Dr. Lydia Woelflingseder

Associate Principal Scientist at the Department of Drug Discovery Sciences Oncology of Boehringer-Ingelheim (Vienna)

Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Plant Protection (Department of Crop Sciences) at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna working in the field of plant pathogens.

- cell culture - cytotoxicity/cell viability assays - assessment of cellular oxidative stress - combinatory effects - xenobiotic metabolism - assessment of genotoxic effects - assessment of intestinal inflammatory response mechanisms - cell cultivation under shear stress conditions - confocal microscopy using a Confocal LSM Zeiss 710 equipped with ELYRA PS - supervision and teaching of a bachelor & two master students

Diploma thesis at the Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology “The influence of deoxynivalenol (DON) and its metabolites DON-3-sulfate and DON-15-sulfate on the human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line HT-29” - general cell culture techniques - cytotoxicity & cell viability - evaluation of cellular oxidative stress - immunocytochemical staining techniques - live-cell microscopy and image analysis - confocal microscopy (2D, 3D, SIM) using a Confocal LSM Zeiss 710 equipped with ELYRA PS

PhD thesis with distinction at the Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Vienna: ‘Emerging mycotoxins’ - Assessment of underestimated enemies? Toxicological profiling of Fusarium mycotoxins and co-regulated secondary metabolites – a combinatory study