Barbara Kofler#
| Membership Number: | 5504 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.pmu.ac.at/en/research/research-programs/receptor-biochemistry-and-tumor-metabolism.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1198-4776 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 - present Head of Research Program for Receptor Biochemistry and Tumor Metabolism, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria,
- 1995 - present Head of the Diagnostic and Scientific Laboratories, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
- 1993 Research Officer, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Neurobiology Division, Sydney, Australia
- 1992 Research Assistant, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck ,Austria
- 1988 - 1991 PhD thesis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuroendocrinology
- Neuroinflammation
- Neuropeptides
- Pharmacology
- G-protein coupled receptors
- Mitochondrial energy metabolism and genetics
- Tumor metabolism
- Ketogenic diet
- In vivo animal models (inflammation, obesity, regeneration, behavior, cancer)
Honours and Awards
- 2020 - 2023 Reporter of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- 2016 - 2018 Board member of the Austrian Neuroscience Association
- 2016 Clemens von Pirquet-Award of the Austrian Society of Child and Adolescent Medicine
- 2014 - 2020 Co-reporter of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- 2012 FemTech Expert of the Month, Austrian Science Foundation
- 2011 International Prize for Research, City of Salzburg
- 2015 - 2017 Member of Editorial Board Experimental Dermatology
- 2010 Member of the American Society for Neuroscience
- 2010 Review Editor Neuropeptides
- 2008 Board Member: Austrian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 2008 Golden Award for Excellence in Research of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg
- 2007 Golden Award for Excellence in Research of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg
- 2005 - 2008 Member of the Fellowships Committee of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
- 1994 Erwin Schrödinger fellowship for Research at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Neurobiology Division, Sydney Australia
