Elke H. Heiß
Elke H. Heiß
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Privatdoz.
room 2F 463 (floor 4)
tel +43-1-4277-55993
fax +43-1-4277-55969
e-mail: elke.heiss@univie.ac.at
Teaching
Research
- Molecular Targets Group
- Natural products and cellular stress resistance
- Impact of biogenic compounds on
- redox balance (Nrf2, ROS as second messenger)
- glucose homeostasis (insulin signaling, PTP1B, glucose uptake and metabolism)
- cellular bioenergetics as determinant of signal transduction
- Mode of action studies, chemical biology
Publications
- PubMed - NCBI
- ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7618-5505
Funded Projects (as Lead-PI)
- 2021 - 2024
FWF – Project P33778
AMP(K)lifying Nrf2 target gene expression
https://pharmakognosie.univie.ac.at/people/heiss-elke-h/p33778 - 2019 - 2023
FWF – Project P32600
"Metabolic Immunomodulation" of natural products.
https://pharmakognosie.univie.ac.at/people/heiss-elke-h/p32600 - 2016 - 2019
FWF – Project P29392
Role of AMPK for the Nrf2-dependent cellular stress response.
http://pharmakognosie.univie.ac.at/people/heiss-elke-h/p29392 - 2015 - 2017
Herzfelder´sche Familienstiftung
Metabolic reprogramming - a target for natural products in the alleviation of agecompromised wound healing? - 2012 - 2015
Herzfelder´sche Familienstiftung
Counteracting the age-related decline of antioxidant defense and metabolic function by activation of the transcription factor Nrf2 - 2011 - 2014
FWF – Project P23317
Antiproliferative and antimigratory activity of I3MO.
http://pharmakognosie.univie.ac.at/people/heiss-elke-h/p23317 - 2011 - 2014
Project within the Graduate Program “Bioactivity Profiling & Metabolism” (University of Vienna)
Natural products and their protective effect against hyperglycemia- the role of activated Nrf2
http://biopromotion.univie.ac.at/projects/subproject-y1/ - 2011 - 2012
Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung der Stadt Wien – Project H-1755/2010
Natural products fighting insulin resistance - 2010
Industrial collaboration project (Reata Pharmaceuticals, Tx, USA)
Synthetic triterpenoids and their impact on endothelial cell function - 2008
Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung der Stadt Wien – Project H-01509/2007
Natural products against endothelial dysfunction under hyperglycemia - 2005
Sponsor: Svenska Läkaresällskape
Dissection of interaction partners of the tyrosine kinase Flt3 - 2004 - 2005
MAS Cancer Fonden
Identification of autophosphorylation sites of Flt3
Fellowships
- Postdoctoral fellowship from the Wenner-Gren-Stiftelse (2003-2005)
- Postdoctoral fellowship from the DAAD (2001-2003)
- Short term fellowship for academic visits abroad from Boehringer Ingelheim (1998)