The research group Pohl investigates mitochondrial membrane proteins using four major approaches, such as conductance measurements of planar bilayers reconstituted with purified recombinant proteins, fluorescence and radioactivity-based measurements of substrate transport, site-directed mutagenesis and molecular dynamics simulations.

• Model membranes
• Confocal and 2-photon microscopy
• Immunhistochemisty and western blot analysis
• Production of recombinant proteins
• Measurements of the z-potential

Link

• WATER (Doctoral Network on Interfacial Water in Membrane Transport) 2025-2029 Link
• FWF-Project SFB F83 2021 - 2025 Link
• PROTON (EU Research Framework Programme H2020 / Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) 2019-2024 Link
• FWF-Project P 31559 2018 - 2023 Link
• FWF-Projekt P 31471 2018 - 2023 Link
• P 18136 2018-2020 Link
• ÖAD-Projekt HR 15/2016 Wissenschaftlich-Technisches Abkommen mit Kroatien 2016 - 2018
• COST-Projekt BMBS COST Action BM1406 2015 - 2019 Link
• FWF-Project P 25357-B20 2013 - 2017 Link
• FWF-Project P 25123-B20 2012 - 2016 Link
• COST-Projekt CM 1201 Biomimetic Radical Chemistry 2012-2016   Link
• ÖAD-Projekt PL 14/2012 Wissenschaftlich-Technisches Abkommen mit Polen 2012 - 2013

Vojvodic 2025

Zuna 2024

Kreiter 2023

Complete list of publications PDF

Link to VetDoc

Students are always welcome to work in our group as an intern on a short-term project, or on a thesis for a degree (bachelor, master, or diploma).

We research continuously within the following areas:

• Electrophysiological characterization of membrane proteins
• Surveys of how mitochondrial uncoupling proteins are distributed in various tissues and organs, by means of Western Blot and PCR
• Production of recombinant mitochondrial proteins in E. coli

Please send your applications with a letter of motivation and a CV to Univ.-Prof. Dr.med. Elena E. Pohl.

You can also make an appointment for a short informational meeting with Frau Prof. Pohl.

elena.pohl@vetmeduni.ac.at ext. – 4570