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All members of the Institute of Immunology are committed to the dissemination of their research results. This includes not only the communication to the scientific community but also to the interested general public.
Great success of the “Lange Nacht der Forschung” at the Insitue of Immunology!
(Vienna, 27. 05. 2024) The Institute of Immunology (IFI) and the Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology (HAI) together joined the "Lange Nacht der Forschung" (the Long Night of the Research) held on the 24th of May. At our base, the Vienna Competence Center, we presented our research activities ranging from immunology and allergology to bioinformatics. Moreover, several hands-on stations as well as laboratory tours were offered. We are very happy that we could welcome more than 300 guests and would sincerely thank all the people who visited our institutions!
Shinya Sakaguchi and Anna Repic
on behalf of IFI and HAI
You can find pictures from the events in the following link:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/200735552@N05/s88460Ha32
ImmunoKomm – All about communication!
Communication about the basics of immunity and how the immune system works has multiplied with the emergence of the coronavirus, whether from experts directly or via the media and on social media. Vaccination skepticism and the spreading of fake news about the coronavirus are particularly widespread among the younger target group. This is why the "ImmunoKomm" project started right here: Scientific information should be designed and communicated by young people for young people. In workshops and interactive sessions, students gained insights into journalistic work and professional communication from different perspectives - from traditional media to social media. The characteristics of target group-oriented communication were developed together with experts from media and communication. The young people then created their own contributions such as YouTube or Instagram videos or blog entries on immunological issues and content for their peer group. To do this, they worked together with scientists from the Institute of Immunology at the MedUni Vienna. In the Vienna Open Lab, the students were also able to work in a scientific lab and to test immunological methods themselves.
General Information about the Immune System
(this information is only available in German)
- 6. Dezember 2021; Salzburger Nachrichten - Interview mit Winfried Pickl: "Wie funktioniert eigentlich das Immunsystem?"
- 3. März 2021; Die Presse - Interview mit Wilfried Ellmeier: "Antikörper nicht zwingend Voraussetzung für Immunität"
- 22. Januar 2021; Impuls Wissen - Interview mit Winfried Pickl: "Wenn die Viren Baseball spielen"
- 2. April 2020; Podcast Erklär mir die Welt - Interview mit Wilfried Ellmeier: "Erklär mir das Immunsystem"
Additional Information about COVID-19
(this information is only available in German)
- 6. Dezember 2021; Die Presse - Interview mit Wilfried Ellmeier: "Warum Impfungen auch bei neuen Varianten vor schweren Verläufen schützen", download pdf)
- 30. April 2021; Wiener Zeitung - Kommentar von Winfried Pickl: "Corona Impfung - Geimpft aber auch geschützt?"
- 22. Januar 2021; Impuls Wissen - Interview mit Winfried Pickl: "Wenn die Viren Baseball spielen"
- 20. Januar 2021; Salzburger Nachrichten - Interview mit Winfried Pickl: "Wieso die Coronaregeln auch für bereits Erkrankte gelten sollten"
- 12. Januar 2021; ORF Science - Interview mit Wilfried Ellmeier: "CoV-Impfung: Keine Spätfolgen zu erwarten"