Teaching
Our international research expertise in essential areas of microbiology, molecular diagnostics (DNA/RNA analysis and bioinformatics), microbiomics, hygiene and toxicology is used for the scientific training of KL students.
Training
An essential part of the research-driven teaching is the training of Bachelor, Master and PhD students.
Melanie Leopold with the topic "Investigation of human-associated antibiotic resistance in Lower Austrian rivers".
Sophia Steinbacher with the topic "Establishment of novel diagnostic methods and statistical models for refined analysis of faecal contamination in water resources with focus on the Danube".
Carmen Rehm with the topic "An innovative strategy for quantification and prediction of toxigenic and non-toxigenic "Vibrio cholerae" bacteria in natural waters".
Hatice Seda Kilic together with TU Wien, Hydrology, with the topic "Transport and infection risk of waterborne pathogens in Viennese surface waters".
Denisa Cont together with the University of Continuing Education Krems, with the topic "Heparin-binding antimicrobial proteins in human plasma".
Master theses
Tanja Fritz with the topic "Genetic typing and characterisation of Vibrio cholerae isolates from Lower Austrian bathing waters".
Angelika Kabicher with the topic "Antibiotic resistance in clinical isolates compared to environmental isolates from the Danube".
Bachelor theses
Julian Augustus Helbich with the topic "Human health risk due to the spread of antibiotic resistance from the aquatic environment to the clinic - a literature review".
René-Pascal Lang with the topic "Karst aquifers as drinking water resources: implications for public health - a literature review"
Jessica Houdek with the topic "Evaluation of 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing for microbiological water quality analysis"
Santino Giuliani with the topic "Impact of water-associated diseases worldwide".
Sigrid Winischhofer with the topic "SARS-CoV-2 virus - occurrence and health relevance along the human wastewater pathway".
Michaela Schmolmüller with the topic "On the way to the development of a microbial mock community".
Bruno Baatz with the topic "Antibiotic resistances of Campylobacter and their disease course in campylobacteriosis - a literature review"
Elisabeth Anna Maria Ertl with the topic "Antibiotic Resistances of Salmonella and their Disease Course in Salmonellosis - a Literature Review"
The following courses are offered in the course of the Bachelor's programme "Medical Science":
Implementation/lead of the module "Microbiology and Hygiene" (BM10) together with the Landesklinikum St.Pölten (IHM)
Implementation/lead of the module "Water Quality and Health" (elective module BM12)
Participation in the module "Basics of Medical Science" (BM01)
Participation in the module "Molecular Control" (BM05)
Participation in the module "From Cell to Organism" (BM03), (in development)
As part of our laboratory expertise, we manage, coordinate, provide and prepare the teaching laboratory for the laboratory exercises of the Bachelor of Medical Science programme.
Coordinated laboratory exercises:
BM10.01.03: Diagnostic methods in microbiology - cultivation-based, DNA-based and cell-based diagnostics (PR)
BM10.01.04: Diagnostic methods in clinical microbiology, identification, typing and antibiotic resistance of pathogens (PR)
BM01.02.01: Basic laboratory work - safety rules in the laboratory and introduction to basic laboratory work (PR)
BM03.03.01: Introduction to molecular and cellular laboratory techniques, enzyme kinetics, drug screening, cell-based assays (PR)
SRE2.04.02: Fundamentals of Research and Science I, Quantitative Methods of Investigation, Medical Sciences (SE)
BMP2.02.07: Thermodynamics - Heat Theory (SE)
BMP3.02.15: Sound and Optics - Sound and Optics (SE)