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.

Finished Theses

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Master Thesis
Genetic Correlation and Shared Genetic Etiology of Lipid Traits - An Explorative Study using Individual Level Data and Summary Statistics
Florian Schnitzer
Time: 2024/05 - 2025/01
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Bachelor Thesis
Assessing the Impact of Different Reference Panels on Genotype Imputation and Polygenic Score Calculation
Jonas Jäger
Time: 2023/05 - 2024/07
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PhD Thesis
Mutation analysis in the Lipoprotein(a) (LPA) gene and epidemiological studies in large sample collections
Silvia di Maio
Time: 2020/03 - 2024/05
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Bachelor Thesis
Low genetic and clinical risks protect against cardiovascular diseases in chronic kidney disease patients with high Lp(a) levels
Lena Mayr
Time: 2023/04 - 2023/12
Supervisor(s):
Master Thesis
Lipoprotein(a) and cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease
Ida Gruber
Time: 2023/04 - 2023/12
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MD Diploma Thesis
Evaluating instruments for a Mendelian Randomization study of Lipoprotein(a) and Diabetes
Michael Bloching
Time: 2023/02 - 2023/10
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PhD Thesis
The role of PCSK9 in cardiovascular and chronic kidney diseases
Azin Kheirkhah
Time: 2018/12 - 2023/09
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Master Thesis
Evaluation of nanopore sequencing with unique molecular identifiers for variant detection in the LPA KIV-2 copy number variation
Stephan Amstler
Time: 2022/07 - 2023/07
Supervisor(s):
MD Diploma Thesis
Apolipoprotein A-IV and cancer outcomes in a large cohort of patients with chronic kidney disease
Simon Gruber
Time: 2021/12 - 2023/03
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PhD Thesis
Investigation of unknown aspects of Lipoprotein(a) genetics and biology: From expression profiles to hidden variants
Rebecca Grüneis
Time: 2019/05 - 2023/02
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Master Thesis
A nextflow pipeline to evaluate and compare microarray chips for genotype imputation
Martin Eberle
Time: 2021/03 - 2022/04
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PhD Thesis
Genetic epidemiological approaches to understand HDL-mediated cholesterol efflux capacity and lipoprotein(a)
Johanna Schachtl-Rieß
Time: 2018/04 - 2022/04
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Habilitation Thesis
Shedding light on a dark genome region: The role of genetic variation in the LPA gene region in the regulation of lipoprotein(a) concentrations
Stefan Coassin
Finished: 2022/04
Supervisor(s): Main publications
MD Diploma Thesis
Correlation between a Genetic and a Family Risk Score and BMI in two Population-Based Studies
Lukas Gruber
Time: 2020/07 - 2022/01
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Master Thesis
Mitochondrial DNA copy number and relative telomere length in patients with age-related macular degeneration
Adriana Koller
Time: 2021/01 - 2021/08
Supervisor(s):
Bachelor Thesis
Association between a polygenic risk score and a family risk score and lipoprotein(a) on the prevalence and incidence of myocardial infarction in the KORA F3 study
Florian Schnitzer
Time: 2021/01 - 2021/06
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Bachelor Thesis
Evaluating familial accumulation of stroke events: a family and a genome-wide polygenic risk score are independently and significantly associated with stroke in a population-based study
Michelle Hämmerle
Time: 2021/01 - 2021/05
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Master Thesis
Establishment of a specific targeted sequencing approach and evaluation of the use of whole exome sequencing data to detect genetic variants in the complex LPA gene
Peter Zöscher
Time: 2019/03 - 2021/02
Supervisor(s):
Bachelor Thesis
Analysis of the CHD Risk Factors Lipoprotein(a) and Apolipoprotein A-IV in a Family Study
Verena Sturmlehner
Time: 2018/12 - 2019/09
Supervisor(s):
Bachelor Thesis
Mitochondrial DNA copy number variations in patients with peripheral arterial disease
Adriana Koller
Time: 2018/12 - 2019/06
Supervisor(s): Main publications
PhD Thesis
Investigations on the role of mitochondrial DNA copy number variation
Federica Fazzini
Time: 2015/04 - 2019/03
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Master Thesis
Effects of lipoprotein(a) KIV-2 repeats mutations on cardiovascular diseases risk in large epidemiological sample collections
Silvia Di-Maio
Time: 2017/10 - 2018/10
Supervisor(s):
PhD Thesis
Scalable data analysis of mitochondrial DNA in the era of high-throughput data generation
Hansi Weissensteiner
Time: 2009/05 - 2017/10
Supervisor(s):
  • Günther Specht (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
Main publications
PhD Thesis
Searching for genetic and non-genetic factors affecting lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein A-IV using genome-wide association and Mendelian randomization approaches
Salome R. Mack
Time: 2014/09 - 2017/09
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Bachelor Thesis
Evaluation of the Lp(a) trait in the Young Finns Study compared to Central European populations
Gertraud Erhart
Time: 2016/11 - 2017/07
Supervisor(s):
Bachelor Thesis
Characterization of a Reference Sample Set for Studies on lipoprotein(a)
Paul Bichler
Time: 2015/03 - 2016/07
Supervisor(s):
Bachelor Thesis
Etablierung einer Klonierungsstrategie zur Isolation der LPA KIV-2 Subtypen (an der FH Gesundheit, BMA Studium)
Jamie Lee Losso
Time: 2016/01 - 2016/07
Supervisor(s):
Master Thesis
Evaluation and Comparison of Hadoop Technologies for Genetic Data Analyses
Clemens Banas
Time: 2015/11 - 2016/06
Supervisor(s):
Habilitation Thesis
Genome-wide association studies and beyond: Utilizing genome-wide data to uncover the genetic basis for atherosclerosis- associated traits
Claudia Lamina
Finished: 2016/06
Supervisor(s): Main publications
  • Lindgren CM, Heid IM, Randall JC, Lamina C, Steinthorsdottir V, Qi L, Speliotes EK, Thorleifsson G, Willer CJ, Herrera BM, Jackson AU, Lim N, Scheet P, Soranzo N, Amin N, Aulchenko YS, Chambers JC, Drong A, Luan J, Lyon HN, Rivadeneira F, Sanna S, Timpson NJ, Zillikens MC, Zhao JH, Almgren P, Bandinelli S, Bennett AJ, Bergman RN, Bonnycastle LL, Bumpstead SJ, Chanock SJ, Cherkas L, Chines P, Coin L, Cooper C, Crawford G, Doering A, Dominiczak A, Doney AS, Ebrahim S, Elliott P, Erdos MR, Estrada K, Ferrucci L, Fischer G, Forouhi NG, Gieger C, Grallert H, Groves CJ, Grundy S, Guiducci C, Hadley D, Hamsten A, Havulinna AS, Hofman A, Holle R, Holloway JW, Illig T, Isomaa B, Jacobs LC, Jameson K, Jousilahti P, Karpe F, Kuusisto J, Laitinen J, Lathrop GM, Lawlor DA, Mangino M, McArdle WL, Meitinger T, Morken MA, Morris AP, Munroe P, Narisu N, Nordström A, Nordström P, Oostra BA, Palmer CN, Payne F, Peden JF, Prokopenko I, Renström F, Ruokonen A, Salomaa V, Sandhu MS, Scott LJ, Scuteri A, Silander K, Song K, Yuan X, Stringham HM, Swift AJ, Tuomi T, Uda M, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Wallace C, Walters GB, Weedon MN, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Witteman JC, Zhang C, Zhang W, Caulfield MJ, Collins FS, Davey Smith G, Day IN, Franks PW, Hattersley AT, Hu FB, Jarvelin MR, Kong A, Kooner JS, Laakso M, Lakatta E, Mooser V, Morris AD, Peltonen L, Samani NJ, Spector TD, Strachan DP, Tanaka T, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Wareham NJ, Hugh Watkins, Procardis Consortia, Waterworth DM, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Groop L, Hunter DJ, Thorsteinsdottir U, Schlessinger D, Wichmann HE, Frayling TM, Abecasis GR, Hirschhorn JN, Loos RJ, Stefansson K, Mohlke KL, Barroso I, McCarthy MI, Giant Consortium: Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three Loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution. PLoS Genet. 5:e1000508, 2009. PMID: 19557161   Journal Article
  • Lamina C, Coassin S, Illig T, Kronenberg F: Look beyond one's own nose: combination of information from publicly available sources reveals an association of GATA4 polymorphisms with plasma triglycerides. Atherosclerosis 219:698-703, 2011. PMID: 21945496   Journal Article
  • Murabito JM, White CC, Kavousi M, Sun YV, Feitosa MF, Nambi V, Lamina C, Schillert A, Coassin S, Bis JC, Broer L, Crawford DC, Franceschini N, Frikke-Schmidt R, Haun M, Holewijn S, Huffman JE, Hwang SJ, Kiechl S, Kollerits B, Montasser ME, Nolte IM, Rudock ME, Senft A, Teumer A, van der Harst P, Vitart V, Waite LL, Wood AR, Wassel CL, Absher DM, Allison MA, Amin N, Arnold A, Asselbergs FW, Aulchenko Y, Bandinelli S, Barbalic M, Boban M, Brown-Gentry K, Couper DJ, Criqui MH, Dehghan A, den Heijer M, Dieplinger B, Ding J, Dörr M, Espinola-Klein C, Felix SB, Ferrucci L, Folsom AR, Fraedrich G, Gibson Q, Goodloe R, Gunjaca G, Haltmayer M, Heiss G, Hofman A, Kieback A, Kiemeney LA, Kolcic I, Kullo IJ, Kritchevsky SB, Lackner KJ, Li X, Lieb W, Lohman K, Meisinger C, Melzer D, Mohler 3rd ER, Mudnic I, Mueller T, Navis G, Oberhollenzer F, Olin JW, O'Connell J, O'Donnell CJ, Palmas W, Penninx BW, Petersmann A, Polasek O, Psaty BM, Rantner B, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Rotter JI, Seldenrijk A, Stadler M, Summerer M, Tanaka T, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Uitterlinden AG, van Gilst WH, Vermeulen SH, Wild SH, Wild PS, Willeit J, Zeller T, Zemunik T, Zgaga L, Assimes TL, Blankenberg S, Boerwinkle E, Campbell H, Cooke JP, de Graaf J, Herrington D, Kardia SL, Mitchell BD, Murray A, Münzel T, Newman AB, Oostra BA, Rudan I, Shuldiner AR, Snieder H, van Duijn CM, Völker U, Wright AF, Wichmann HE, Wilson JF, Witteman JC, Liu Y, Hayward C, Borecki IB, Ziegler A, North KE, Cupples LA, Kronenberg F: Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies. Circ. Cardiovasc. Genet. 5:100-112, 2012. PMID: 22199011   Journal Article
  • Wassel CL, Lamina C, Nambi V, Coassin S, Mukamal KJ, Ganesh SK, Jacobs Jr DR, Franceschini N, Papanicolaou GJ, Gibson Q, Yanek LR, van der Harst P, Ferguson JF, Crawford DC, Waite LL, Allison MA, Criqui MH, McDermott MM, Mehra R, Cupples LA, Hwang SJ, Redline S, Kaplan RC, Heiss G, Rotter JI, Boerwinkle E, Taylor HA, Eraso LH, Haun M, Li M, Meisinger C, O'Connell JR, Shuldiner AR, Tybjærg-Hansen A, Frikke-Schmidt R, Kollerits B, Rantner B, Dieplinger B, Stadler M, Mueller T, Haltmayer M, Klein-Weigel P, Summerer M, Wichmann HE, Asselbergs FW, Navis G, Mateo Leach I, Brown-Gentry K, Goodloe R, Assimes TL, Becker DM, Cooke JP, Absher DM, Olin JW, Mitchell BD, Reilly MP, Mohler 3rd ER, North KE, Reiner AP, Kronenberg F, Murabito JM: Genetic determinants of the ankle-brachial index: a meta-analysis of a cardiovascular candidate gene 50K SNP panel in the candidate gene association resource (CARe) consortium. Atherosclerosis 222:138-147, 2012. PMID: 22361517   Journal Article
  • Lamina C, Forer L, Schönherr S, Kollerits B, Ried JS, Gieger C, Peters A, Wichmann HE, Kronenberg F: Evaluation of gene-obesity interaction effects on cholesterol levels: a genetic predisposition score on HDL-cholesterol is modified by obesity. Atherosclerosis 225:363-369, 2012. PMID: 23058813   Journal Article
  • Lamina C, Haun M, Coassin S, Kloss-Brandstätter A, Gieger C, Peters A, Grallert H, Strauch K, Meitinger T, Kedenko L, Paulweber B, Kronenberg F: A systematic evaluation of short tandem repeats in lipid candidate genes: riding on the SNP-wave. PLoS One 9:e102113, 2014. PMID: 25050552   Journal Article
Bachelor Thesis
From Plasma to CMV Vectors, Reviving old Treasures for New Research
Johanna Schachtl-Riess
Time: 2015/02 - 2015/07
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Master Thesis
Lipoprotein (a) concentrations, apolipoprotein (a) phenotypes, and peripheral arterial disease in three independent cohorts
Anja Laschkolnig
Time: 2013/01 - 2014/7
Supervisor(s):
MD Diploma Thesis
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in patients with intermittent claudication and its relation with cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality--the CAVASIC Study
Johannes Pohlhammer
Time: 2013/02 - 2014/7
Supervisor(s):
PhD Thesis
Software solutions for high-throughput detection and analysis of Copy Number Variation
Lukas Forer
Time: 2010/04 - 2014/10
Supervisor(s):
  • Günther Specht (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
Main publications
  • Forer L, Schönherr S, Weissensteiner H, Haider F, Kluckner T, Gieger C, Wichmann HE, Specht G, Kronenberg F, Kloss-Brandstätter A: CONAN: copy number variation analysis software for genome-wide association studies. BMC Bioinformatics 11:318, 2010. PMID: 20546565   Journal Article
  • Schönherr S*, Forer L*, Weißensteiner H, Kronenberg F, Specht G, Kloss-Brandstätter A: Cloudgene: a graphical execution platform for MapReduce programs on private and public clouds. BMC Bioinformatics 13:200, 2012. PMID: 22888776   Journal Article
  • Jacquemont S, Reymond A, Zufferey F, Harewood L, Walters RG, Kutalik Z, Martinet D, Shen Y, Valsesia A, Beckmann ND, Thorleifsson G, Belfiore M, Bouquillon S, Campion D, de Leeuw N, de Vries BB, Esko T, Fernandez BA, Fernández-Aranda F, Fernández-Real JM, Gratacòs M, Guilmatre A, Hoyer J, Jarvelin MR, Kooy RF, Kurg A, Le Caignec C, Männik K, Platt OS, Sanlaville D, Van Haelst MM, Villatoro Gomez S, Walha F, Wu BL, Yu Y, Aboura A, Addor MC, Alembik Y, Antonarakis SE, Arveiler B, Barth M, Bednarek N, Béna F, Bergmann S, Beri M, Bernardini L, Blaumeiser B, Bonneau D, Bottani A, Boute O, Brunner HG, Cailley D, Callier P, Chiesa J, Chrast J, Coin L, Coutton C, Cuisset JM, Cuvellier JC, David A, de Freminville B, Delobel B, Delrue MA, Demeer B, Descamps D, Didelot G, Dieterich K, Disciglio V, Doco-Fenzy M, Drunat S, Duban-Bedu B, Dubourg C, El-Sayed Moustafa JS, Elliott P, Faas BH, Faivre L, Faudet A, Fellmann F, Ferrarini A, Fisher R, Flori E, Forer L, Gaillard D, Gerard M, Gieger C, Gimelli S, Gimelli G, Grabe HJ, Guichet A, Guillin O, Hartikainen AL, Heron D, Hippolyte L, Holder M, Homuth G, Isidor B, Jaillard S, Jaros Z, Jiménez-Murcia S, Helas GJ, Jonveaux P, Kaksonen S, Keren B, Kloss-Brandstätter A, Knoers NV, Koolen DA, Kroisel PM, Kronenberg F, Labalme A, Landais E, Lapi E, Layet V, Legallic S, Leheup B, Leube B, Lewis S, Lucas J, MacDermot KD, Magnusson P, Marshall C, Mathieu-Dramard M, McCarthy MI, Meitinger T, Mencarelli MA, Merla G, Moerman A, Mooser V, Morice-Picard F, Mucciolo M, Nauck M, Ndiaye NC, Nordgren A, Pasquier L, Petit F, Pfundt R, Plessis G, Rajcan-Separovic E, Ramelli GP, Rauch A, Ravazzolo R, Reis A, Renieri A, Richart C, Ried JS, Rieubland C, Roberts W, Roetzer KM, Rooryck C, Rossi M, Saemundsen E, Satre V, Schurmann C, Sigurdsson E, Stavropoulos DJ, Stefansson H, Tengström C, Thorsteinsdóttir U, Tinahones FJ, Touraine R, Vallée L, van Binsbergen E, Van der Aa N, Vincent-Delorme C, Visvikis-Siest S, Vollenweider P, Völzke H, Vulto-van Silfhout AT, Waeber G, Wallgren-Pettersson C, Witwicki RM, Zwolinksi S, Andrieux J, Estivill X, Gusella JF, Gustafsson O, Metspalu A, Scherer SW, Stefansson K, Blakemore AI, Beckmann JS, Froguel P: Mirror extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the chromosome 16p11.2 locus. Nature 478:97-102, 2011. PMID: 21881559   Journal Article
PhD Thesis
Bioinformatic algorithms and database solutions for efficient data-mining in order to discover the genetic basis of complex diseases
Sebastian Schönherr
Time: 2009/02 - 2014/08
Supervisor(s):
  • Günther Specht (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
Main publications
MD Diploma Thesis
Serum concentrations of L-arginine and L-homoarginine in male patients with intermittent claudication: a cross-sectional and prospective investigation in the CAVASIC Study
Lena Vogl
Time: 2013/03 - 2014/07
Supervisor(s): Main publications
PhD Thesis
Epidemiological investigations of relative telomere length in chronic kidney disease and atherosclerosis-related diseases
Julia Raschenberger
Time: 2010/05 - 2014/07
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Master Thesis
Association of apolipoprotein A-IV concentrations with chronic kidney disease in two large population-based cohorts
Stephanie Stangl
Time: 2013/11 - 2014/06
Supervisor(s): Main publications
MD Diploma Thesis
Association between family risk score and peripheral artery disease
Johannes Linsenmeyer
Time: 2013/10 - 2014/05
Supervisor(s): Main publications
PhD Thesis
Evaluation of the glycoprotein Afamin in Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
Andreas Melmer
Time: 2010/10 - 2014
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Bachelor Thesis
PigGene - A platform for the graphical creation of Apache Pig workflows
Clemens Banas
Time: 2012/10 - 2013/06
Supervisor(s):
PhD Thesis
Investigation of risk factors in high-risk populations
Gisela Sturm
Time: 2008/03 - 2011/08
Supervisor(s): Main publications
PhD Thesis
In-depth characterization for genetic variants in lipoprotein metabolism
Stefan Coassin
Time: 2007/05 - 2011/02
Supervisor(s): Main publications
PhD Thesis
Expression of Afamin in cell culture and animal models
Susanne Olscher
Time: 2007/11 - 2011
Supervisor(s):
Habilitation Thesis
Genetic ancestry and the genetic epidemiology of complex disease
Anita Kloss-Brandstätter
Finished: 2010/11
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Bachelor Thesis
WorkflowManager II - Automated workflow generation for the quality management of biological data
Mathias Neuner
Time: 2009/05 - 2010/06
Supervisor(s):
Bachelor Thesis
WorkflowManager - Development of a java-based web interface for managing genetic analyses
Mathias Neuner
Time: 2009/04 - 2010/02
Supervisor(s):
Master Thesis
Genome-wide association studies based on copy number variations: A new bioinformatical challenge
Lukas Forer
Time: 2009/03 - 2009/12
Supervisor(s):
  • Günther Specht (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
  • Anita Kloss-Brandstätter
Main publications
Master Thesis
DARVIN: A Database Supported Algorithm for Rapid Genomic Variation Inference and Prediction
Thomas Kluckner
Time: 2008/03 - 2009/06
Supervisor(s):
  • Günther Specht (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
  • Anita Kloss-Brandstätter
Master Thesis
DARVIN: A Database Supported Algorithm for Rapid Genomic Variation Inference and Prediction
Florian Haider
Time: 2008/03 - 2009/06
Supervisor(s):
  • Günther Specht (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
  • Anita Kloss-Brandstätter
Master Thesis
Age- and sex- related reduction of relative telomere length over ten years in the population-based BRUNECK study: introduction of a high-throughput, well-controlled real-time PCR genotyping assay
Silvia Ehrlenbach
Time: 2008/07 - 2009/03
Supervisor(s): Main publications
PhD Thesis
Prospective investigation of CArdioVAScular and cerebrovascular risk factors in patients with Intermittent Claudication: The CAVASIC Study
Barbara Rantner (part-time besides clinical duties)
Time: 2002/09 - 2009/03
Supervisor(s): Main publications
PhD Thesis
Genetic epidemiological investigations of candidate genes and intermediate phenotypes involved in lipoprotein metabolism and cardiovascular disease
Barbara Kollerits
Time: 2005/05 - 2009/02
Supervisor(s): Main publications
MD Diploma Thesis
Antisense Wirkstoffe zur Therapie der Hyperlipämie
Ramesh Tripathi
Time: 2007/11 - 2008/11
Supervisor(s):
Bachelor Thesis
Gen-Database: Workflow improvements
Daniel Walter
Time: 2007/03 - 2008/09
Supervisor(s):
  • Sebastian Schönherr
  • Günther Specht (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
  • Michael Borovicka (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
Diploma Thesis
Afamin als neuer Marker für die Alzheimer’sche Erkrankung
Michaela Mair
Time: 2008/01 - 2008/07
Supervisor(s):
Master Thesis
GenDB - Eine Genom-Datenbank zur integrierten Speicherung von Genotypen und Phänotypen
Hansi Weissensteiner
Time: 2007/09 - 2008/05
Supervisor(s):
  • Günther Specht (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
  • Anita Kloss-Brandstätter
Main publications
Master Thesis
GenDB - Eine Genom-Datenbank zur integrierten Speicherung von Genotypen und Phänotypen
Sebastian Schönherr
Time: 2007/09 - 2008/05
Supervisor(s):
  • Günther Specht (Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck)
  • Anita Kloss-Brandstätter
Main publications
Master Thesis
Uric acid as a risk factor for progression of non-diabetic chronic kidney disease? The Mild to Moderate Kidney Disease (MMKD) Study
Gisela Sturm
Time: 2007/03 - 2007/11
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Diploma Thesis
Molecular-genetic analysis of the human afamin gene in patients with male infertility syndromes
Angelika Jamnig
Time: 2005/10 - 2006/11
Supervisor(s):
Diploma Thesis
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for mouse afamin
Maria Thöni
Time: 2006/01 - 2006/07
Supervisor(s):
Master Thesis
Qualitätsmanagement - Benchmarking im Bereich der Division für Genetische Epidemiologie
Silvia Lechner
Time: 2005/05 - 2006/06
Supervisor(s):
Diploma Thesis
The influence of lipid-lowering medication on the in-vivo metabolism of atherogenic lipoproteins in patients with end-stage renal disease
Ramona Berberich
Time: 2005/07 - 2006/05
Supervisor(s):
MD Thesis
Genetic epidemiological investigations of the adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL)
Veit Schoenborn
Time: 2004/02 - 2005/10
Supervisor(s): Main publications
MD Diploma Thesis
The vitamin E-binding protein afamin – further biochemical characterisation and possible clinical significance in fertility and neuroprotection
Paul-Christoph Lüth
Time: 2002/10 - 2003/11
Supervisor(s): Main publications
PhD Thesis
Exogenous effects on the plasma concentration and lipoprotein distribution of apolipoprotein A-IV
Benjamin Ezeh
Time: 1998/11 - 2002/04
Supervisor(s):
PhD Thesis
In vivo metabolism of Lp(a) and LDL in humans
Michael Frischmann
Time: 1998 - 2002
Supervisor(s): Main publications
MD Diploma Thesis
Analyse der Proteinzusammensetzung der Follikelflüssigkeit mitttels zwei-dimensionaler Gelelektrophorese
Barbara Schantl
Time: 2000/05 - 2001/04
Supervisor(s):
Diploma Thesis
Immunhistologische Lokalisation von Lipoprotein(a) in der menschlichen Niere
Ivo Leiter
Time: 1998/02 - 2000/02
Supervisor(s):
PhD Thesis
In vivo turnover von Lp(a) im menschlichen Plasma
Evi Trenkwalder
Time: 1996/01 - 1999/11
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Diploma Thesis
Biochemical characterization of the vitamin E-Binding properties of Afamin
Andreas Voegele
Time: 1998 - 1999/05
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Diploma Thesis
Distribution of apo A-IV in human plasma
Marina Haiman
Time: 1998/03 - 1999/04
Supervisor(s):
PhD Thesis
Apo(a)-isoform-independent quantification of Lp(a) in human plasma
Markus Hohenegger
Time: 1996/06 - 1999/04
Supervisor(s):
MD Diploma Thesis
Afamin im liquor cerebrospinalis - Implikationen für neurodegenerative Erkrankungen
Patricia Eller
Time: 1997 - 1998/09
Supervisor(s): Main publications
MD Thesis
Lipoprotein(a) bei nierentransplantierten Patienten - Eine prospektive Untersuchung
Lisa Kerschdorfer
Time: 1997 - 1998/06
Supervisor(s):
PhD Thesis
Biochemical characterization of a vitamin E-binding protein from human plasma
Lidija Jerkovic
Time: 1993 - 1997/02
Supervisor(s): Main publications
PhD Thesis
Molecular analysis of a human plasma protein from the albumin gene family
Sabine Chwatal
Time: 1993/04 - 1996/08
Supervisor(s): Main publications
Diploma Thesis
Intrazelluläres Prozessieren von Apolipoprotein(a)
Eva-Maria Lobentanz
Time: 1994/12 - 1995/11
Supervisor(s):
PhD Thesis
Intrazelluläre Lokalisation von Apolipoprotein(a) in menschlichem Lebergewebe
Gerhard Gruber
Time: 1990 - 1992
Supervisor(s):
PhD Thesis
Genetic-Epidemiological Investigations on Lipid Metabolism: Candidate Gene Approach versus Genome-Wide Association Studies
Eva Boes (part-time)
Time: 2004/01 - 03/2009
Supervisor(s): Main publications