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Curriculum vitae Ursula Fürnkranz

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Curriculum vitae

Name: Ursula Fürnkranz

Date of birth: 8th of September 1978 in Vienna, Austria

Address: ISTPM, Medical University Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15; 1090 Vienna

Phone: +43/1/40160/38245

Mobile: +43/699/10782848

Mail: [email protected]

Homepage: www.ursula-fuernkranz.com

Work experience:

6/2017 – 12/2017: half-time employment at the Institute for Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical

Medicine; Medical University of Vienna; Austria

10/2013 – 6/2017: principal investigator of a Herta Firnberg fellowship (“Impacts of Trichomonas

vaginalis-Mycoplasma hominis interactions”) at the Institute for Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical

Medicine; Medical University of Vienna; Austria (10/2013 – 6/2015 and 7/2016 – 6/2017) and the

Institute of Clinical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf;

Germany (7/2015 – 6/2016)

Since 10/2012: freelance service contract (freier Dienstvertrag) at the Science Center-Network (SCN;

www.science-center-net.at) Vienna as “explainer”

9/2012 – 9/2013: freelance service contract at the Vienna Open Lab (open science;

www.openscience.or.at) as tutor

5/2011 – 4/2012: insignificant employment at the Department of Pathobiology, Institute of

Bacteriology, Mycology and Hygiene, Veterinary University of Vienna

11/2008 – 3/2011: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (funded by the Austrian Science Fund;

“Mechanisms of cell-invasion of Mycoplasma gallisepticum”) at the Department of Pathobiology,

Institute of Bacteriology, Mycology and Hygiene, Veterinary University of Vienna

8/2007 – 10/2008: Research Associate (supported by MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG,

Offenburg, Germany; “Thermal disinfection of reusable human waste containers“) at the Department

of Hospital Hygiene, Clinical Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology; Medical University of

Vienna, general hospital; AKH


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9 – 12/2006: Research Associate (Assistance in stool diagnostics) at the Department of Medical

Parasitology, Clinical Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology; Medical University of Vienna

Education:

27. 6. 2008: Graduation with excellent achievement “PhD”; PhD thesis: Cytotoxic activities of N-

chlorotaurine on Trichomonas vaginalis, Leishmania spp. and Acanthamoeba spp; Medical University

Vienna

12. 2. 2004: Graduation with excellent achievement „Magistra of natural sciences“ (Mag. rer. nat.);

Diplomarbeit: Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Etablierung und Optimierung einer Leishmanien-

PCR für diagnostische Zwecke; Universität Wien

1997 – 2003: Study of biology at the University of Vienna

Teaching:

Supervision of medical Diploma students (WS 2016/17 and SS 2017)

Medizinisch-Parasitologisches Praktikum und Seminar (since WS 2016/17)

Tutorials at the Medical University of Vienna (2001 – 2006)

Further Training:

Ongoing: advanced trainings in science communication (provided by the SCN)

(6/2017) Individual leadership according to the SIZE method (w-fFORTE Seminary)

(5/2017) Labour law for scientists (personality development [PD] Seminary)

(3/2015) 2 weeks ESCMID-Observership at the unité de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses

tropicales emergentes (URMITE), Marseille, France

(2/2015) How to get publications into public media (PD Seminary)

(11/2014) Mediation as a tool for conflict-solution (PD Seminary)

(03-04/2013) EBC*L Stufe B (international certificate of skills in economy)

(01/2013) EBC*L Stufe A (international certificate of skills in economy)

(10/2012-01/2013) Project management in science communication (Seminary)

(11/2011) ECDL Image Editing

(6/2004) International Workshop & Training on fish parasites (Illmitz, Burgenland; Austria)

Memberships: Austrian Society for Tropical Medicine, Parasitology and Migration Medicine (ÖGTPM)

International Organization for Mycoplasmology (IOM)

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID, ESGMI – study group

for mycoplasma infection; ESGCP – study group for clinical parasitology)


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Awards: 2014: Poster award at the 5th retreat of the Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology

2007: 1st place of the “Junior Award 2007“of the Austrian Society for Tropical Medicine and

Parasitology (ÖGTP)

2003: “Junior Award 2003“of the Austrian Society for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (ÖGTP)

Languages: German: native speaker

English: fluent in both spoken and written English

French: highly proficient in spoken French, very good command in written French

Italian: basic communication skills in both spoken and written Italian

Farsi: basic communication skills in both spoken and written Farsi


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List of publications Ursula Fürnkranz (2004-2017)

Ursula Fürnkranz, Julia Walochnik, Birgit Henrich. Increase of antibiotic resistance of M. hominis

after passaging through T. vaginalis is strain-dependent (in preparation)

Ursula Fürnkranz, Birgit Henrich, Julia Walochnik. Mycoplasma hominis impacts gene expression

in Trichomonas vaginalis (in state of submission) Torsten Wundenberg, Marcus M. Nalaskowski, Benjamin Löser, Werner Fanick, Thomas Hackel,

Ursula Fürnkranz, Christoph Rehbach, Hongying Lin, and Georg W. Mayr. Trichomonas vaginalis

expresses a novel highly active form of inositol 3 hexakisphosphate kinase phosphorylating

substrate at 6-position (in state of submission)

Fürnkranz U, Siebert-Gulle K, Rosengarten R, Szostak MP. Host Factors influencing the Cell

Adhesion and Invasion Capacity of Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Acta Vet Scand. 55 (1) (2013): 63.

Fürnkranz U, Nagl M, Gottardi W, Duchêne M, Aspöck H, Walochnik J. In vitro activity of N-

chlorotaurine (NCT) in combination with NH(4)Cl against Trichomonas vaginalis. Int J Antimicrob

Agents. 37 (2011): 171–173.*

Diab-Elschahawi M, Fürnkranz U, Blacky A, Bachhofner N, Koller W. Re-evaluation of current A0

value recommendations for thermal disinfection of reusable human waste containers based on

new experimental data. J Hosp Infect. 75(1) (2010):62-5.

Fürnkranz U, Nagl M, Gottardi W, Matt U, Aspöck H, Walochnik J. N-Chlorotaurine shows high in

vitro activity against promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania species. J Med Microbiol. 58

(Pt 10) (2009):1298-302.*

Köhsler M, Leitsch D, Fürnkranz U, Duchêne M, Aspöck H, Walochnik J. Acanthamoeba strains

lose their abilities to encyst synchronously upon prolonged axenic culture. Parasitol Res. 102(5)

(2008):1069-72.

Fürnkranz U, Nagl M, Gottardi W, Köhsler M, Aspöck H, Walochnik J. Cytotoxic activity of N-

chlorotaurine on Acanthamoeba spp. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 52(2) (2008):470-6. *

Fürnkranz U, Walochnik J, Grimm F, Deplazes P, Aspöck H. Comparative attempts for the

establishment and optimisation of a PCR on Leishmania for the purpose of diagnosis. Wien Klin

Wochenschr.116 Suppl 4 (2004):30-4. #

*emerged from doctoral thesis

# emerged from diploma thesis


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Presentations given at scientific conferences 2003-2017 (O: oral; P: Poster)

Ursula Fürnkranz, Birgit Henrich, Julia Walochnik. The RNA expression of metronidazole

susceptibility-associated genes in Trichomonas vaginalis is influenced by Mycoplasma hominis.

EMBO conference: Anaerobic protists: Integrating parasitology with mucosal microbiota and

immunology. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (2017); O (Abstract accepted)

Ursula Fürnkranz, Julia Walochnik, Birgit Henrich. The impact of Mycoplasma hominis on the

metronidazole resistance of Trichomonas vaginalis is dependent on the bacterial density and the

parasitic strain. 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

(ECCMID), Vienna, Austria (2017); P

Ursula Fürnkranz, Julia Walochnik, Birgit Henrich. The impact of Mycoplasma hominis on the

metronidazole resistance of Trichomonas vaginalis is dependent on the bacterial density and the

parasitic strain. 36th annual meeting of the German Society of Protozoology, Meißen, Germany

(2017); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Julia Walochnik, Birgit Henrich. In co-cultures of Mycoplasma hominis with

Trichomonas vaginalis type strain G3, displacement of M. hominis strain Mh475 by MhAKH led to

loss of mycoplasmal TET-resistance and loss of parasitic stress response. L Meeting of the

Austrian Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology and Migration medicine (ÖGTPM), Vienna,

Austria (2016); P

Ursula Fürnkranz, Julia Walochnik, Birgit Henrich. The metronidazole-susceptibility of Trichomonas

vaginalis is influenced by the presence of Mycoplasma hominis. 27th Annual Meeting of the

German Society for Parasitology (DGP), Göttingen, Germany (2016); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Brigit Henrich, Julia Walochnik. Long-time co-culture of Trichomonas vaginalis

and Mycoplasma hominis leads to a change in the tetracycline-resistance of M. hominis. XLIX

Meeting of the Austrian Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology and Migration medicine

(ÖGTPM), Vienna, Austria (2015); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Julia Walochnik, Brigit Henrich. Langzeit-Co-Kultur von Mycoplasma hominis mit

Trichomonas vaginalis führt zu einer Veränderung der Tetrazyklin-Resistenz der Mykoplasmen.

Symposium of the German-speaking Mycoplasma-section, Dresden, Germany (2015), O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Brigit Henrich, Julia Walochnik. Co-cultivation of Mycoplasma hominis with

Trichomonas vaginalis influences the drug susceptibility of both pathogens; Progress in Human

and Animal Mycoplasmology, Pendik (Istanbul), Turkey (2015); O


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Ursula Fürnkranz, Brigit Henrich, Julia Walochnik. Stable co-cultivation of Mycoplasma hominis

and Trichomonas vaginalis does not depend on the P50/Vaa architecture; XLVIII. Meeting of the

Austrian Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology and Migration medicine (ÖGTPM), Graz,

Austria (2014); O


and Trichomonas vaginalis does not depend on the P50/Vaa architecture; 5th retreat of the Center

for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Vienna, Austria (2014); P


and Trichomonas vaginalis does not depend on the P50/Vaa architecture; 20th IOM, Blumenau,

Brazil (2014); P

Ursula Fürnkranz, Birgit Henrich, Julia Walochnik. Trichomonas vaginalis as a host and reservoir

for Mycoplasma hominis: an in vitro infection model to study impacts on drug susceptibility and

cytopathogenicity; XLVII. Meeting of the Austrian Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

and Migration medicine (ÖGTPM), Vienna, Austria (2013); P

Ursula Fürnkranz, Birgit Henrich, Julia Walochnik. Trichomonas vaginalis as a host and reservoir

for Mycoplasma hominis: an in vitro infection model to study impacts on drug susceptibility and

cytopathogenicity; 4th retreat of the Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology,

Vienna, Austria (2013); P

Ursula Fürnkranz, Isolde Nieszner, Martin Vronka, Karin Siebert-Gulle, Renate Rosengarten,

Michael P. Szostak. Factors involved in Adhesion and Cell Invasion of Mycoplasma gallisepticum;

l9th IOM, Toulouse, France (2012); P


Michael P. Szostak. Investigation of factors involved in cell adhesion and invasion of Mycoplasma

gallisepticum; 33rd ÖGHMP, Salzburg, Austria (2012); P

Ursula Fürnkranz, Isolde Nieszner, Martin Vronka, Karin Siebert-Gulle, Ivana Indikova, Renate

Rosengarten, Michael P. Szostak Investigations of Factors Influencing the Cell Adhesion and

Invasion Capacity of Mycoplasma gallisepticum; 8th symposium of the German-speaking

Mycoplasma-section; Göttingen, Germany (2011); O


Michael P. Szostak. Cell Invasion of Mycoplasma gallisepticum: Possible Host Factors Involved;


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18th Congress of The International Organization for Mycoplasmology (IOM), Chianciano Terme,

Siena, Italy (2010); P


Michael P. Szostak. Possible host factors involved in red blood cell invasion of Mycoplasma

gallisepticum; 32nd ÖGHMP, Vienna, Austria (2010); O


Michael P. Szostak. Adhärenz und Zellinvasion von Mycoplasma gallisepticum – welche Faktoren

der Wirtszelle sind beteiligt?; 7th Symposium of the German-speaking Mycoplasma-section;

Morschach, Swizzerland (2009); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Magda Diab-Elschahawi, Walter Koller. Thermoäquivalenz: Experimente zum

A0-Konzept mit Blick auf die thermische Desinfektion im medizinischen Bereich; 31st Annual

Meeting of the Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP), Bad

Ischl, Austria (2008); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Markus Nagl, Waldemar Gottardi, Michael Duchêne, Horst Aspöck, Julia

Walochnik. N-Chlortaurin (NCT): zytotoxische Effekte auf amastigote Leishmanien und die

Bestätigung des vermuteten Wirkmechanismus anhand von Trichomonas vaginalis; XXXXI. ÖGTP;

Vienna, Austria; (2007); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Markus Nagl, Waldemar Gottardi, Horst Aspöck , Julia Walochnik Cytotoxic

activities of N-chlorotaurine (NCT) on Acanthamoeba spp.; FLAM, Tokyo, Japan (2007); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Markus Nagl, Waldemar Gottardi, Horst Aspöck , Julia Walochnik Cytotoxic

activities of N-chlorotaurine (NCT) on Leishmania infantum and Leishmania donovani; 3rd PhD

Symposium, Vienna, Austria (2007); P

Ursula Fürnkranz, Markus Nagl, Michael Duchêne, Horst Aspöck, Julia Walochnik Leishmania

donovani; International meeting on emerging diseases (IMED), Vienna, Austria (2007); P

Ursula Fürnkranz, Markus Nagl, Michael Duchêne, Horst Aspöck, Julia Walochnik Zytotoxische

Aktivitäten von N-Chlortaurin und dessen Effekte auf Acanthamoeba spp., Leishmania infantum

und Trichomonas vaginalis; XXXX. Meeting of the Austrian Society of Tropical Medicine and

Parasitology and the Centre for Public Health (ÖGTP), Linz, Austria (2006); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Markus Nagl, Horst Aspöck , Julia Walochnik. Cytotoxic activities of N-

chlorotaurine (NCT) on Leishmania infantum, Acanthamoeba spp. and Trichomonas vaginalis; 11th

International Congress of Parasitology, Glasgow (ICOPA), Scotland (2006); P


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Ursula Fürnkranz, Markus Nagl, Horst Aspöck, Julia Walochnik. Cytotoxic activities of N-

chlorotaurine (NCT) on Acanthamoeba spp.; 2nd PhD Symposium, Vienna, Austria (2006); P



und Trichomonas vaginalis; 22. Meeting of the German Society of Parasitology (DGP), Vienna,

Austria (2006); O



und Trichomonas vaginalis; XXXIX. Meeting of the Austrian Society of Tropical Medicine and

Parasitology and the Centre for Public Health (ÖGTP), Vienna, Austria (2005); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Markus Nagl, Horst Aspöck, Julia Walochnik. Cytotoxic activities of N-

chlorotaurine (NCT) on Acanthamoeba spp. XIth International Meeting on the Biology and

Pathogenicity of Free-Living Amoebae (FLAM), Budweis, Czech Republic (2005); P

Ursula Fürnkranz, Markus Nagl, Michael Duchêne, Horst Aspöck, Julia Walochnik Cytotoxic

activities of a derivative of the amino acid taurine and its effect on parasitic pathogens; 1st PhD

Symposium, Vienna, Austria (2005); O

Ursula Fürnkranz, Julia Walochnik, Felix Grimm, Peter Deplazes, Horst Aspöck Vergleichende

Versuche zur Etablierung und Optimierung einer Leishmanien-PCR für diagnostische Zwecke;

XXXVII. Meeting of the Austrian Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (ÖGTP), Vienna,

Austria (2003); O

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