Josef Penninger
Prof. Dr.Full Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences since 2007
josef.penninger(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at
Research Areas:
- Biology
- Experimental pathology
- Molecular pathology
- Genetics
- Stem cell research
- Human biology
Profile:
Publications:
Selected Memberships:
- Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften
- European Molecular Biology Organization EMBO
- Academia Europaea
- European Research Institute for Integrated Cellular Pathology ERI-ICP
- European Academy for Tumor Immunology EATI
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Selected Prizes:
- Innovator Award, Era of Hope/DOD
- Ernst Jung-Preis für Medizin
- Carus-Medaille der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina
- René-Descartes-Forschungspreis der Europäischen Union
- Wittgenstein-Preis des Wissenschaftsfonds FWF
Selected Publications:
- Onji, M., Sigl, V., Lendl, T (...) Koo, BK., Penninger, JM. (2025). RANK drives structured intestinal epithelial expansion during pregnancy. Nature. 637(8044):156-166
- Paolino, M., Koglgruber, R., Cronin, SJF (...) Kautzky-Willer, A., Penninger, JM. (2021). RANK links thymic regulatory T cells to fetal loss and gestational diabetes in pregnancy. Nature. 589(7842):442-447
- Monteil, V., Kwon, H., Prado, P (...) Mirazimi, A., Penninger, JM. (2020). Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Engineered Human Tissues Using Clinical-Grade Soluble Human ACE2. Cell. 181(4):905-913.e7
- Wimmer, RA., Leopoldi, A., Aichinger, M (...) Kerjaschki, D., Penninger, JM. (2019). Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy. Nature. 565(7740):505-510
- Cronin, SJF., Seehus, C., Weidinger, A (...) Woolf, CJ., Penninger, JM. (2018). The metabolite BH4 controls T cell proliferation in autoimmunity and cancer. Nature. 563(7732):564-568