Theses

Many students made their PhD, MD, master or diploma thesis during the last two decades. They have been or are still part of our team and we very much appreciate their contributions.

When considering writing a thesis at our institute, please have a look at the available theses. You can also suggest a topic that fits in our research fields.

• Ongoing (6)
• Open (2)
• Finished (76)

Ongoing Theses

Filter:    All Theses (6) -------- Type ----------- Bachelor Thesis (1) Master Thesis (1) MD Diploma Thesis (1) PhD Thesis (3) ------- Supervisor ------- Stefan Coassin (2) Lukas Forer (1) Barbara Kollerits (1) Florian Kronenberg (3)

PhD Thesis
The role of PCSK9 in cardiovascular and chronic kidney diseases
Azin Kheirkhah
Time: 2018/02
Supervisor(s):

• Florian Kronenberg

Main publications

• Kheirkhah A, Lamina C, Kollerits B, Schachtl-Riess JF, Schultheiss UT, Forer L, Sekula P, Kotsis F, Eckardt KU, Kronenberg F, GCKD Investigators: PCSK9 and cardiovascular disease in individuals with moderately decreased kidney function. Clin. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 17:809-818, 2022. PMID: 35387881
• Kheirkhah A, Lamina C, Rantner B, Kollerits B, Stadler M, Pohlhammer J, Klein-Weigel P, Fraedrich G, Kronenberg F: Elevated levels of serum PCSK9 in male patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease: The CAVASIC study. Atherosclerosis 316:41-47, 2021. PMID: 33302043

PhD Thesis
Genetic causes and effects of the Lp(a) concentration
Silvia di Maio
Time: 2020/03
Supervisor(s):

• Stefan Coassin

Main publications

• Di Maio S, Lamina C, Coassin S, Forer L, Würzner R, Schönherr S, Kronenberg F: Lipoprotein(a) and SARS-CoV-2 infections: Susceptibility to infections, ischemic heart disease and thromboembolic events. J. Intern. Med. 291:101-107, 2022. PMID: 34096654
• Di Maio S, Grüneis R, Streiter G, Lamina C, Maglione M, Schoenherr S, Öfner D, Thorand B, Peters A, Eckardt KU, Köttgen A, Kronenberg F, Coassin S: Investigation of a nonsense mutation located in the complex KIV-2 copy number variation region of apolipoprotein(a) in 10,910 individuals. Genome Med. 12:74, 2020. PMID: 32825847

PhD Thesis
Epidemiological and genetic evidence for an influence of lipoprotein metabolism on infections and inflammation
Adriana Koller
Time: 2021/11
Supervisor(s):

• Florian Kronenberg

MD Diploma Thesis
Apolipoprotein A-IV and cancer outcomes in a large cohort of patients with chronic kidney disease
Simon Gruber
Time: 2021/12
Supervisor(s):

• Barbara Kollerits
• Florian Kronenberg

Master Thesis
Haplotyping in the LPA KIV-2 copy number variation utilizing unique molecular identifiers and nanopore sequencing
Stephan Amstler
Time: 2022/07
Supervisor(s):

• Stefan Coassin

Bachelor Thesis
Assessing the Impact of Different Reference Panels on Genotype Imputation and Polygenic Score Calculation
Jonas Jäger
Time: 2023/05
Supervisor(s):

• Lukas Forer