Curriculum vitae

Senior Scientist Mag. Dr.  Heimo Wolinski

Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz

Scopus Author ID: 8506705000

Orchid.org ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1583-6092

University education

1998 Diploma in Botany, Institute of Botany, University of Graz, Austria.

2002 Ph.D. thesis in Botany, Institute of Botany, University of Graz, Austria.

Career history

2003-2007 Post-Doctoral fellow, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Austria. Kohlwein Group.

2008-2011 Assistant professor, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Austria. Kohlwein Group. 

2011-         Senior Scientist (permanent position approved 2015), Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Austria. 

Scientific head of the Optical Imaging Resource of the IMB-Graz.

2020-         Working group: Cell Biology of Lipid Droplets. 

Collaborations 

• Field of Excellence 'Biohealth' of the University of Graz - Research Field Energy & Lipid Metabolism (assoc. member)
• SFB 'Lipid Hydrolysis',  (FWF; 2018 - )
• Study of subcellulat protein targeting by confocal laser scanning mircoscopy (FWF project to T. Werner; 2017 - )
• Hyperhomocysteinemia and atherosclerosis: molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology (FWF project to O. Tehlivets).
• In the framework of BioTechMed-Graz. 
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Previous projects/collaborations

• Fatty acid induced lipotoxicity in yeast (FWF; to S.D. Kohlwein). 
• Genomics of lipid-associated disorders III (GOLD III, component 10 to SD. Kohlwein and H. Wolinski; 'GEN-AU Genomforschung in Österreich', bm:bwk). 
• Identification of essential proteins involved in peroxisome and lipid droplet biogenesis in yeast (FWF; to S.D. Kohlwein). 
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Academic teaching 2020/2021
 

• MOL.889UB. Molecular and Cellular Imaging (lecture). VO, 2h. Obligatory subject. H. Wolinski. 
• MOL.890UB. Molecular and Cellular Imaging (lab course). LU, 2h. H. Wolinski. 
• MOL.870UB / Wolinski:  Digital Image Processing and Analysis in Life Sciences. VU, 1h. 
• MOL.832_2UB Project Lab course Biochemistry and Molecular Biomedicine.
• MOL.606_2UB Bachelor’s Thesis.
• 647.510 Graduate Workshop in Molecular Enzymology.
• MOL.831 UB Lab-Course in Cell Biology.

For details refer to UNIGRAZonline (search: staff – Wolinski - courses)

Specialized academic education

• Project management and acquisition
• Conflict prevention
• Basics in didactics - teaching and learning in higher education
• Gender & diversity 

Honors and awards

• 2001 Gandolph-Doelter Research Fellowship of the Natural Faculty of Science, University of Graz.
• 2012 Best short talk award. 4th International Graz Symposium on Lipid and Membrane Biology. Austria.
• 2014 Best poster award. 5th International Graz Symposium on Lipid and Membrane Biology. Austria.

Reviewer activities

• Progress in Lipid Research
• Molecular Metabolism
• Scientific Reports
• Journal of Lipid Research
• Development and Disease
• Cells
• BBA - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
• Biomaterials
• Bioinformatics
• Bioresource Technology
• Yeast
• FEMS Yeast Research
• Journal of Biophotonics
• Applied Sciences
• Journal of Microbiological Methods
• PLOS ONE
• Theranostics
• Analytical Chemistry