Der Beginn der Wiener Kunstherzforschung und der Weg zum Kalb Esmeralda

Ernst Wolner

Udo Losert - Lehrer, Mentor und „Ermöglicher“

Heinrich Schima

Med. Univ. Wien, Österreich

50 Jahre Österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgische Forschung

Bruno Podesser

Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich

Moderne Aortenchirurgie – Wo kann die chirurgische Forschung hier Punkten?

Felix Nagel

UK St. Pölten, Österreich

Possibilities and limitations of preclinical animal models of sepsis – the Szeged experience

Andrea Szabó

University of Szeged, Ungarn

Hepatocyte/-like Cells and Stem Cells: Opportunities, Challenges, and Barriers in Research and Clinical Applications – A Critical Perspective

Andreas Nüssler

Universität Tübingen, BG Klinik, Deutschland

The lympatic vasculature in myocardial infarction and cardiac hypertrophy

Attila Kiss

Medical University of Vienna, Österreich

Restoring the infected powerhouse: a brief overview of mitochondrial-based experimental strategies

László Juhász

University of Szeged, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, Ungarn

7 day preservation of human livers using a fully automated normothermic machine perfusion device and the Innsbruck perfusion protocol

Julia Hofmann¹, Andras T. Meszaros¹, Madita L. Buch¹, Florian Nardin¹, Martin Hermann¹, Christina Bogensperger¹, Margot Fodor¹, Bettina Zelger², Franka Messner¹, Benno Cardini¹, Annemarie Weissenbacher¹, Rupert Oberhuber¹, Thomas Resch¹, Theresa Hautz¹, Stefan Schneeberger¹

1: Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, organLife , Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; 2: Department of Pathology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Keynote Lecture – Der “surgeon scientist” – das bleibende Vermächtnis der 3. Wiener Chirurgischen Schule

Peter Zilla

University of Cape Town, Südafrika

Alternativen zum Tierversuch in der plastisch chirurgischen Forschung

Lars-Peter Kamolz

Medizinische Universität Graz, Österreich

Refinement und Reduction beim Ankauf und Transport von Großtieren

Roberto Plasenzotti

San Group GmbH / Austrian 3R Center, Österreich

A Platform for Testing the Biocompatibility of Implants: Silicone Induces a Proinflammatory Response in a 3D Skin Equivalent

Rima Nuwayhid, Olga Kurow, Stefan Langer

Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Deutschland

Back to the good old days? - Endovaskuläres Training: analog versus digital

David Wippel¹, Florian Enzmann¹, Laura Schönherr¹, Miar Ouaret², Michaela Kluckner¹, Alexandra Gratl¹, Maximilian Lutz², Inez Ohashi Torres³, Elke Gizewski², Sabine Wipper¹

1: Universitätsklinik für Gefäßchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Österreich; 2: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Österreich; 3: Hosptal das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, Brasilien

Establishing an in vitro model with Precision-Cut Liver Slices with extended viability for medical research applications

Johannes Atteneder, Jennifer Weber, Lisa Rohrhofer, Sabrina Stimmeder, Bettina Leber, Robert Sucher, Philipp Stiegler

Medical University Graz, Österreich

Enhanced In Vitro Functionality of Porcine Hepatocytes Using 3D Culture Techniques Including Precision-Cut Liver Slices

Jennifer Weber, Lisa Rohrhofer, Johannes Atteneder, Sabrina Stimmeder, Bettina Leber, Robert Sucher, Philipp Stiegler

Medical University Graz, Österreich

Mechanische Kreislaufunterstützung: Entwicklungen und Biokompatibilität

Dominik Wiedemann

Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten, Österreich

Effect of mechanotransduction in different aortopathies using a model of human neural crest cells and paraxial mesodermal cells

Juliana Heidler, Daniela Lobenwein, Alexandra Gratl, Sabine Wipper

Universitätsklinik für Gefäßchirurgie; Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Österreich

Preconditioning with tetrahydrobiopterin improves outcome after spinal cord ischemia in a small animal model

Juliana Heidler¹, Alexandra Gratl¹, Daniela Lobenwein¹, Katrin Watschinger², Manuel Maglione³, Sabine Wipper¹, Schönherr Laura¹

1: Universitätsklinik für Gefäßchirurgie; 2: Institut für Biologische Chemie Medizinische Universität Innsbruck; 3: Universitätsklinik für Visceral-, Transplantations- und Thoraxchirurgie; Medizinische Uniiversität Innsbruck

TYPE I AND II HYBRID AORTIC ARCH REPAIR AS A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO OPEN SURGERY IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS

Kathrin Freystaetter, Andrea Finster, Frieda-Maria Kainz, Lukas Resemann, Bruno Podesser, Dominik Wiedemann, Felix Nagel

Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten, Austria

Paper-and-Pencil vs. Electronic Patient Records: Analyzing Time Efficiency, Personnel Requirements, and Usability Impacts on Healthcare Administration

Matthias Fabian Berger¹, Johanna Petritsch¹, Andrzej Stanislaw Hecker¹, Sabrina Pustak¹, Birgit Michelitsch¹, Chiara Banfi², Lars-Peter Kamolz¹, David Benjamin Lumenta¹

1: Research Unit for Digital Surgery, Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; 2: Statistical Institute, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Implantation mesenchymaler Stammzellen zur Peripheren Nervenregeneration – Ein Review über die klinische Sicherheit und Anwendung.

Paul Supper^1,2, Anton Borger^1,2, Felix Bergmann^1,2, Flavia Millesi^1,2, Lorenz Semmler^1,2, Sarah Stadlmayer^1,2, Maximilian Haertinger^1,2, Zlata Kiseleva^1,2, Christine Radtke^1,2

1: Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich; 2: Austrian Cluster of Tissue Regeneration

Gemeinsamer Überblick

Konstantin Bergmeister, M Aman, Karl Schneider, Peter Dungel

Universitätsklinikum AKH Wien, Österreich

Composition of Wound Tissue and the Potential Therapeutic Role of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in Wound Healing

Tina Deutinger¹, Florian Handle², Catherine E. Connolly¹, Antonia Degen¹, Christof Seifarth³, Martin Hermann⁴, Christoph H. Tripp⁵, Doris Wilflingseder⁶, Susanne Lobenwein¹, Dragana Savic⁷, Leo Pölzl⁸, Evi M. Morandi¹, Dolores Wolfram¹, Ira-Ida Skvortsova⁷, Patrizia Stoitzner⁵, Johannes Haybaek^2,9, Marko Konschake³, Gerhard Pierer¹, Christian Ploner¹

1: Univ.-Klinik für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck; 2: Institut für Pathologie, Neuropathologie und Molekularepathologie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck; 3: Institut für Klinisch-Funktionelle Anatomie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck; 4: Univ.-Klinik für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck; 5: Univ.-Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck; 6: Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck; 7: Experimentelle und Translationale Radioonkologie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, EXTRO-Lab, Tiroler Krebsforschungsinstitut; 8: Univ.-Klinik für Herzchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck; 9: Diagnostik- & Forschungszentrum für Molekulare Biomedizin, Institut für Pathologie, Medizinische Universität Graz

End-to-side neurotization: Comparison after transfer to an intact and regenerating nerve. Our animal model and preliminary results

Leopold Harnoncourt¹, Martin Schmoll², Laurenz Pflaum¹, Dominik Dotzauer¹, Johanna Klepetko¹, Florian Jaklin¹, Oskar C. Aszmann^1,3

1: Klinisches Labor für Bionische Extremitätenrekonstruktion, Medizinische Universität Wien; 2: Zentrum für Medizinische Physik und Biomedizinische Technik, Medizinische Universität Wien; 3: Universitätsklinik für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie, Medizinische Universität Wien

Mapping the Brachial Plexus: Our Animal Model

Laurenz Pflaum¹, Leopold Harnoncourt¹, Florian Jaklin¹, Johanna Klepetko¹, Dominik Dotzauer¹, Konstantin Bergmeister^1,3, Lena Hirtler², Oskar C. Aszmann^1,4

1: Clinical Laboratory for Bionic Extremity Reconstruction, Österreich; 2: Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology (Division of Anatomy); 3: Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital St. Poelten, Krems, Austria; 4: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Langzeit Ergebnisse eines implantierbaren Nervenstimulators zur Behandlung des Fallfußes bei Patienten mit zentraler Parese

Gregor Längle^1,2, Anna Bösendorfer², Udo Maierhofer², Clemens Gstöttner^1,2, Leopold Harnoncourt², Oskar Aszmann^1,2

1: Universitätsklinik für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich; 2: Klinisches Labor für Bionische Extremitätenrekonstruktion, Medizinische Universität Wien

Deep Learning Imaging ermöglicht das Screening der Muskelregeneration nach peripherer Nervenschädigung in der Ratte.

Paul Supper^1,2, Leitner Sabine⁴, Vraka Chrysoula³, Shiyamsundar Lalith⁵, Manuel Pires⁵, Lazarevic Aleksa¹, Karge Tobias¹, Hacker Marcus³, Helbich Thomas³, Zeilinger Markus⁴, _ et al.^1,2,3,4, Radtke Christine^1,2

1: MUW, Universitätsklinik f. Plastische, Rekonstruktive u. Ästhetische Chirurgie; 2: Austrian Cluster of Tissue Regeneration; 3: MUW, Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin; 4: Fachhochschule Wr. Neustadt, MedTech; 5: MUW, Zentrum für biomedizinische Physik und biomedizinische Technik

Fact or Fiction? Examining the Top-20 BII Symptoms Through the Lens of Survey Bias.

Johanna Petritsch¹, Andrea Borenich², Raimund Lunzer³, David Lumenta^1,4

1: Research Unit Digital Surgery, Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria; 2: Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Documentation at the Medical University of Graz, Austria; 3: Division of Internal Medicine, Barmherzige Brüder Graz, Graz, Austria; 4: Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria

Shining the light on wound infections: Antimicrobial Photodynamic therapy for reducing the bioburden of wounds

Magdalena Metzger, Peter Dungel

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, the Research Center in Cooperation with AUVA

Curative Angio- and Arteriogenesis in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy – The Struggles of Translational Research

Peter Pokreisz

Medical University of Vienna, Österreich

A novel total artificial heart

Krishnaraj Narayanaswamy¹, Tim Bierewirtz², Ulrich Kertzscher², Rosario Giuffrida³, Johann Kolar³, Daniel Zimpfer¹, Marcus Granegger¹

1: Medizinische Universität Wien, Universitätsklinik für Herzchirurgie, Österreich; 2: Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Deutschland; 3: ETH Zürich, Schweiz

In vitro and in vivo testing of a novel, fully absorbable magnesium-based annuloplasty ring with inert antibacterial properties

Lukas Weber¹, Marjan Enayati¹, Jelena Horky², Mariangela Fedel², Carina Kampleitner³, Christian Grasl⁴, Christopher Riedmüller¹, Bruno Mora⁵, Laszlo Sajti², Manfred Bammer¹, Ingrid Walter⁶, Stefan Tangl³, Heinrich Schima⁴, Helga Bergmeister¹, Bruno Podesser¹

1: Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; 2: RHP Technology GmbH, Austria; 3: Core Facility Hard Tissue and Biomaterial Research (Karl Donath Laboratory), University Clinic of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; 4: Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; 5: Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; 6: Institute of Morphology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria

High-resolution Auxetic Cardiac Implants: A potential tool for supporting the myocardium after infarction

Felix Pointner¹, Christopher Riedmüller¹, Luis Pichelkastner¹, Martin Stoiber², Helga Bergmeister^1,3, Bruno K. Podesser^1,3, Karl H. Schneider^1,3, Marjan Enayati^1,3

1: Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria; 2: Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Austria; 3: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Vienna 1090, Austria

Assessment of cell adhesion and inflammatory response in a human placenta extracellular matrix coated 3D-printed cardiac patch

Christopher Riedmüller¹, Felix Pointner¹, Sabrina Rohringer^1,2, Lukas Weber¹, Luis Pichelkastner¹, Marta Bonora³, Bruno K. Podesser^1,2, Helga Bergmeister^1,2, Karl H. Schneider^1,2, Marjan Enayati^1,2

1: Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; 2: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Austria; 3: Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Austria

Sex-Dependent Discrepancies of Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

Frieda-Maria Kainz^1,2, Lukas Resemann¹, Ouafa Hamza², Jutta Pusch¹, Dominik Wiedemann¹, Attila Kiss², Peter Pokreisz², Bruno Podesser^1,2

1: Dep. Of Cardiac Surgery St. Pölten; 2: Center of biomedical research and translational surgery

Hemocompatibility of Rotary Blood Pumps under Realistic Operating Conditions

Rosmarie Schöfbeck¹, Xiangyu He¹, Bente Thamsen¹, Simon Klocker¹, Krishnaraj Narayanaswamy¹, Michael Fischer², Daniel Zimpfer¹, Marcus Granegger¹

1: Medizinische Universität Wien, Universitätsklinik für Herzchirurgie, Wien, Österreich; 2: Medizinische Universität Wien, Universitätsklinik für Transfusionsmedizin und Zelltherapie, Wien, Österreich

Extracellular vesicles from perivascular adipose tissue and their role in angiogenesis and vascular graft endothelialization

Sabrina Rohringer^1,5,6, Johannes Oesterreicher^2,6, Hannah-Sophie Schuh^1,5, Sophie Johanna Specht^1,5,6, Christian Grasl^3,5, Katharina Ehrmann^4,6, Stefan Baudis^4,6, Heinrich Schima^3,5, Bruno Karl Podesser^1,5,6, Wolfgang Holnthoner^2,6, Helga Bergmeister^1,5,6

1: Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; 2: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, Vienna, Austria; 3: Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 4: Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 5: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Vienna, Austria; 6: Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria

3D human skin equivalent for the investigation of biofilm related implant infections with mono- and polymicrobial biofilm

Olga Kurow, Rima Nuwayhid, Stefan Langer

Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Deutschland

Therapeutic application of norUrsodeoxycholic acid in normothermic machine perfusion improves biliary viability and reduces perfusate apoptosis markers in livers declined for transplantation

Laurin Rauter¹, Jule Dingfelder^1,2, David Pereyra^1,2, Sertac Kacar¹, Moriz Riha¹, Nikolaus Becker¹, Tina Saffarian¹, Konstantinos Mengrelis¹, Markus Wahrmann³, Andreas Salat¹, Gerd Silberhumer^1,2, Thomas Soliman¹, Dagmar Kollmann², Gabriela Berlakovich¹, Georg Györi¹

1: Department of General Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2: Department of General Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 3: Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Measurement of the endothelial glycocalix protein Syndecan-1 during hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion of donor grafts can predict early allograft dysfunction after liver transplantation

Nikolaus Becker¹, Laurin Rauter¹, Dagmar Kollmann², Judith Schiefer³, Marija Spasic¹, Pierre Raeven³, Jule Dingfelder^1,2, David Pereyra^1,2, David M. Baron³, Effimia Poumpouridou¹, Thomas Soliman¹, Gabriela Berlakovich¹, Georg Györi¹

1: Division of Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna; 2: Division of Visceral Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna; 3: Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Medical University of Vienna

Nature-inspired cryoprotectants for extended subzero kidney preservation – a pilot study in a large animal model.

Marlene Pühringer¹, Anne Heberle¹, Amanda Loftin², Andras Meszaros¹, Theresa Hautz¹, Stefan Schneeberger¹, Eleni Drivas², Marc-Yves Arzel³, Mark Kline³, Xiaoxi Wei³, Byoung Chol Oh², Gerald Brandacher²

1: Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, OrganLife® Laboratory, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; 2: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; 3: X-Therma, Inc., Richmond, CA, USA

Natural IgM targeting oxidation-specific epitopes modulate abdominal aortic aneurysm formation

Taras Afonyushkin*^1,3, Nahla Ibrahim*^2,3, Gülsüm Yilmaz¹, Hubert Hayden², Laura Goederle¹, Soreen Taqi¹, Wolf Eilenberg², Christoph Neumayer², Christoph J. Binder*^1,3, Christine Brostjan*^2,3

1: Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna; 2: Dept. of General Surgery, Div. of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna; 3: *equally contributing first authors and corresponding authors

Improving endothelialization of small-diameter vascular grafts by surface modification using adiponectin

Anna-Maria Schmitt^1,2,3, Sabrina Rohringer^1,2,3, Christian Grasl^2,4, Bruno K. Podesser^1,2,3, Helga Bergmeister^1,2,3

1: Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Vienna, Austria; 3: Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria; 4: Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Multi-Omic-Analysen von Tumorgeweben

Stefan Salcher

Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Österreich

Altered B-Cell Expansion and Maturation in Crohn’s disease

Lukas Unger

Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich

Putative Germline Modulators of KRAS in Colorectal Cancer: Biologic Validation of In Silico Model

Paula Kacerikova^1,2,3, Deborah Burkhart^1,2,3, Elif Kon^1,2,3, Ryan Collins^1,4,5, Kevin Haigis^1,2,3,5

1: Harvard Medical School; 2: Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; 3: Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 4: Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; 5: Cancer Program, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Mitochondrial flavin mononucleotide measured during hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion predicts one-year patient survival after liver transplantation

Jule Dingfelder^1,2, Dagmar Kollmann², Laurin Rauter¹, David Pereyra^1,2, Nikolaus Becker¹, Andreas Salat¹, Gerd Silberhumer², Thomas Soliman¹, Gabriela Berlakovich¹, Georg Györi¹

1: Universitätsklinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Klinische Abteilung für Transplantation, Medizinische Universität Wien; 2: Universitätsklinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Klinische Abteilung für Viszeralchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Wien

Performance of Steatotic Pig Livers during Sub-Normothermic Machine Perfusion

Sabrina Stimmeder, Bettina Leber, Jennifer Weber, Lisa Rohrhofer, Robert Sucher, Philipp Stiegler

Medical University of Graz, Austria

Hyperspectral Imaging for Evaluating Steatotic Liver Grafts

Sabrina Stimmeder, Bettina Leber, Jennifer Weber, Lisa Rohrhofer, Robert Sucher, Philipp Stiegler

Medical University of Graz, Austria

Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Pig Model for Transplantation Research

Sabrina Stimmeder, Bettina Leber, Jennifer Weber, Lisa Rohrhofer, Robert Sucher, Philipp Stiegler

Medical University of Graz, Austria

Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation: Bridging the Gap between Donor and Recipient

David Pereyra

Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich

Seneszenz und Transplantatcholangiopathie

Hannah Esser

Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Österreich

Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived hepatocyte-like cells to enhance liver regeneration during normothermic ex situ machine perfusion in a PCLS model

Maximilian Mohr^1,2, Katharina Günther², Marta Suarez-Cubero², Verena Hackl¹, Thomas Resch¹, Stefan Schneeberger¹, Frank Edenhofer², Theresa Hautz¹, Julia Hofmann¹

1: organ Life – Organ Regeneration Center of Excellence, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; 2: Institute of Molecular Biology & CMBI, Department of Genomics, Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Multimodal Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging System during Ex-vivo Organ Perfusion

Sabrina Stimmeder¹, Guenther Paltauf², Robert Nuster², Johannes Atteneder¹, Bettina Leber¹, Philipp Stiegler¹

1: Medical University Graz, Österreich; 2: Institute for Physics, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Perioperative Immunoadsorption in immunized kidney transplant recipients leads to higher graft survival rates

Paula van Appeldorn¹, Anja Vales², Hannes Neuwirt³, Stefan Schneeberger¹, Annemarie Weissenbacher¹

1: Universitätsklinik für Visceral-, Transplantations- und Thorachirurgie Innsbruck; 2: Zentralinstitut für Bluttransfusion und Immunologische Abteilung, Innsbruck; 3: Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin IV, Nephrologie und Hypertensiologie, Innsbruck

Selective In-Vivo Expansion of regulatory T cells Promotes Long-Term Tolerance of Heart Allografts

Laurenz Wolner¹, Romy Steiner¹, Andreas Zuckermann², Attila Kiss¹, Bruno Podesser¹, Nina Pilat^1,2

1: Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; 2: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Addressing Organ Shortage in Austria and Europe: Challenges and Legal Implications in Human Organ Research

Alexander Kofler¹, Gerald Brandacher¹, Rupert Oberhuber¹, Annemarie Weißenbacher¹, Benno Cardini¹, Stephan Eschertzhuber², Stefan Schneeberger¹

1: Department of Visceral, Transplantation and Thoracic Surgery, organLife Laboratory and Daniel Swarovski Research Laboratory, Center of Operative Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria; 2: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Regional Hospital Hall i.T., Austria