The Lomakin Lab
Current lab members:
Alexis J. Lomakin (Ph.D.) - PI
Victor Herrera Fernandez (Ph.D.) - Postdoc
Jakub Belhadj (M.Sc.) - Research Assistant
George Gourgi (B.Sc.) - Diploma Student
Lauren Marie Williams (B.Sc.) - Diploma Student
Agata Wisniewska (B.Sc.) - Diploma Student
Matthias Holzleitner - Bachelor's Thesis
Isabell Höhl - Bachelor's Thesis
Marieluise Ungersböck - Bachelor's Thesis
Alumni:
Jana Schneider
Nicolette Szeifer
Olga Sereda
Selena Prantner
Raffael Ebeid
Surina Surina
Benjamin Zrzavý
Marwan Diaa Hussein
Sofiia Frolova
Davide Salati
Anja Hart
Abraham Guerra
Constantin Pierer
Miriam Pedron
Our funders:
We acknowledge the core funding from our host Institution, the Center for Pathobiochemistry and Genetics, MedUni Wien;
Fellinger Cancer Research Foundation;
OeAD, Agency for Education and Internationalisation
Our collaborators:
Samantha Stehbens (University of Queensland, Australia)
Core expertise: Microtubule cytoskeleton in cell polarity & migration, Optical microscopy, and Mechanobiology
Ju et al. Nature Cell Biology, 2024
Stehbens et al. Nature Cell Biology, 2014
Ratheesh et al. Nature Cell Biology, 2012
David Odde (University of Minnesota, USA)
Core expertise: Microtubule biophysics, Quantitative cell biology, Cellular mechanobiology, and Biophysical modeling
Isomursu et al. Nature Materials, 2022
Gardner et al. Cell, 2014
Chan & Odde. Science, 2008
Eugen Dhimolea (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
Core expertise: Adaptive drug-resistance mechanisms in cancer, Therapy-induced diapause- and senescence-like cell resilience, and Systems biology of cancer
de Matos Simoes et al. Nature Cancer, 2024
Dhimolea et al. Cancer Cell, 2021
Duy et al. Cancer Discovery, 2012
Jan Bouchal (Institute of Molecular & Translational Medicine, Czech Republic)
Core expertise: Clinical & experimental oncology, Molecular pathology of cancer, and Prostate and breast carcinomas
Kvokačková et al. Molecular Oncology, 2023
Kurfurstova et al. Molecular Oncology, 2016
Bouchal et al. Prostate, 2011
Our values and culture:
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Be ambitious, persistent, and determined.
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Stay humble and modest. Individuals and teams can do amazing things when they share the credit.
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Great discoveries lurk everywhere; keep your eyes open.
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Success begins by choosing important problems, coming to fruition with great ideas and great execution.
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Stay focused and mindful of our goals with a clear understanding of the path ahead.
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Value uniqueness, helping people be the best they can be at what they do best.
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Work hard but have fun and be a little quirky.
Job opportunities:
Our vision is to solve complex biomedically-relevant problems in cell & tissue research through highly collaborative, international, and multi-disciplinary team science. Therefore, we welcome scholars from all over the world with backgrounds in both the biomedical and physical/computational sciences. If you are interested in opportunities within the Lomakin lab, please e-mail Dr. Alexis Lomakin: alexis.lomakin@meduniwien.ac.at
Medical University of Vienna
Center for Pathobiochemistry and Genetics
