Dr. Eva Maria Brandtner

Biography

 Following receipt of her Doctorate in Natural Sciences in the areas of Biochemical Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in 2001, Dr. Brandtner served as a Postdoctoral Scientist and Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at Austrianova Biomanufacturing AG in Austria where she was involved in the development of retroviral vectors for gene therapy. In 2007, Dr. Brandtner moved to Singapore and became Project Manager for work on the cell-based therapy of liver cancer at the same company. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Brandtner was promoted to Senior Scientist at Austrianova Pte Ltd (Austrianova) where she oversaw the development of numerous projects concerned with live cell Bioencapsulation. This was followed in 2010 by her promotion to Chief Scientist at Austrianova, responsible for all encapsulation projects in medicine and biology. Most importantly, while at Austrianova, Dr. Brandtner was intimately involved in all of the preclinical work done there that included the use of live cell encapsulation in developing a treatment for insulin-dependent diabetes. Due to family commitments, in 2012 Dr. Brandtner left Singapore to return to Austria where she is currently employed as Head of the Bioencapsulation Unit at the Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment (VIVIT). Dr. Brandtner is co-inventor on two granted patents and is named on several additional patents that are in preparation. She has co-authored numerous research reports that have been published in reputable scientific journals and has presented research results at national and international scientific conferences and meetings. Dr. Brandtner is a member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), the Austrian Diabetes Association (ÖDG) and the European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT).

Research Interest

 Molecular Biology and Molecular genetics