Medizinische Universität Graz - Research portal
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Dr.in rer.nat. Karin Kornmüller, MSc
- Division of Medical Physics and Biophysics
- EMail: karin.kornmueller(at)medunigraz.at
- Tel: +43/316/385/71695
- MEDonline-Visitenkarte
- Externe ID's
- ORCiD: 0000-0003-1039-9732
Fields of expertise
- Main Areas of Research:
• The molecular structure of low density lipoprotein and apolipoprotein B-100
• Bridging the biology-technology gap: light-controlled organic semiconductor implants for improved regeneration after traumatic brain injury
• Designer-peptide self-assembly into ordered nanostructures
• Peptide-biomembrane-interactions
• Nanoparticle characterization: from liposomes to lipoproteins
• Liposomes and peptides as targeting drug delivery systems
Research Methods:
Electron microscopy (EM, SEM, cryo-EM), Synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), Elastic incoherent and quasi-elastic neutron scattering (EINS and QENS), Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Fluorescence spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), Dynamic light scattering (DLS), Cell culture, Protein crystallography, Classical biochemistry
Statistik Austria, science classification
- Biochemistry - (106002)
- Biophysics - (106006)
- Structural biology - (106041)
Awards
| 2023 | WTZ Grant (Scientific & Technological Cooperation AUSTRIA, FRANCE) awarded by the OeAD |
| 2021 | Microscopy Conference 2021, Best Poster Award – Life Sciences, awarded by MC2021 (jointly organised by ten microscopy societies from 11 countries: EMS, ASEM, CMS, CSMS, DGE, HSM, SDM, SISM, SSM, SSOM, TEMD) |
| 2018 | ESG Nano Prize 2018, Advancement award for publications in nanoscience and nanotechnology, awarded by the Erwin Schrödinger Society for Nanosciences |
| 2014 | Student Research Achievement Award, Biophysical Society, 58th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA |
Advanced vocational training
| 2022 -2023 | Long-term Visiting Scientist at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), Grenoble, France |