Werner Zwerschke
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Zwerschke is Head of the Division of Cell Metabolism and Differentiation Research
EDUCATION
Study of Biology at the University of Göttingen, Germany
Ph.D. Thesis with Prof. Friedrich Cramer at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
CAREER
Study of Biology at the University of Göttingen, Germany
Ph.D. Thesis with Prof. Friedrich Cramer at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
CAREER
Ph.D. at the University of Göttingen, Germany
Research Associate at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
Postdoc at the German Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Applied Tumour Virology, Heidelberg, Germany
Research Associate at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
Postdoc at the German Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Applied Tumour Virology, Heidelberg, Germany
Since 2000, Principal Investigator
2000 - 2012, Head of the Tumor Virology Research Group at the Tyrolean Cancer Research Institute at the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
2002, Habilitation and Assistant Professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria
2005 - 2012, Head of a research group working on adipose tissue biology and caloric restriction at the Institute for Biomedical Aging Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Innsbruck, Austria
Since 2012, Head of the department of Cell Metabolism and Differentiation Research at the Research Institute for Biomedical Aging Research of the University of Innsbruck, Austria
2014, Appointed University Professor
Since 2019, Full member of the centre for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) at the University of Innsbruck, Austria
Member of the The Gerontological Society of America, Österreichische Krebshilfe-Krebsgesellschaft, and Österreichische Adipositas Gesellschaft
Editorial Board Member of The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences (Oxford University Press)
Editorial Board Member of The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences (Oxford University Press)
Editorial Board Member of Adipocyte (Taylor & Francis Group)
PUBLICATIONS
> 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals
Citations 3401 (Scopus)
h-index: 33 (Scopus)
Numerous invited lectures
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Topics: Adipose Tissue Biology, Aging, Obesity, Caloric Restriction, Cancer
At the Molecular and Cellular Level: Signal Transduction, Cell Proliferation (Cell Cycle, Cell Growth), Quiescence, Differentiation, Senescence. Adipose Stem and Progenitor Cells, Adipocytes, Adipose Organoids
E-Mail: Werner.Zwerschke@uibk.ac.at