Oroboros Science Scholarship

OROBOROS Science Scholarship

OROBOROS Science Scholarships are offered for focussed research projects on high-resolution respirometry, joinint the O2k-Team for a period of typically 3 months, extending international cooperations in the Mitochondrial Physiology Network with young and experienced scientists.

We can share our experience and capacity for high throughput in high-resolution respirometry (with up to six Oxygraph-2k or 12 chambers operated in parallel) with investigators from your group. A collaborator of your team (PhD student, postdoc, ..) may join us for a defined collaborative project with the Mitochondrial Physiology group of E. Gnaiger at the MitoCom Tyrol Laboratory, Medical University of Innsbruck and OROBOROS INSTRUMENTS. This project will provide a detailed introduction into

• the technical details of high-resolution respirometry, preferentially after participation in an introductory O2k-Workshop on high-resolution respirometry),
• preparation of permeabilized tissue (in particular muscle fibers), tissue homogenates or permeabilized cells for OXPOHS analysis,
• the conceptual basis of OXPHOS analysis with respiratory substrate-uncoupler-inhibitor titration (SUIT) protocols when working with isolated mitochondria, permeabilized cells or tissues.

How to apply

• Contact Erich Gnaiger and Verena Laner.

To initiate such a project, we would define the project with a realistic time plan for the experimental work, fitting into the research interests of the collaborative teams. OROBOROS INSTRUMENTS provides accomodation in Innsbruck.