Microbiol. (Physicians Chamber Innsbruck)
1997	Habilitation in Hygiene and Medical Microbiology

Career History

1986-1993

Post doctoral experiences at
Department of Immunology, University of Göttingen (1986-1990),
MRC Immunochemistry Unit, University of Oxford (1990),
MRC Molecular Immunopathology Unit, University of Cambridge (1990-1993)

1993-2024

University assistent (1993 - 1997) and Associate University Professor (1997 - 2024) at the
Division of Hygiene & Med. Microbiology (formerly Inst. for Hygiene & Med. Microbiology and Inst. for Hygiene) at the Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health (formerly ... and Social Medicine), Med. Univ. of Innsbruck (MUI, formerly Innsbruck Med. University and Univ. of Innsbruck):
- Head of Diagnostic Section Virology/Serology (1998-2009)
- Head of Diagnostic Section Bacteriology (2004-2009)
- "Geschäftsführender Oberarzt" of the Department (2004-2009)
- Deputy Head of Institute/Division (2004-2014/2019 - 2024)

Major Research Projects

P 12551 FWF Stand alone Innate immunity in Candida infections	FWF	1997-1999
P 13183 FWF Stand alone Mol. characterization of Candida-HIV protein	FWF	1998-2001
P 17043 FWF Stand alone Fungal complement factor H receptor	FWF	2004-2008
EU network of excellence (Europathogenomics)	EU	2005-2010
Doctoral programme HOROS (W1253) Host Response in Opportunistic infections 1^st & 2^nd funding period – Speaker	FWF, Med. Univ. Innsbruck, Land of Tyrol	2014-2023
European Joint Doctoral programme CORVOS (86044) Complement Regulation and Variations in Opportunistic infections (Marie Sklodowska Curie action) - Speaker	EU-Horizon 2020 (MSCA)	2019-2024

Awards

	Austrian Microbiology Prize 1998 (Würzner, Gruber, Lukasser-Vogl, Dierich)
	Austrian Nephrology Prize 1998 (Lhotta, Würzner, Kronenberg, König)
	Meteka Hospital Hygiene Prize 2001 (Lass-Flörl, ..., Würzner, Dierich)
	Int. Candida Research Prize 2000 (Würzner)
	Austrian Immunology Research Prize (Herndler-Brandstetter, …, Würzner, Grubeck-Loebenstein)
	German Mycology Research Prize 2008 (Vogl, Lesiak, …, Würzner)

Research Interest

Complement: activation, inhibition, terminal pathway, deficiencies, polymorphisms, monoclonal antibodies; Candida albicans: 'molecular mimicry', integrin-analogue, complement receptors, adhesion, secreted aspartic proteases, complement evasion; EHEC: virulence factors, influence of complement, HUS

Publications

Other activities

Offices, Editorships

	Co-Editor (1992-1996), Associate & Section-Editor Complement (1996-2001) of 'Experimental & Clinical Immunogenetics'
	Associate Editor of ‘Intern. Archives of Allergy & Immunology’ (2002-2006)
	General Secretary of the European Complement Network (ECN, 1997-2003)
	President of the Austrian Society for Medical Mycology (ÖGMM 2001-2006, 2020 - 2022)
	Speaker of the “Infection, Immunity & Transplantation” module (formerly "Infectious Disease") of the MUI-Ph.D.-Programmes (2002 - 2023)
	Secretary of the Section "Eukaryotic pathogens" of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM, 2003-2009)
	Head of the Austrian Reference Laboratories for EHEC (2003-2009)
	Coordinating General Secretary for all Research Sections of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM, 2004-2009)
	Deputy Head of the Section "Zoonosis" of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM, 2012-2020)
	Speaker of FWF-funded Intern. Doctoral Programme HOROS (2014 2023)
	Director of Phd Studies at Med. Univ. Innsbruck (2016 - 2023)
	President of the European Complement Network (ECN, 2017-2022)
	Coordinator of EU-funded Intern. Doctoral Programme CORVOS (2019 - 2024)

Organisation of congresses

	Member of the Organizing Committee for the XIV International Complement Workshop, Cambridge, 1991
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for the 6^th European Meeting on Complement in Human Disease, Innsbruck, 1997
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for Immunology2001 - 17^th DGfI Spring meeting, Innsbruck, 2001
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2005 – 1^st Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2005
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for MYK2006 – 40^th Annual Meeting of the DMykG and the ÖGMM, Innsbruck, 2006
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2007 – 2^nd Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2007
	Member of the Organizing Committees for the 59^th, 60^th, 61^st,and 62^nd Annual Meetings of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM), Göttingen, Dresden, Göttingen, Hannover, 2007-2010
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2008 – 3^rd Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2008
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2009 – 4^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2009
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2010 – 5^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2010
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2010 – 2^nd International conference on HUS & related disorders, Innsbruck, 2010
	Member of the Organizing Committee for MYK2010 - 44^th Annual Meeting of the DMykG and the ÖGMM, Vienna, 2010
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2011 – 6^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2011
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2011 – 3^rd International conference on HUS & related disorders, Innsbruck, 2011
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2012 – 7^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2012
	Member of the Organizing committee & Scientific Chair for VTEC2012 - 8^th Intern. Meeting on Verocytotoxin producing E. coli, Amsterdam, 2012
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2013 – 8^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2013
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2013 – 4^th International conference on HUS & related disorders, Innsbruck, 2013
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2014 – 9^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2014
	Deputy General Secretary of the Organising Committee for MYK 2014 - 48^th Annual Meeting of the DMykG and the ÖGMM, Salzburg, 2014
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2015 – 10^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2015
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2015 – 5^th International conference on HUS & related disorders, Igls, 2015
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2016 – 11^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2016
	Member of the Organizing Committee for ÖGAI2016 – Annual Meeting of Austrian Society of Immunology & Allergology, 2016
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2017 – 12^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2017
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2017 – 6^th International conference on HUS & related disorders, Igls, 2017
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2018 – 13^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2018
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for MYK2018 - 52^nd Annual Meeting of the DMykG and the ÖGMM, Innsbruck, 2018
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2019 – 14^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2019
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2020 – 15^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2020
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for the DGHM Statusworshop "Eukaryotic Pathogens", Innsbruck, 2020
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2021 – 16^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2021
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2022 – 17^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2022
	Member of the Organizing Committee for MYK2022 - 56^th Annual Meeting of the DMykG and the ÖGMM, Vienna, 2022
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2023 – 18^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2023
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for HUS2023 – 7^th International conference on HUS & related disorders, Innsbruck, 2023
	General Secretary of the Organizing Committee for TIT2024 – 19^th Annual Tyrolean vaccination day, Innsbruck, 2024

Teaching

Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie