Focus on Austrian Metabolic Research: 2nd AustroMetabolism Workshop
Participants at 2nd AustroMetabolism Workshop at CeMM (2019)
On Wednesday 9 October 2019, around 120 researches from 15 institutions from all over Austria gathered for the second time for the AustroMetabolism Workshop at CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
AustroMetabolism is an interdisciplinary event, which aims at providing a space for Austrian basic and clinical researchers in the field of metabolic research to network, and also promoting scientific cooperation within this field. A better understanding of metabolic processes in the human body is key to the treatment of many diseases. For this purpose, the diverse scientific contributions at the workshop ranged from cell metabolism of cancer and immune cells, diabetes, obesity, fat and liver metabolism, to the influence of the degradation of food by the intestinal microbiome on inflammatory bowel disease.
A highlight of the event was a guest lecture by Prof. Matthias Tschöp, Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Center Munich with over 2300 employees. Prof. Tschöp is one of the world's leading researchers in the fight against obesity and type 2 diabetes, and has developed several so-called poly-agonists drugs that could revolutionize the treatment of these diseases. Additionally, the renowned journal Nature Metabolism was represented by an editor, Pooja Jha, who allowed participants to take a look behind the scenes of the scientific publication process. She was very impressed by the diverse and high-class research landscape in Austria.
The AustroMetabolism Workshop was initiated by a joint initiative of the Medical University of Vienna, the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, the University of Graz and CeMM. The event has set a great example for this promising research field and boosted an even closer collaboration between scientists from basic and clinical research.
AustroMetabolism is an interdisciplinary event, which aims at providing a space for Austrian basic and clinical researchers in the field of metabolic research to network, and also promoting scientific cooperation within this field. A better understanding of metabolic processes in the human body is key to the treatment of many diseases. For this purpose, the diverse scientific contributions at the workshop ranged from cell metabolism of cancer and immune cells, diabetes, obesity, fat and liver metabolism, to the influence of the degradation of food by the intestinal microbiome on inflammatory bowel disease.
A highlight of the event was a guest lecture by Prof. Matthias Tschöp, Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Center Munich with over 2300 employees. Prof. Tschöp is one of the world's leading researchers in the fight against obesity and type 2 diabetes, and has developed several so-called poly-agonists drugs that could revolutionize the treatment of these diseases. Additionally, the renowned journal Nature Metabolism was represented by an editor, Pooja Jha, who allowed participants to take a look behind the scenes of the scientific publication process. She was very impressed by the diverse and high-class research landscape in Austria.
The AustroMetabolism Workshop was initiated by a joint initiative of the Medical University of Vienna, the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, the University of Graz and CeMM. The event has set a great example for this promising research field and boosted an even closer collaboration between scientists from basic and clinical research.
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