Martina Scheiber

Martina Scheiber

Graz University of Technology
Institute of Biomechanics
Stremayrgasse 16/2
8010 Graz, Austria

Phone: 0316-873-35516
Phone (overseas): ++43-316-873-35516
E-mail: martina.scheiber@tugraz.at

 

Biography

Education

10/19 – 3/23: M.Sc. at NAWI Graz, cooperation between the University of Graz and Graz University of Technology in the natural sciences (with distinction)
10/12 – 11/18: B.Sc., Molecular Biology at NAWI Graz, cooperation between the University of Graz and Graz University of Technology in the natural sciences

Professional Appointments

Since 3/26: Doctoral student, Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria
2/25 – 2/26: Research Project Associate, Division of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
7/20 – 9/23: Molecular Biologist, Medical Diagnostics Laboratory Dr. Tiran, Graz, Austria

Research Experience

10/24 – 1/25: Lab Rotation: Investigation of tumor spread in patients with colorectal carcinoma using in situ sequencing, Division of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
3/21 – 3/23: Master Thesis: "Long-read sequencing-based typing strategies for Bordetella pertussis", Diagnostic and Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
1/19 – 2/19: Internship: National Influenza Reference Laboratory of Southern Greece, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens

Awards and Honors

10/24: BioTechMed Graz Lab Rotation Fellowship for a research stay in the El-Heliebi group at the Division of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University Graz, Austria

Publications

G.E. Wagner, J. Dabernig-Heinz, M. Lipp, A. Cabal, J. Simantzik, M. Kohl, M. Scheiber, S. Lichtenegger, R. Ehricht, E. Leitner, W. Ruppitsch and I. Steinmetz [pdf]
Real-time nanopore Q20+ sequencing enables extremely fast and accurate core genome MLST typing and democratizes access to high-resolution bacterial pathogen surveillance.
RSC Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 61:e0163122, 2023.

Biographical Sketch

Martina Scheiber was born in Linz, Austria, in 1993. She studied molecular biology at NAWI Graz, a cooperation between the University of Graz and Graz University of Technology in the natural sciences, and completed her bachelor’s degree in 2018. She then spent two months at the Hellenic Pasteur Institute in Athens, Greece. Following this, Martina pursued a master's degree in biochemistry and molecular biomedicine at NAWI Graz, graduating with distinction in 2023. In her master’s thesis, supervised by Gabriel Wagner-Lichtenegger, she investigated the weaknesses and potential improvements of long-read sequencing-based typing strategies for Bordetella pertussis. After receiving a BioTechMed Lab Rotation fellowship for in situ sequencing research in El-Heliebi’s research group at the Medical University of Graz in 2024, she joined a research project on trophoblast invasion in the uterus led by Julia Fuchs (Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology) and the research group of Dagmar Brislinger (Division of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz). She is currently pursuing her PhD at the Institute of Biomechanics under the supervision of Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Theresa Rienmüller and Muammer Ücal (Medical University of Graz). Her research focuses on the effects of electrical stimulation on neuronal cells using microelectrode arrays (MEAs).