Franziska KROMM, BSc MSc

Thesis title: Intestinal barrier function as a modulator of healthy aging and disease development.

Venue: Video Conference

Date & time: Wednesday 11 June 2025, 13:30 CET.

• Chair: Jürgen KÖNIG (Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna)
• Supervisor: Ina BERGHEIM (Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna)
• Examiners: Sarah EGERT (Institut für Ernährungs- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften der Universität Bonn, Germany), Elke HEISS and Florian KOPP (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna)

Thesis title: Genetic polymorphisms of vitamin D-related genes and its association with vitamin D status and physical performance in adults aged 40 years and above.

Venue: Room 2F544 at the UZAII (Pharmaziezentrum), Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna

Date & time: Thursday 12 June 2025, 16:00 CET.

• Chair: Jürgen KÖNIG (Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna)
• Supervisors: Karl-Heinz WAGNER (Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna) and Barbara WESSNER (Department of Sport and Human Movement Science, University of Vienna)
  
• Examiners: Enikö KÁLLAY (Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria), Patrizia PROIA (Dipartimento di Scienze Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e della Formazione, University of Palermo, Italy) and Daniel KÖNIG (Department of Nutritional Sciences and Department of Sport and Human Movement Science, University of Vienna)

Thesis title: Modulatoren der Darmbarriere und der Immunfunktion beim Menschen.

Venue: Video Conference (ZOOM, Meeting: ID 630 7459 9910, Code: 075648)

Date & time: Wednesday 21 May 2025, 08:00 CET.

• Chair: Jürgen KÖNIG (Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna)
• Supervisor: Ina BERGHEIM (Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna)
• Examiners: Gabriele STANGL (Institut für Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaften, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany), Anja BOSY-WESTPHAL (Abteilung Humanernährung, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany); and Georg HOFFMANN (Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna)

Thesis title: Identifying and Characterizing Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Using Biophysical Techniques.

Venue: Seminar room 2D404, Pharmazientrum (UZA II), Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Wien.

Date & time: Thursday 22 May 2025, 14:00 CET.

• Chair: Elke HEISS (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna)
• Supervisor: Julien ORTS (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna)
• Examiners: Moriz MAYER (Research Laboratory Head of Analytics at Boehringer Ingelheim, Austria), Jesús ANGULO (Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC-University of Sevilla, Spain) and Robert KONRAT (Department of Structural and Computational Biology, University of Vienna).