Privat Dozent.in Katrin Watschinger, PhD
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck
link to the Watschinger Lab Homepage
born 1979
citizenship: Italian
e-mail: katrin.watschinger@i-med.ac.at; >>Link to ORCID
tel.: + 43 512 9003 70344
Group members:
Sabrina Sailer (Post Doc), Katharina Lackner (PhD student), Nina Madl (technican), Petra Loitzl (technician)
Scientific curriculum:
1998 - 2004 Studies of Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria
2004 - 2007 Doctoral Thesis, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Univ. of Innsbruck (J. Striessnig)
2007 - 2012 Post Doc, Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Medical Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria
2012 - 2013 Erwin Schrödinger Fellow, Cardiovascular Med., Univ. of Oxford, UK (K.M. Channon)
Feb 2013 - Group leader, Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Medical Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria
June 2016 Habilitation in Medical Biochemistry, Medical Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria
May 2020 Associate Professor at the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
Experiences at other national and international research institutes:
Nov 2005 Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, CNRS, Montpellier (France) - P. Lory
Mar 2006 Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, CNRS, Montpellier (France) - P. Lory
Aug 2006 Institute of Pharmacology Medical University Vienna (Austria) - H. Todt
Nov 2007 Department of Pharmacology, University College London (UK) - A.C. Dolphin
2012 -2013 Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford (UK) - K.M. Channon
Research interests:
Biochemistry and physiology of alkylglycerol monooxygenase, an ether lipid degrading enzyme.
Funded research projects:
FWF J-3264 (Erwin-Schrödinger-Stipendium) - Alkylglycerol Monooxygenase in Macrophages (2012 - 2013)
Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol -
- Alkylglycerol Monooxygenase and Tetrahydrobiopterin in Adipocyte Function (2013 – 2016)
Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds - Alkylglycerol monooxygenase and Phosphosignalling (2015 - 2019)
FWF - P30800 AGMO: Impact on adipocyte differentiation (2017-2021),
FWF - P34723 Role of plasmalogens in ether -lipid associated pathologies (2021-2025)
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