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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Christina Schäffer

Head: Institute of Biochemistry (DCH/BC)
Muthgasse 11, 1190 Wien
christina.schaeffer(at)boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-80203

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ORCID: 0000-0003-1613-7258

Curr. Vitae

2022 - Univ.Prof. for "Molecular Glycobiology"
2003 - 2022 Ao.Univ.Prof.
2003 - Postdoctoral lecture qualification, venia docendi for "Microbiology"
1999 - 2000 Visting scientist at the Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
1995 - Doctoral degree (Dr. nat. techn.)
1994 - 2002 University assistant
1992 - 1992 Research stay at the Department of Microbiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
1991 - Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.)

Statistik Austria, science classification

Expertise

ultrastructure research; molecular biotechnology; glycobiology; immunology; microbiology; biochemistry; glycosylation engineering; biofilms; microbial physiology; secondary metabolites;

Awards

2008 Österreichischer Mikrobiologie Preis
2008 Young Investigator Award of the Federal American Society for Experimental Biology
2006 Würdigungspreis des Landes Niederösterreich für Angewandte Forschung 2006
2004 Prof. Anton-Kurir Preis zur Förderung wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchskräfte
1997 Bodenkulturpreis der Wirtschaftskammer Wien
1996 Anerkennungspreis des Landes Niederösterreich für Wissenschaft

Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies

2015 -2022 Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology
member
2014 -2022 Society for Glycobiology
member
2005 -2022 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
member
2000 -2021 American Society for Microbiology
member
2000 -2022 Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Präventivmedizin
elected member

Reviewer for scientific journals

2021 - mSphere
2021 - Oral Diseases
2020 - Nature Communications
2019 - Microorganisms
2018 - Journal of Molecular Recognition
2018 - PLoS Pathogens
2018 - Trends in Microbiology
2017 - PLoS One
2016 - Molecular Oral Microbiology
2016 - Frontiers in Microbiology
2015 - Research in Microbiology
2014 - Virulence
2014 - Biological Chemistry
2014 - mBio
2012 - Biomolecules
2012 - Glycobiology
2010 - Glycoconjugate Journal
2002 - Journal of Bacteriology
2002 - FEMS Microbiology Letters
2002 - Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Reviewer/Expert funding organizations

2019 -2019 National Science Centre, Poland - Poland
2019 -2019 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) - Canada
2019 -2021 Europäische Kommission - European Union
2019 -2019 BBSCR - United Kingdom
2018 -2021 FWO Research Foundation Flanders - Belgium
2012 -2012 Israel Science Foundation - Israel
2012 -2012 Swiss National Science Foundation - Switzerland
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