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Assoz. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr.rer.nat. Simon Sedej
- Division of Cardiology
- EMail: simon.sedej(at)medunigraz.at
- Tel: +43/316/385/72742
- https://www.medunigraz.at/kardiologie-forschung/minotaur/
- MEDonline-Visitenkarte
- Externe ID's
- Researcher ID: L-3066-2015
- ORCiD: 0000-0002-4419-6821
Scientific Expertise
- Cardiac Physiology
- heart failure
- Cardiac Aging
- Excitation-contraction coupling
- Autophagy
Curr. Vitae
| 2023 -2026 | Deputy Speaker Doctoral School “Translational Molecular and Cellular Biosciences” |
| 2023 -2026 | Austrian Representative of the Management Committee of the COST Action EU-METAHEART |
| 2021 | Faculty Member of the PhD Program Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz |
| 2021 -2024 | Member of the Executive Committee - Research Field "Metabolism and Circulation" |
| 2016 -2022 | Associated Member of the Doctorate College "Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases" (DK-MCD) |
| 2015 | Associate Professor |
| 2013 | Tenure Track |
| 2011 | Habilitation in Physiology |
| 2007 | PostDoc, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz |
| 2006 -2007 | PostDoc (Research Associate), University Medicine Göttingen |
| 2005 -2006 | Assistent of Physiology, Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty, Maribor |
| 2004 -2005 | PostDoc, European Neuroscience Institute-Göttingen |
| 2000 -2004 | PhD Thesis, European Neuroscience Institute-Göttingen and Medical University of Ljubljana |
| 1999 | Diploma Thesis (Dipl. Biol.), Medical University of Ljubljana |
Awards
| 2025 | Österreichischer Kardiologenpreis - Basic Science (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kardiologie) |
| 2025 | International Society for Heart Research - Outstanding Investigator Award 2025 |
| 2024 | Werner-Klein-Forschungspreis für Translationale Herz-Kreislaufforschung - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kardiologie (ÖKG) |
| 2022 | Richard Pacher Award - ÖKG, DGK and SSC (to Mahmoud Abdellatif); senior author |
| 2021 | Best Abstract Award; Austrian Society of Cardiology Annual Meeting 2021 (senior author) |
| 2020 | ESC Heart Failure Winter Meeting Guido Tarone Award (to Mahmoud Abdellatif); Senior Author |
| 2019 | BioTechMed Lab Rotation Program (Mentor) |
| 2019 | Best Abstract Award; Austrian Society of Cardiology Annual Meeting 2019 (senior author) |
| 2018 | 1st Award Thomé Villar/Boehringer Ingelheim, Portuguese Society of Pulmonology (to Rui Adao); Senior Author |
| 2017 | Österreichischer Kardiologenpreis - Basic Science (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kardiologie) |
| 2017 | Sanofi Aventis Forschungspreis (to Mahmoud Abdellatif); Senior Author |
| 2017 | Rudolf Pacher Award for Heart Failure (to Tobias Eisenberg); Senior author |
| 2015 | Sanofi Aventis Forschungspreis (to Senka Ljubojevic); Co-Author |
| 2013 | Sanofi Aventis Forschungspreis (to Felix Hohendanner); Co-Author |
| 2012 | Travel Grant 2012-ESC Heart Failure Congress in Belgrade (Serbia),ESC Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science |
| 2011 | Startförderung MUG |
| 2010 | Bank Austria Visiting Scientist Program |
| 2010 | Travel Award 2010- ESC Congress 2010 in Stockholm (Sweden), ESC Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science |
| 2010 | Finalist "State of the Art and Featured Research Session on Heart Failure" at the ESC Congress 2010; August 30, 2010 Stockholm, Sweden |
Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies
| 2024 -2026 | Tierschutzgremium Wissenschaftlicher Mitglied |
| 2017 -2024 | Amerikanische-Slowenische Bildung Stiftung Mitglied |
| 2017 -2024 | Slowenische Gesellschaft für Physiologie Mitglied |
| 2016 -2024 | Österreichische Geselschaft für Physiologie Mitglied |
| 2012 -2024 | Heart Failure Association/ European Society of Cardiology Mitglied |
| 2009 -2024 | Österreichische Kardiologische Gesellschaft Mitglied |
| 2020 -2022 | Global Alumni and Associates Network, Universität Ljubljana, Slowenien Nucleus Mitglied |
| 2011 -2015 | Österreichische biophysikalische Gesellschaft (ÖBG) Mitglied |
| 2010 -2015 | Gesellschaft für Biophysik Mitglied |
| 2006 -2009 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie Mitglied |
Reviewer for scientific journals
Reviewer/Expert organization
| 2025 | University of Porto, PhD thesis examining committee |
| 2025 | KU Leuven, PhD thesis examining committee |
| 2025 | University of Oxford, PhD thesis examining committee |
| 2024 | External Advisory Board Cardiovascular Research and Development Center (UnIC) - 2018/2023, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto |
| 2021 | Charité Berlin; PhD thesis examining committee |
| 2020 | KU Leuven and University of Maastricht; PhD thesis examining committee |
| 2020 | Charité Berlin; PhD thesis examining committee |
| 2017 | External Advisory Board Cardiovascular Research and Development Center (UnIC) - 2015/2016, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto |
| 2015 | External Advisory Board Cardiovascular Research and Development Center (UnIC) - 2013/2014, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto |
Organizer of scientific conferences, Chairs
| 2025 | Regional Physiology Meeting 2025, “Advancing Physiology: Bridging Education, Research and Practice“ Mitglied Organisationskomitee |