Janett Göhring

Career

• 2025 Principal Investigator on own FWF project at Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Labhost: Johannes Grillari, Vienna, Austria Topic FWF standalone grant: "Glycoscapes: Biomechanical Glycocalyx Models for T-cells" Research Focus: T-cell biology, Biophysics, Glycocalyx, Advanced Microscopy (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna)
• 2020 - 2024 Principal Investigator on own FWF project at the Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Molecular Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Labhost: Johannes Huppa Topic FWF standalone grant: “Mechanical Forces in T-Cell Antigen Recognition and Signalling” Area of Research Biophysics, Advanced Microscopy, Immunology, Biochemistry (Medical University of Vienna)
• 2018 - 2019 Team Lead Research and Development at a Viennese Biotechnology Startup founded in 04/2018 Topic: Development of an at home diagnostic test (biosensor technology) (SMILE Projektentwicklungs GmbH)
• 2016 - 2018 Postdoctoral Position (Project Assistant for a WWTF Project) at the Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Molecular Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Group Johannes Huppa, Vienna, Austria Topic WWTF Life Science Call 2013: “Mechanical Forces in T-Cell Antigen Recognition (Medical University of Vienna)
• 2014 - 2016 Postdoctoral Position (Project Assistant for a WWTF Project) at the Institute of Applied Physics, Biophysics, Technical University, Group Gerhard Schütz, Vienna, Austria Topic WWTF Life Science Call 2013: “Mechanical Forces in T-Cell Antigen Recognition (Technical University Vienna (TU Wien))
• 2010 - 2014 PhD study in Molecular Biology at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Department for Molecular Biochemistry, Medical University of Vienna, RNA Biology, Group Andrea Barta, Vienna, Austria PhD Thesis: “Imaging of Endogenous mRNA Splice Variants in Living Plant Cells.” (Max Perutz Labs Vienna)
• 2004 - 2009 Diploma study in Molecular Medicine Diploma thesis: "Regulation of the Tetracycline Resistance Protein TetO", RNA Group, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hillen (Institute for Microbiology) (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Awards

• Year: 2015 Awards: Dissertationspreis: ÖGMBT/THP PhD Award 2015
• Year: 2010 Awards: Fritz und Maria Hofmann-Preis
• Year: 2007 Awards: Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship