Institut für Pathophysiologie und Allergieforschung

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Unter „Pathophysiologie“ versteht man, wie der menschliche Körper unter krankhaften Veränderungen abweichend funktioniert. Unsere Forschungsschwerpunke umfassen zelluläre und molekulare Pathophysiologie, Immunpathologie, Infektiologie, komparative Immunologie, medizinische Biotechnologie sowie Krebs- und Allergieforschung.

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Univ.-Prof.in Dipl.-Ing.in Dr.in Barbara Bohle

Institutsleiterin

Tel.: +43 (0)1 40400-51140
E-Mail: barbara.bohle@meduniwien.ac.at

Katharina Vlasaty

Institutsreferentin / Systembeauftragte Qualität im Gesundheitswesen

Tel.: +43 (0)1 40400-51190
Fax: +43 (0)1 40400-61880
E-Mail: katharina.vlasaty@meduniwien.ac.at

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Forschung Aktuell

The Impact of Climate Change on the Urban Tree Ailanthus altissima: Insights from More than Four Decades of Pollen Data in Vienna (Austria)

Hotter summers due to climate change may influence Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus Altissima; German: Götterbaum) pollen burden for allergics in Vienna. Ailanthus is an invasive neophyte plant in Austria, which is continuing to spread. In our new paper, we analysed four decades' worth of pollen data in Vienna and could show that higher temperatures in the summer correlate with higher numbers of Ailanthus pollen. Together with our previous work on Artemisia, this demonstrates a harmful aspect of climate change, i.e. increased exposure to allergens, that might not be immediately apparent otherwise.

This paper is part of an ongoing fruitful collaboration of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology / Pollenservice Vienna of the MedUniWien, the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research (University of Vienna) and the Schepelmann group of the Institute for Pathophysiology and Allergy Research.

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