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Medical University of Vienna
Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology
Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, 1090 Vienna

Phone: +43 (0)1 40160-37702
E-Mail: matthias.schaefer@meduniwien.ac.at

• ORCID: 0000-0003-1952-8115
• ResearchGate: Profile/Matthias-Schaefer
• Web of Science: WOS/author/record/1226085

Phone: +43 (1) 40160-37752
E-Mail: victoria.guggenberger@meduniwien.ac.at

Victoria received her B.Sc. degree in Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology from the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria, and her M.Sc. degree in Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine from the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Vienna, Austria.

Phone: +43 (0)1 40160-37752 
E-Mail: livia.gruber@meduniwien.ac.at

Livia studied Molecular Biology at the University of Vienna, where she also obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biological Chemistry. In 2024, she joined the Department of Cell- and Developmental Biology at the Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology as a Ph.D. candidate. Her Ph.D. thesis project is entitled: Modified small RNAs as DAMPs & Their Impact on Innate Immune Responses. The project is part of the FWF-funded SFB F80 'RNA Deco' (Decorating RNA for a Purpose).

Phone: +43 (1) 40160-37752
E-Mail: n12557766@students.meduniwien.ac.at

Matej's Ph.D. project is addressing the association of specific metabolic enzymes with RNAs. This project is part of the Doc.fund program: RNA@core, which is funded by the FWF.

Phone: +43 (1) 40160-37752
E-Mail: klaudia.nawrocki@meduniwien.ac.at

Klaudia is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology – RNA & Chromosome Biology at the University of Vienna. Her Master’s thesis is called: “In Situ Visualization of Stress-Induced tRNA-Derived RNAs using DNA Catchers”.