The Symposium Dürnstein 2024  will be held on the topic of WHAT WILL WE EAT TOMORROW? Questions on the future of food from 14 to 16 March 2024 at Dürnstein Abbey / Wachau . As part of the panel discussion on the opening evening, DDr Elisabeth Fabian, resitent doctor at the Division of Internal Medicine 2 at Krems University Hospital and nutritionist, will discuss "Food security in Austria".

We have a duty to provide care – today and in the future

The Swiss-Austrian research team with the participation of the Division of Water Quality and Health at Karl Landsteiner University discovers specific microbial communities for each hot water boiler that are independent of the cold drinking water supplied. The work sheds light on an aspect of drinking water microbiology that has received little attention to date.

Denisa Cont, PhD student in the Department of Water Quality and Health (KL) and at the Centre for Biomedical Technology (UWK), was honoured with the tecnet/accent Innovation Award. 

Medical ethics: Exploring current issues in real time

"Campus_Network:Diversity*" is a cooperation initiated in 2023 by gender equality experts from the University of Continuing Education Krems, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences and IMC Krems.

Knapp 100 Schüler:innen des Piaristengymnasiums verbrachten den letzten Tag vor den Weihnachtsferien an der KL.

Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) and St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences recently signed a cooperation agreement on interprofessional education in the health and social professions. Students from several degree programmes at both universities will work together on an interdisciplinary basis. Patients in particular will benefit from even better care in the future. Around 300 students have now started their first joint course as part of the cooperation at University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten.

Late line monoclonal antibody therapy for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer appears to be effective even in the presence of mutations in a proto-oncogene. Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences is an important study partner.

Research — it’s (not) back-breaking work

Andreas Farnleitner, Head of the Division Water Quality and Health at KL Krems, is taking over the chairmanship of the new "Wastewater Monitoring" subcommittee at the "Österreichischen Wasser und Abfallwirtschaftsverband" (ÖWAV). 

Three researchers from Karl Landsteiner University were honoured with prestigious Young Researcher Awards in November 2023.