The skin is the largest organ of the human body. It is a barrier protecting humans from dehydration, heat, cold, and also diverse pathogens. Unfortunately, many people are also affected by diseases of the skin, from inflammatory diseases to white skin cancer and melanoma. The immune system plays a major role in the development of most skin diseases. We at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at the JKU Linz are primarily concerned with the interaction of skin cells with immune cells. Our focus is on rare tumor diseases of the skin and (rare) inflammatory skin diseases. We try not only to investigate the underlying mechanisms, but also to provide patients with rare diseases, for which there are often no approved drugs, with personalized treatment through targeted molecular biological analyses. For our projects and experiments we use bioinformatics in all facets, from machine learning to the application and evaluation of high-throughput methods.
Department of Dermatology and Venereology
Address
Med Campus
Krankenhausstraße 7
4020 Linz
Location
Med Campus II
3. Floor, Room 01
Telephone
+43 (0)5 7680 83 4101
News & Events
Darier Disease Review published
Our latest review about Darier disease and it's treatment options is finally online
Moni won the innovation award of the MED faculty
On Thursday, November 14, 2025, the JKU Innovation Awards for all faculties were presented in the MED-Loft.
Moni received the Innovation Award of the Faculty of Medicine for her publication “Th17-associated cytokines IL-17 and IL-23 in inflamed skin of Darier disease patients as potential therapeutic targets”, which was published in Nature Communications.
Power mommy Moni accepted the award one week after the birth of her child - WOW
Visit and presentation by Iris Gratz
Iris Gratz, an immunologist from Salzburg, visited us on September 9. We showed her around our clinic and the ZMF, listened to an extremely exciting presentation about her research in the world of cutaneous T cells and then had dinner together to talk about science and private matters.
Dear Iris, thank you for your visit!
Celebration of Sabine´s Research Award 2024
At the Wörthersee Symposium of the Allergology Working Group of the ÖGDV, Sabine was awarded the 2024 Research Prize for her paper “Elevated baselie soluble FcεRI may be linked to early response to omalizumab treatment in chronic spontaneous urticaria” published in JEADV.
With the prize money, the whole research group was invited to celebrate the success with her. Thank you very much!