Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

The Austrian Fund, (FWF) is an Austrian central funding mechanism organization comprised of The Assembly of Delegates, The Supervisory Board, The Executive Board and The Board. The purpose and mission of The Austrian Fund is to fund basic scientific research in Austria in a fair and equitable manner among researchers' grant requests which will enable Austria to grow and prosper among nations.

Address
Sensengasse 1
A-1090 Vienna, Austria
E-mail
stefan.bernhardt@fwf.ac.at

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Cold-blooded research has hearts thumping

The protective effect of inducing controlled hypothermia following sudden cardiac arrest will now be investigated in detail. The goal of the scientific work is to judge whether this type of cryotherapy can ...

Cardiology created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Messenger substance and signalling molecule influence the development of the skin's immune cells

A signalling molecule known as Axl has been discovered on immune cells of the epidermis. This recently published finding provides new insight into the development of important skin immune cells known as Langerhans ...

Medical research created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain variants of protein associated with Huntington's and other neurodegenerative diseases identified

(Medical Xpress) -- A protein essential for metabolism and recently associated with neurodegenerative diseases also occurs in several brain-specific forms. This discovery emerged in the course of a research ...

Genetics created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast