Dirk Strunk 

Director
Institute for Experimental and Clinical Cell Therapy 
Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg
Austria

Biography

Professor of Cell Therapy, PMU Salzburg Head of the Institute for Experimental & Clinical Cell Therapy Head of the Core Facility Flow Cytometry (2013). Gastologist MD Andersen Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA (2009). Appointed as Head of the Stem Cell Research Unit, MUG ( 2008 -2013). Transplant coordinator and assistant physician bone marrow transplant, MUG (2003 -2007).

Research Intrest

Stem cell research & therapy

List of Publications
Pachler K, Ketterl N, Desgeorges A, Dunai ZA, Laner-Plamberger S, Streif D, Strunk D, Rohde E, Gimona M. An In Vitro Potency Assay for Monitoring the Immunomodulatory Potential of Stromal Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles. International journal of molecular sciences. 2017 Jul 1;18(7):1413.
Sheffield NC, Pierron G, Klughammer J, Datlinger P, Schönegger A, Schuster M, Hadler J, Surdez D, Guillemot D, Lapouble E, Freneaux P. DNA methylation heterogeneity defines a disease spectrum in Ewing sarcoma. Nature Medicine. 2017 Mar 1;23(3):386-95.
Souidi N, Stolk M, Rudeck J, Strunk D, Schallmoser K, Volk HD, Seifert M. Stromal Cells Act as Guardians for Endothelial Progenitors by Reducing Their Immunogenicity After Co‐Transplantation. Stem Cells. 2017 May 1;35(5):1233-45.