Speaker

AFFILIATION:

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Traumatology, Vienna, Austria

POSITION TITLE:

Director

EDUCATION/TRAINING:

Nov. 1999 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat. tech.) University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna(BOKU), Austria

1996-1999 PhD-studies and Post-graduate training, Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

1996 Biotechnology diploma University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Austria

1989-1996 Studies of business administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria

1994 Diploma-thesis, General Hospital (AKH), Department of endocrinology, Vienna, Austria

1988-1996 Studies of Food- and Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

1979-1987 Linguistic gymnasium, Lienz, Austria

HONORS:

*Appointment committee ‘Downstream Processing’ 2020

*Appointment committee "Biomolecular Modelling and Simulation" 2019

*Evaluation of the work group Bauer HC of Parcelsus University Salzburg, Austria as basis for recommendation to extend the group to a novel Institute (March 2012)

*Cooperating on WhyWeAge: a roadmap for European Aging Research (2010)

*Co-ordination of the “Microscopy Imaging Facility” at BOKU (together with Dr. Regina Grillari and Dr. Marie-Theres Hauser)

*Co-ordination of strategic cooperation of VIBT/BOKU with Vienna Medical University (together with Dr. Regina Grillari and Dr. Heimo Breiteneder)

*Establishing of the VIBT - ÖGMBT seminar series (2009)

*Guest editor of a special issue of Nucl. Acids Res. (NAR 22, 2007) on “DNA Aging”ncRNAs in Aging’(MAD2017), Senescence and inflammation’ (2017)

*Treasurer of ÖGGGT (2004-2008)

*Head of the Biogerontology Section of the Austrian Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology (ÖGGG; 2011-2017)

*Co-founder and vice director of region west of the Austrian Society of Molecular Biosciences and Technology (ÖGMBT, founded end of 2008, 2008-2012)

*Managing board of “Dialog Gentechnik” (2006-2009)

*Cooperation with secondary schools for promoting students and science, organized by "Dialog Gentechnik”

*Guest lecturer and contact of IAM to International Course "Job Creation Oriented Biotechnology" University of Perugia (2005-2011)

*Organizational and scientific advisory board of the Life Sciences 2005 - Annual Meeting of the Austrian Societies of ÖGBT, ÖGBM, ÖGGGT, and ANGT September 26-28, Vienna, Austria

*Organizational and scientific advisory board of the ÖGMBT Annual Meeting 2010 September 27-29, Vienna, Austria

*Scientific advisory board of the Joint annual meeting 2006 (Austrian Societies of ÖGBT, ÖGBM, ÖGGGT, and ANGT) September 25-27, Salzburg, Austria

*Organization of the Biogerontology session at the meeting in Bad Hofgastein 2012

*Organization of the Biogerontology session at the meeting in Bad Hofgastein 2014

*Co-organization of Biogerontology session at the meeting in Bonn Sept. 2012

*Co-organization of Biogerontology session at the meeting in Halle Sept. 2012

*Chair of session at ‘Molecular aspects of aging and longevity’, in Athens Oct 2017

*Chair of session “Cell engineering, RNAi, miRNA, Expression at “Cell line development and Engineering 2010, May 1-5, Prague, Czech Republic

*Chair of sessions “Developments using shRNA and LNA” and “miRNA target discovery and screening&rdquo, RNAi world congress, May 26-27 2011, Boston, USA

*Scientific workshop “Cellular aging, lipids and the Skin, (Speakers: Judy Campisi, Jeff Travers, Erwin Tschachler, Florian Gruber, Johannes Grillari), 13.12.2013, Vienna, Austria

*Biological safety commission of Medical University Vienna

*Managing board of Austrian Proteome Association (AuPA)

*Chair of BIOTOP Session, RPP7 Symposium - A comparative view on host physiology, 06-08.03.2013 Laupheim, Germany

*Local Organizer COST meeting, MouseAge, Vienna Nov 2016

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Since 2019, Johannes Grillari is director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, the Research Center in Cooperation with AUVA. In his research, he focuses on improving our understanding of the molecular and physiological changes that occur during cellular aging, their impact on organismal aging and regeneration, specifically in skin and bone. In addition, he is interested in engineering of mammalian cells to establish relevant and standardizable cell model systems and cell factories.

Johannes Grillari has graduated in Biotechnology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), where he also accomplished his PhD in the field of cell aging in 1999. He has worked as visiting scientist in the lab of Angus Lamond in Dundee, Scotland, for half a year in the field of RNA biology. In 2010 he was appointed Associate Professor at BOKU. He also acted as co-founder in 2011 for Evercyte, a company generating and providing immortalized cells for in vitro toxiciology, biopharmaceutical and cosmetical research and development, where he also acts as CSO. In 2013, he co-founded TAmiRNA, a company interested in identifying circulating miRNAs as biomarkers for aging and age-associated diseases, specifically in osteoporosis.

PUBLICATIONS:

List of published work in Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BtM4zusAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao