About Us
Team
Katy Schmidt
Head of CIUS, Facility management
Email: katy.schmidt(at)univie.ac.at
Tel.: +43-1-4277-57905
Daniela Gruber
Vice-Head of CIUS, Lab Manager, Lecturer
TECHNIQUES: Scanning EM and sample preparation, EDX, Lab safety instructions
Email: daniela.gruber(at)univie.ac.at
Tel.: +43-1-4277-57901
Brigitte Schmidt
Technician, Administration, Lecturer
TECHNIQUES: Light-, Fluorescence- and Confocal-Microscopy, Scientific documentation
Email: brigitte.schmidt(at)univie.ac.at
Tel.: +43-1-4277-57927
Sabine Thetter-Dürr
Technician, Lecturer
TECHNIQUES: Transmission EM and sample preparation, Cryo techniques
Email: sabine.thetter-duerr(at)univie.ac.at
Tel.: +43-1-4277-57904
Norbert Cyran
Technician, Lecturer
TECHNIQUES: Transmission EM and sample preparation, EELS, Cryo techniques
Email: norbert.cyran(at)univie.ac.at
Tel.: +43-1-4277-57903
Location
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University of Vienna - Biology Building (UBB)
Faculty of Life SciencesDjerassiplatz 1
1030 Vienna
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By Public Transport
Nearest stations
- Subway line U3 ⇒ "Schlachthausgasse" (Exit 'Markhofgasse')
- Bus 74A or Tram 18 ⇒ “Viehmarktgasse”
- Tram 71 or Railway S7 ⇒ “Sankt Marx”
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Walking or Cycling
Find the best route using the official city map
- bike parking in front of building
- bicycle service station nearby
- public drinking fountain
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From the Airport (VIE)
- By train: Take ÖBB S7 to “Sankt Marx”, duration 20 minutes (every 30 minutes, fare about € 5,20)
- By taxi: Taxi ranks are outside arrival hall, you arrive at the UBB within 30 minutes (fare about € 35)
Map
Network
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Research Contributions
2026
Lintner M, Polovodova Asteman I, Bernhard JM, Legin A, Schintlmeister A, Cyran N et al. Water soluble fuel compounds impair metabolism in benthic foraminifera: Ecotoxicological observations at cellular level. Science of the Total Environment. 2026 Aug 25;1045:1-10. 181976. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181976
Pashkunova-Martic I, Klose MHM, Kudela P, Groza-Weber D, Reipert S, Kowol CR et al. Bacterial Ghosts as Innovative Transport Vehicles for Platinum-Based Anticancer Drugs. ChemMedChem. 2026 Jun 26;21(12):e70351. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.70351
Lintner M, Golen J, Schagerl M, Wildner M, Wanek W, Cyran N et al. Reversible bleaching of photobionts in marine protists to a chemical stress - A case study of Amphistegina lobifera. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. 2026 Jun;279:1-9. 113454. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2026.113454
Barrera Grijalba CC, Thetter-Dürr S, Bibermair J, Wollesen T. Glycans in adhesion and fertilization: histochemical and ultrastructural insights from the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera. Frontiers in Zoology. 2026 Dec;23(1):26. Epub 2026 May 9. doi: 10.1186/s12983-026-00614-5
Wilfinger-Lutz N, Kuehrer KM, Bueno MJ, Schwaiger-Haber M, Ann WW, Krejci K et al. FASN targeting by G28UCM impairs mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis and reveals a FASN–SDHB synthetic interaction. Pharmacological Research. 2026 Feb;224:108087. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2026.108087
2025
Plakolm L, Balzano S, Nagy M, Heinz P, Gruber D, Schmidt K et al. Assessment of anthropogenic metal pollution in Bagnoli (Gulf of Naples) through changes in foraminiferal assemblages and shell chemistry. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 2025 Sept 11;44(2):345-363. doi: 10.5194/jm-44-345-2025
Helmlinger L, Arthofer P, Cyran N, Collingro A, Horn M. The adaptation of chlamydiae to facultative host multicellularity. Current Biology. 2025 Jul 21;35(14):3368-3380.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.014
Lintner M, Balzano S, Keul N, Heinz P, Manecki M, Klimek A et al. Biosorption of heavy metals by microalgae: Hazardous side effects for marine organisms. Chemosphere. 2025 Mar;372:144080. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144080
2024
Arthofer P, Panhölzl F, Delafont V, Hay A, Reipert S, Cyran N et al. A giant virus infecting the amoeboflagellate Naegleria. Nature Communications. 2024 Dec;15(1):3307. Epub 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47308-2
2023
Schmid AM, Razim A, Wysmołek M, Kerekes D, Haunstetter M, Haunstetter M et al. Extracellular vesicles of the probiotic bacteria E. coli O83 activate innate immunity and prevent allergy in mice. Cell communication and signaling. 2023 Dec;21(1):297. doi: 10.1186/s12964-023-01329-4
Reipert S, Gruber D, Cyran N, Schmidt B, De La Torre Noetzel R, Sancho L et al. Freeze Substitution Accelerated via Agitation: New Prospects for Ultrastructural Studies of Lichen Symbionts and Their Extracellular Matrix. Plants. 2023 Dec;12(23):4039. 4039. doi: 10.3390/plants12234039
Mödl B, Awad M, Zwolanek D, Scharf I, Schwertner K, Milovanovic D et al. Defects in microvillus crosslinking sensitize to colitis and inflammatory bowel disease. EMBO Reports. 2023 Oct 9;24(10):e57084. doi: 10.15252/embr.202357084
Winter L, Staszewska I, Zittrich S, Elhamine F, Zrelski MM, Schmidt K et al. Z-Disk-Associated Plectin (Isoform 1d): Spatial Arrangement, Interaction Partners, and Role in Filamin C Homeostasis. Cells. 2023 Apr 26;12(9):1259. doi: 10.3390/cells12091259
Schmidt B, Kegler F, Steinhauser G, Chyzhevskyi I, Dubchak S, Ivesic C et al. Uptake of Radionuclides by Bryophytes in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Toxics. 2023 Mar;11(3):218. doi: 10.3390/toxics11030218
Ivesic C, Krammer S, Koller-Peroutka M, Laarouchi A, Gruber D, Lang I et al. Quantification of Protein Uptake by Endocytosis in Carnivorous Nepenthales. Plants. 2023 Jan 11;12(2):341. doi: 10.3390/plants12020341
Mistlberger-Reiner A, Sterneder S, Reipert S, Wolske S, Somoza V. Extracellular Vesicles and Particles Modulate Proton Secretion in a Model of Human Parietal Cells. ACS Omega. 2023 Jan;8(2):2213-2226. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06442
2022
Brandel V, Schimek V, Goeber S, Hammond T, Brunnthaler L, Schrottmaier WC et al. Hepatectomy-induced apoptotic extracellular vesicles stimulate neutrophils to secrete regenerative growth factors. Journal of Hepatology. 2022 Dec;77(6):1619-1630. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.07.027
Kaiyrzhanov R, Mohammed SEM, Maroofian R, Husain RA, Catania A, Torraco A et al. Bi-allelic LETM1 variants perturb mitochondrial ion homeostasis leading to a clinical spectrum with predominant nervous system involvement. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2022 Sept 1;109(9):1692-1712. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.07.007
Adlassnig W, Schmidt B, Jirsa F, Gradwohl A, Ivesic C, Koller-Peroutka M. The Arsenic-Antimony-Creek at Sauerbrunn/Burgenland/Austria: A Toxic Habitat for Amphibians. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022 May 15;19(10):6010. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106010
2021
Mayerhofer W, Schintlmeister A, Dietrich M, Gorka S, Wiesenbauer J, Martin V et al. Recently photoassimilated carbon and fungus-delivered nitrogen are spatially correlated in the ectomycorrhizal tissue of Fagus sylvatica. New Phytologist. 2021 Dec;232(6):2457-2474. Epub 2021 Jul 1. doi: 10.1111/nph.17591