Awards

05/2022 Best Clinical Science Abstract Award, Austrian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (ÖGHTG)
Jahrestagung der ÖGHTG. Salzburg, Austria 2022

Impact of myocardial injury after CABG on long-term prognosis.


05/2022 Wolfgang Denk Award of the Austrian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Jahrestagung der ÖGHTG. Salzburg, Austria 2022

Defining a therapeutic range of regeneration of ischemic myocardium via shock waves.


05/2022 Best Basic Science Abstract Award, Austrian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (ÖGHTG)
Jahrestagung der ÖGHTG. Salzburg, Austria 2022

Innate reverse remodeling reveals novel treatment option for heart failure.


03/2022 DIGEST Award, German Society of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Defining a therapeutic range for regeneration of ischemic myocardium via Shock waves.


11/2021 Basic Research Award, International Society of Medical Shock Wave Therapy (ISMST)
ISMST, Vienna, Austria

miR-19a-3p containing exosomes improve function of ischemic myocardium upon shock wave therapy


05/2021 Best Abstract Award, Austrian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (ÖGHTG)
Innsbruck, Austria

Shock wave therapy improves spinal cord ischemia: First-in-human result


12/2020  Walter-Brendel-Award of the European Society for Surgical Research
Innsbruck, Austria

Toll-like receptor 3 mediates osteoblastic phenotype switch in calcific aortic valve disease.


11/2020 Wolfgang-Denk-Award of the Austrian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Vienna, Austria.

Toll-like receptor 3 mediates ischemia/reperfusion injury after cardiac transplantation.


11/2020 Kardinal Innitzer Award
Vienna, Austria.

Shock wave therapy for heart and spinal cord regeneration.


10/2020 Wilhelm Auerswald Award
Vienna, Austria.

TLR3 mediates Aortic Valve Stenosis


05/2019 Austrian Atherosclerosis Society2019 
St. Gilgen, Austria
 
TLR3 mediates the onset of calcific aortic valve disease

04/2019 SCIENTIA Alumni Award 2019
Vienna, Austria
 
Shock Wave Therapy Improves Cardiac Function in a Model of Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure: Evidence for a Mechanism Involving VEGF Signaling and the Extracellular Matrix

02/2019 Ethicon Award of the DGTHG 2019 
DGTHG Congress 2019, Wiesbaden, Germany

Thoracic radiation induces Toll-Like receptor mediated calcific aortic valve disease


04/2018 First Prize Basic Research, European Society for Paediatric Urology 
ESPU Congress 2018

ESWT Protects From Bladder Dysfunction After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Via A Toll-Like Receptor 3 Dependent Mechanism


03/2018 Best Poster in “Whats new from the bench: Treating or preventing LUTS”, European Association of Urology 2018
EAU Meeting 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark

ESWT protects from bladder dysfunction after traumatic spinal cord injury via a toll-like receptor 3 dependent mechanism


02/2018 Selection as DGTHG Basic Research Highlights 2018
DGTHG Congress 2018, Leipzig, Germany

miR-19a-3p containing exosomes improve cardiac function in ischemic myocardium
and
Toll-like receptor 3 mediates the onset of calcific aortic valve disease


11/2017  Young Investigator’s Award 2017, Austrian Society for Radiation Protection in Medicine 2017
Annual Meeting 2017, Vienna, Austria

Toll-Like receptor 3 mediates radiation induced calcific aortic valve disease


10/2017  Young Investigator’s Award, Austrotransplant 2017
Austrotransplant 2017, Zell am See, Austria

TLR3 – A novel target fort he prevention of ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac transplantation


09/2017  Selection as ESOT Research Highlight 2017
ESOT Congress 2017, Barcelona, Spain

TLR3 – A novel target fort he prevention of ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac transplantation


08/2017  Selection as ESC Basic Science Research Highlight 2017
ESC Congress 2017, Barcelona, Spain

Toll-like receptor 3 mediates the onset of calcific aortic valve disease


06/2017  ISMST Best Presentation Award
20th  ISMST Congress 2017,  San Sebastian, Spain

Shock wave treatment reduces neuronal degeneration upon spinal cord ischemia and improves symptoms in a first-in-man trial


06/2017  ISMST Awards to the Best Original Works on ESWT in Basic Research
20th  ISMST Congress 2017,  San Sebastian, Spain

miR-19a-3p containing exosomes improve cardiac function in ischemic myocardium


06/2017  ISMST Awards to the Best Original Works on ESWT in Basic Research
20th  ISMST Congress 2017,  San Sebastian, Spain

Shock waves induce angiogenesis via exosome release


06/2017 Hans-Heinz Kühnl-Brady Innovation Award
Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Salzburg, Austria


06/2017  Best Presentation  Award
Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Salzburg, Austria

Toll­-like receptor 3 mediates radiation induced calcific aortic valve disease


06/2017  Best Abstract Award
Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Salzburg, Austria

Toll-like receptor 3 mediates the onset of calcific aortic valve disease


04/2017 DIGEST Award 

Toll-like receptor 3 signalling mediates angiogenic response upon shock wave treatment of ischaemic muscle


03/2017 Young Investigator’s Award – Cardiology Congress Innsbruck

miR-19a-3p containing exosomes improve cardiac function in ischemic myocardium


 01/2017 Best Basic Research Poster Award

18th International Management of Acute and Chronic Cardiovascular Disease, Innsbruck, Austria

Inhibition of Toll-like Receptor 3 prevents from calcific aortic valve disease


 08/2016 EuRegio Young Scientists’ Award

“EuRegio Young Scientists’ Award” at the “European Forum Alpbach Meeting 2016“ for Shock wave treatment for the regeneration of spinal cord ischemia


06/2016 Wolfgang Denk Preis der ÖGTHC

Shock wave treatment protects from neuronal degeneration via a Toll-like receptor 3 dependent mechanism


03/2016 Young Investigator’s Award – Cardiology Congress Innsbruck

Shock waves induce angiogenesis via exosome release


10/2015 ESC Acute Cardiovascular Care – Young Investigators Award, Vienna

Shock wave treatment protects from neuronal degeneration via a Toll-like receptor 3 dependent mechanism


 07/2015 AdventureX Award

Tyrolean Economic Chamber Start up-Award

Heart Regeneration Technologies


 06/2015 Life Science Cluster Award

Standortagentur Tirol, Life Science Entrepreneurship Award

Heart Regeneration Technologies


 05/2015 Best of Biotech Award, Finalist Phase II

Austrian Wirtschaftsservice (AWS), International Biotech and Medtech Businessplan Competition

Heart Regeneration Technologies


 01/2015 Best Poster Award

16th International Management of Acute and Chronic Cardiovascular Disease, Innsbruck, Austria

Shock wave treatment reduces neuronal degeneration upon spinal cord ischemia after aortic cross clamp.


 11/2014 Bernd Schönberger Award

Working group for Transplantation, German Society for Urology

Frühe Aktivierung von Toll-like Rezeptor (TLR)-3 bei renalem Ischämie-Reperfusionsschaden der Maus korreliert mit erhöhtem Tubulusschaden und eingeschränkter Perfusion.


 11/2014 Best of Biotech Award – Winner Phase I

Austrian Wirtschaftsservice (AWS), International Biotech and Medtech Businessplan Competition

Heart Regeneration Technologies


 10/2014 ESC Acute Cardiac Care – Young Investigators Award

ESC Acute Cardiac Care, Geneva, Switzerland

Low-energy shock wave treatment induces angiogenesis in ischemic muscle by stimulation of Toll-like receptor signaling.


 07/2014 Wolfgang Denk Award

Austrian Society for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Epicardial shock wave therapy improves ventricular function in a porcine model of ischaemic heart disease.


 06/2014 Best Presentation Award

International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment, Milano, Italy

Shock waves induce postnatal vasculogenesis in infarcted myocardium by recruitment of bone marrow derived endothelial progenitors.


01/2014 Best Abstract Award

Integrated Management of acute and chronic cardiovascular disease, Innsbruck, Austria

Low-energy shock wave treatment induces angiogenesis in ischemic muscle by stimulation of Toll-like receptor 3 signaling.


 2013 CAST technology award

1st place, Center for academic spin off Tyrol

Shock wave therapy for regeneration of ischemic myocardium.


 2013 Best Scientific Paper Award

ISMST – International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment, Salzburg, Austria

Modulation of early inflammatory response prevents from calcification in an aortic valve xenograft model.


2011 Best Cardiosurgical Paper 3rd Prize

International Students Conference, Cracow, Poland

Porcine In-Vitro Model of Acute Aortic Dissection.