Wolfgang F. Graier#
| Membership Number: | 2556 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://forschung.medunigraz.at/fodok/suchen.person_uebersicht?sprache_in=en&ansicht_in=&menue_id_in=101&id_in=90628315 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1871-3298 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Head, Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- 2015 - present Head, NIKON-Center of Excellence for SUper-Resolution Microscopy: Cell & Organelles, Graz, Austria
- 2009 - present Chair, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- 2009 - present Full Professor of Molecular Biology and Chair, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- 2006 - present Head of the Research Unit for Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- 1995 - 2009 Associate Professor for Biochemical Pharmacology (1995) and Physiology (2000), Department of Medical Biochemistry & Medical Molecular Biology, University of Graz, Austria
- 1994 - 1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry at the University of Graz, Austria
- 1993 - 1994 Postdoc, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
- 1989 - 1993 Research Assistant, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz
- 1988 - 1990 Ph.D. thesis in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz
- 1981 - 1988 Study of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria
Fields of Scholarship
- Mitochondrial ion regulation and transporters
- mitochondrial bioenergetics
- Endothelial cell biology
- Energy metabolism
- Vascular cell biology
- Aging & drug development against aging
- Diabetes
- Beta cell function & dysfunction
- Calcium regulation and function
- Molecular mechanisms of aging
Honours and Awards
- Herba Award 1991, Vienna, Austria
- Otto-Loewi-Award 1994, Vienna, Austria
- Paracelsus Award 1995 & 1999, Austrian Society of Internal Medicine, Austria
- Höchst-Award, 1995, Austria
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Award, 1996, Austria
- Sanofi-Aventis Award 2004, 2006 & 2007 Austria (Senior-Author)
