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Assoz. Prof.in Priv.-Doz.in Mag.a Dr.in rer.nat. Maria Waldhoer
(has worked in this institution)
Division of Pharmacology

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Statistik Austria, science classification

Scientific Expertise

Curr. Vitae

2012 since July 2012: Principal Scientist at NovoNordisk A/S, Denmark sabbatical leave MUG
2010 -2012 Visiting Scientist am Hagedorn Institute / Novo Nordisk / Denmark
2009 October 2009: Associate Professor
2009 since April 2009: Assistant Professor
2007 - since May 2007 Head of the ResearchUnit 'Hight Throughput Screening in Signaltransduction'
2007 20.07.2007 Lecturer in Pharmacology and Toxicology
2006 since April 2006 Group Leader at the Institute of Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz
2002 -2006 Senior Scientist (Associate Research Scientist) at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, University of San Francisco, California, USA, in the Laboratory of Dr. Jennifer Whistler
1999 -2001 Post-doctoral fellow funded by an EMBO long-term-fellowship (2000-2001) and an Erwin Schrödinger-Auslandsstipendium (early 2002) in the Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology (Head: Prof. Dr. Thue W. Schwartz) at the Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
1999 Promotion as Dr. rer. nat. with first class honors at the University of Salzburg
1998 -1999 Research fellow (‚Vertragsassistentin’) at the Pharmacological Institute, University of Vienna, Austria
1996 -1999 Ph.D. student funded by FWF-projects 10675, 10871 & 122250 in the ‚Signal transduction group‘ (Head: Prof. Dr. M. Freissmuth) at the Pharmacological Institute, University of Vienna, Austria
1995 Graduation as Mag. rer. nat. with first class honors at the University of Salzburg
1994 Fall semester at the Department of Experimental Psychology, Bowling Green State University Ohio, USA
1988 -1995 Zoology with special focus on Neurobiology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria

Awards

2009 Wissenschaftspreis der Österreichischen Schmerzgesellschaft
2008 Heribert-Konzett Award of the APHAR (Austrian Pharmacological Society) for young (>40) independent investigators for the advancement of Pharmacological Sciences
2001 Erwin Schrödinger Auslandsstipendium (only 3 months consumed)
2000 Long-term fellowship (2 years) by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Heidelberg, Germany
2000 Erwin Schrödinger Auslandsstipendium (not consumed)
1999 Sackler-Preis for young investigators from the Faculty of Natural Sciences/Paris Lodron-University of Salzburg and MUNDIPHARMA for extraordinary research in the field of basic medicinal science

Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies

2008 -2009 Curriculum Committe PhD Studium 'Molecular Medicine', MUG
Vorsitzende
2008 -2009 Executive Board PhD Studium 'Molecular Medicine', MUG
Curriculum Vorsitzende
2007 -2009 APHAR (Österreichische Pharmakologische Gesellschaft)
Rechnungsprüferin

Reviewer for scientific journals

2012 -2012 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
2012 -2012 MINI-REVIEWS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
2006 -2011 BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
2010 -2011 ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.)
2010 -2011 TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2010 -2010 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
2010 -2010 ONCOGENE
2009 -2009 CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY
2007 -2008 MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Reviewer/Expert organization

2009 Forschungsförderungskommission der MUG

Organizer of scientific conferences, Chairs

2009 15th Scientific Symposium of the Austrian Pharmacological Society (APHAR) Graz, 19–21 November 2009
Mitglied Organisationskomitee
2009 29th European Winter Conference on Brain Research (EWCBR 2008); MAR 7-14, 2008; Les Menuieres France
Chair
2008 28th European Winter Conference on Brain Research (EWCBR 2008) MAR 10-19, 2008; Les Arc, France Session Organizer: G-protein coupled receptors and neurotransmitter transporters
Chair
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