Head of Mass Spectrometry
Together with Prof. Razzazi Karin established the Proteomics Core Facility and has gained great experience in biological mass spectrometry through the implementation and application of a wide range of mass spec technologies including MALDI-TOF/TOF, Ion Trap, Triple Quadrupole, QTOF, Orbitrap and timsTOF instruments.
Karin will support you throughout project planning and implementation. As the person responsible for the organisation and management of VetCore Proteomics she can provide you with cost estimates for project and grant proposals and prepares invoices for Proteomics mass spectrometry services.
+43 1 25077 3155
email an Karin Hummel
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Staff scientist
Prof. Razzazi established the Proteomics Core Facility in 2007 and was Head of the Unit until October 2026, when he handed it over to Dr. Karin Hummel. As ASEA-UNINET coordinator of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna he promotes academic research partnerships and international collaborations between member institutions. With his big passion for teaching, Prof. Razzazi is also entrusted with lectures and practical courses for the students.
Technician
Sarah is a precious part of our team since 2014. With her studies in biology and her extensive expertise in the fields of proteomics sample preparation and mass spectrometry, Sarah will assist in all steps from planning till publication of your research project.
Technician
Elisabeth joined the Proteomics team in 2026 to support you with her expertise in sample preparation. She has a strong background in biology, ecology and microbiology and valuable practical expertise in proteomics sample preparation and chromatographic methods. Elisabeth will assist in sample preparation and establishment of new sample prep methods to support your research project.
Head of VetCore Genomics
+43 1 25077 3169
Head of Genomics Unit
+43 1 25077 3151
Staff Scientist
Technician
+43 1 25077 3169
Head of VetBiobank
Ingrid is the head of the VetBioBank as well as of the working group for Histology and Embryology. So her expertise ranges from tissue preparation and storage, over a broad field of (immuno)histological stainings to microscopy and microscopic analysis. She is helping you with the planning of your experiments and discussing available and useful techniques.
+43 1 25077 3406
email to Ingrid Walter
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Biomedical Laboratory Scientist
Stefanie is a member of the VetBioBank from the early beginning of the facility and therefore a valued teamplayer in various areas. She will assist you with the planning of experiments, giving good advices in histological questions and is an expert in tissue preparation and (immuno)histological stainings.
+43 1 25077 6973
email to Stefanie Burger
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Technician
Stevie is half-time working in the VetBiobank and at the VetImaging facility. He will mainly assist you in tissue (cryo) preparations, cryo sectioning, and both widefield and fluorescence microscopy. Furthermore he links up to the knowledge of image processing and image analysis of the Facility for Microscopy.
+43 1 25077 3171
email to Stefan Kummer
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Technician
As Melanie was split up into the working groups of both the VetBiobank and Transcriptomics, she is not only firm with many histological working techniques (tissue preparation, histological sectioning, staining, long time storage), but also brings her knowledge of a wide range of molecularbiological examinations into the game. Therefore she can enlighten your experiments from a different angle.
+43 125077 3162
email to Melanie Stargardt
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Quality management officer
Besides helping in tissue preparation, microsopy and image analysis, Monika is with heart and soul improving our QM-System and therefore keeping the quality of the tissue samples as well as the documentation of the samples on a very high level.
+43 1 25077 3167
email to Monika Wieser
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Head of VetCore Cell
Tanja is a biochemist with extensive experience in cell biology, molecular biology, proteomics, and flow cytometry.
She supports researchers in flow cytometry analysis and cell sorting, offering expertise in experimental design, panel development, method optimization, and implementation of new protocols.
Tanja provides guidance throughout the project, from initial planning to data analysis and interpretation.
Her support also includes cell culture techniques and BSL-2 laboratory training.
Head of VetCore Infrastructure
Martin is assisting with all questions regarding VetCores Freezer Unit and the Cell Culture Unit as well as purchasing and maintaining Vetmeds capital equipment.
Technical Assistant
Anna helps at VetCore with managing the VetCore-Booking Calendar, the VetCore Freezer Unit and the shared Cell Culture Unit, as well as processing acquisition and maintenance requests for large equipment.
Head of Imaging Unit
Martin is assisting with all questions regarding imaging. However, his core expertise is in microscopy. He is helping with the planning of experiments and discussing available methodology as well as requests for future equipment.
+43 1 25077-3165
email to Martin Glösmann
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Staff Scientist
Stephan is assisting with all questions related to microCT, 3D visualization, and quantitative analyses. He does hard- and software trainings for microCT and widefield microscopy and gives introductions to diverse imaging-related visualization and analysis software packages.
+43 1 25077 3161
email to Stephan Handschuh
Technician
Stevie is assisting with all microscopy questions. He gives trainings in widefield and confocal microscopy and is assisting in image processing. He is also helping with tissue preparation and immunohistochemistry.
+43 1 25077 3171
email to Stefan Kummer
ORC ID: 0000-0002-0746-1403
Staff Scientist
Ursula is assisting with all microscopy questions. She is supporting in life cell imaging and microscopic molecular imaging experiments. She gives trainings in widefield and confocal microscopy and is assisting in image analysis and deconvolution.