University Hospital for Internal Medicine II
Research
Key Research Area of the MUI
Infection, immunity and transplantation
Research Focus
Mitochondrial and metabolic remodeling of immune cells in inflammatory diseases
Methods
High-resolution respirometry; Seahorse technology; mitochondrial imaging; metabolomics; advanced cellular models including induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)
Infrastructure/Resources
2 Mini Seahorse devices; Olympus Widefield live-cell imager
Teaching & Supervision
Teaching Topics
Cellular bioenergetics; stem cell technology
Supervision Topics
1. Blood Cell Energetics as a Tool for Health and Disease Monitoring
2. Immunometabolic regulation of mouse and human immune cells during inflammation
3. Iron influence on cardiac cell function
Collaborations
Existing Collaborations
Università degli Studi di Milano (IT); Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (IT); Bolzano, EURAC research, Institute for Biomedicine (IT)
Open Positions
Master student project: Immortalize and characterize mouse bone marrow-derived cells from mouse models carrying genetic variants in iron-related proteins. Differentiate cells into macrophages for in vitro studies as an alternative to freshly isolated bone