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Researcher of the Month - October 2022

And the award goes to ... International Recognition for Sophia Alemanno at ISHLT 2026

Sophia Alemanno was honored with the ISHLT Extracorporeal Photopheresis Immunomodulation in Thoracic Transplantation Challenge Grant during the annual…

FILONEX-Study published: First Randomized Study of HDF during EVLP

Research News & More, University, Medicine & Science, Researcher of the Month

Milestone in lung transplantation medicine: The FILONEX Trial is the first randomized controlled trial evaluating the additional use of…

Lung Transplant Recipients Climb the Highest Peak in the Americas

Research News & More, Medicine & Science, People of the MedUni Vienna

Eight lung transplant recipients reached altitudes of over 5,500 meters on Aconcagua (6,961 m), the highest mountain in the Americas, in January 2026…

New approaches to better regulate the immune response after organ transplants

Medicine & Science, People of the MedUni Vienna

The Medical University of Vienna and the medical technology company Therakos are launching a seven-year research partnership to further develop…

And the award goes to ... Berta Mosleh receives the OGTC "Georg Salzer Award"

Medicine & Science, People of the MedUni Vienna

The Austrian Society for Thoracic Surgery (OGTC) has awarded Dr. Berta Mosleh the Georg Salzer Award 2025 for the best scientific work in the field of…

And the award goes to ... Sophia Alemanno receives two awards at AUSTROTRANSPLANT 2025 in Schladming

Medicine & Science, People of the MedUni Vienna

Austrotransplant, the Austrian Society for Transplantation, Transfusion, and Genetics, has awarded Dr. Sophia Alemanno the Austrotransplant Start…

World’s first use of a diaphragmatic valve to treat pleural effusions at the Medical University of Vienna

Medicine & Science

For the first time worldwide, a novel diaphragmatic valve has been successfully implanted at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the Medical…

Microplastics can cause malignant changes in lung cells

Medicine & Science

A study conducted at the Translational Thoracic Oncology Laboratory has demonstrated for the first time that MNPs (microplastics and nanoplastics) can…

Clemens Aigner appointed to the Board of Directors of ESTS

People of the MedUni Vienna

Clemens Aigner has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS), the world’s largest society dedicated…

Horizon Programm „LifeLUNG“

Medicine & Science, People of the MedUni Vienna

Within the Horizon Program, the EU is funding the LifeLUNG project, which focuses on the genetic modification of donor lungs, with a total budget of €…