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FIT Information Days - AIT workshop for future female experts
January the Center for Health & Bioresources presented the AIT at the FIT Study-Information Days 2020 at the FH Technikum Vienna. The AIT has been supporting the study orientation programme especially [...] scientific subjects. This year the AIT was represented by the Molecular Diagnostics Expert Manuela Hofner from the Center for Health & Bioresources. At the kick-off event, the AIT presented itself and provided [...] her educational background and everyday work. In the afternoon, twelve schoolgirls took part in the AIT workshop "Saliva - a biological gold mine". The schoolgirls learned how saliva can be used to diagnose
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AIT develops antibody test for SARS-CoV-2
the AIT experts were able to build on the results of the FFG-funded Research Studio Austria project PepPipe. The AIT SARS-CoV-2 antibody test complements the AIT SARS-CoV-2 PCR test, which the AIT Competence [...] Researchers at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology has developed a SARS-CoV-2 antibody test for clinical diagnostic laboratories. This test determines whether a patient has had a SARS-CoV-2 infection [...] Molecular Diagnostics has already implemented for the specific detection of the virus in throat swabs. The AIT works closely in a consortium with the Medical University of Vienna (MUW), the University of Veterinary
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Telehealth Solution developed by AIT goes international
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and the AIT-SpinOff Telbiomed have gained Siemens Healthineers as an international cooperation, sales and development partner. Based on the AIT Telehealth platform [...] bringing AIT technology into the care system in Tyrol and Styria. With Siemens Healthineers, we have gained a globally recognized partner in the healthcare sector to further internationalize AIT technology [...] Prof. Dr. Elke Guenther, Head of Center for Health & Bioresources at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. The AIT Telehealth platform has been adapted for the current COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate
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Optical microchips - Best Poster Award for Stefan Nevlacsil
make a new generation of OCT systems possible with step-changes in size and cost. In this project, AIT is responsible for the design of the integrated-optical waveguides. Since the beginning of this year
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How can microbiomes be preserved for future generations?
result of the EU project MicrobiomeSupport, which wias coordinated by co-author Dr. Angela Sessitsch (AIT). The experts present their views in the journal ‘Trends in Microbiology’ and suggest that the current [...] methods for the conservation of microbiomes. Dr. Tanja Kostic (Competence Unit Bioresources at the AIT), in collaboration with a team of experts, has developed a concept to explore these issues for microbiomes
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"Kinder UNI Tulln 2020" at AIT in Tulln
awaken their interest in microbiology with fun and joy" Clara Pogner, workshop leader for AIT. All partners: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Abteilung Wissenschaft und [...] important project to inspire young people for the environment and its cycles". The experts of the AIT Unit Bioresources in Tulln introduced children to the fascinating world of microbiology. After a theory
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British Ambassador visits AIT at the Technopol Wiener Neustadt
Currently, AIT's pulse wave analysis is used in the CARTESIAN study of the Artery Society to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on heart, vessels and organs. Christopher Mayer, project manager at AIT, adds: [...] For more than 20 years, AIT has been represented at the Technopol Wiener Neustadt with a focus on medical technology. The fact that medical technology developments and know-how from Wiener Neustadt are [...] Neustadt, whereby his special interest was focused on the Competence Unit Biomedical Systems (HBS) of the AIT. In the past, HBS has already conducted research in the field of pulse wave analysis for various c
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LESS STRESS THROUGH DIGITAL COACH FOR PEOPLE OVER 55
costs of work-related depression in Europe amount to EUR 620 billion per year. With mHealthINX, the AIT Centers Health & Bioresources and Digital Safety & Security, and nine European partners develop [...] training and stress management through virtual reality training units that coach and support users. The AIT Centers Health & Bioresources and Digital Safety & Security combine their expertise in virtual [...] processing, cardiovascular diagnostics, and virtual reality-based applications and training. Under the AIT coordination, 10 European organizations from Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands have joined
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BrainCheck: New approach for early detection of dementia
dementia is still insufficient today. The FFG COIN project BrainCheck, coordinated by Hannes Perko (AIT), is developing a completely new approach to early diagnosis supported by AI. Dementia is a widespread [...] be slowed down, so early detection is extremely important. The BrainCheck project, coordinated by AIT, addresses precisely this issue and develops a simple and inexpensive early diagnosis, suitable for
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Development of a mobile air cleaner and disinfector
challenges by the coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, the consortium of Technical University of Vienna (IFT), AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (HBR), HPM-Technologie and AQA GmbH created the idea of a mobile device [...] further developing an existing prototype for high volume air cleaning, whereas HPM-Technologies and the AIT are investigating the optimal combination of aerosol production technology, chosen disinfectant and
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KHAN-I and w4i close framework agreement with AIT and 18 other research institutions
(w4i) are establishing an Austria-wide network for drug research with 19 top research institutions, AIT is part of it. w4i strengthens the pharmaceutical research sector as a translational center and central [...] a framework agreement with 19 leading Austrian research institutions in the life sciences sector; AIT is part of this agreement with the Center for Health & Bioresources and is actively involved as
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Günter Schreier presents AIT Telehealth at HEALTH.DIGITALCITY.Wien
cooperation partner AIT, by Dirk Holste, Günter Schreier spoke in his keynote about the topic "From eHealth to dHealth". Afterwards, Werner Bogendorfer, Director of Health & Innovations of AIT's long-standing [...] Link to HEALTH.DIGITALCITY.VIENNA: https://health.digitalcity.wien/ Link to the AIT Telehealth platform: https://kit.ait.ac.at/ HeartMobile Tirol: https://www.herzmobil-tirol.at/ [...] invited on behalf of the City of Vienna to "THINKING DIGITAL HEALTH FORWARD Foresight #8". On board, AIT Telehealth expert Priv.-Doz. DI Dr. Günter Schreier, Center for Health & Bioresources, and long-time
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AIT Health topics at digital Pharmig event
Florian Frauscher from the Federal Ministry for Digitalization and Business Location and AIT Dirk Holste, AIT and Deputy Head of Center for Health & Bioresources. Prior to the launch of the new EU [...] Platform took place on the topic "Life Science Research Networks & Site Strengthening", where the AIT Center for Health & Bioresources presented its main health topics. Helga Thieben, Director Regulatory [...] Guenther, Head of Center Health & Bioresources, opened the event with a general overview of the AIT and the health sector in particular, before the state of research and development in "Molecular Di
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The AIT-coordinated SWIMMOT project pushest he limits of medical imaging
The SWIMMOT project coordinated by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) , Center for Health & Bioresources - Molecular Diagnostics, and funded by the EU has been launched. It pursues a radically
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Biomedical Systems - Stefan Orter takes 3rd place at the 2020 Artery Poster Award
are still the most frequent cause of death today. Thanks to its expertise and AIT's patented pulse wave technology, the AIT research group has been able to make significant progress in the measurement of [...] quality of the presentation, and the answers to the open questions. The winning poster by Stefan Orter, AIT PhD Student at HBS, was created as a result of his work on the Space4All project, a joint project of
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Please breathe deeply - New AIT device for lowering blood pressure
pressure in a self-managed and app-based manner. In order to investigate longer-term effects, the AIT system will be used in studies with several hundred subjects over the next few years and will be further
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Publication awarded - the circadian blood pressure rhythm in dialysis patients
Pressure Dipping Pattern with Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients" (Hypertension. 2020;76(4):1231-1239) by AIT experts Christopher Mayer and Siegfried Wassertheurer, of the Biomedical Systems Competence Unit of [...] this association (see "Appearances are deceptive - blood pressure in dialysis patients", https://www.ait.ac.at/news-events/single-view/detail/5593/?no_cache=1&sword_list%5B0%5D=test ). Christopher Mayer
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AIT Telehealth platform provides basis for Covid19 home quarantine solution
research projects. More on this topic: https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3086333/ The AIT Telehealth Platform: https://kit.ait.ac.at/home/ [...] ion and initiate further steps to care for the patient. The telemedicine solution is based on the AIT Telehealth Platform of the Digital Health Information Systems Competence Unit of the Center for Health [...] HerzMobilTirol, the system has already been in regular care since 2017 for patients with heart failure. AIT builds on years of experience in the development of telehealth solutions. Telehealth projects have
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The potential of microbiomes - helpers for environment and health
AIT experts Angela Sessitsch and Tanja Kostic (Center for Health & Bioresources) together with eight international partners, publish a recommendation on how the potential of microbiomes can be used [...] realise these potentials, however, some preliminary work still needs to be done. This is because, as AIT expert Tanja Kostic, one of the two lead authors of the study, explains, research in some areas is
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ImmUniverse publishes new project video
pharmaceutical companies, patient organisations and specialised SMEs. One of these partners is the AIT Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the Center for Health & Bioresources. The first