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Rudolf Valenta is among the most highly ranked Immunologists of the world
According to the current international word ranking of scientists for the year 2025
(https://research.com/u/rudolf-valenta), Rudolf Valenta is among the top Immunologists of the world. He served as congress president of the 19th International Congress of Immunology held in Vienna from August 17-22, 2025.
Asthma Chip Reveals Treatable Subtype in 70% of Patients
A study by KL Krems and MedUni Vienna identifies a majority of asthma cases as allergic and opens access to effective, affordable immunotherapy.
A simple blood test could make asthma treatment more precise, more effective – and potentially more affordable. Researchers from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) and the Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Vienna) have developed a molecular allergy chip that detects allergic asthma in individual patients. Applied to samples from the large-scale LEAD cohort, the test showed that more than 70% of participants with asthma had sensitization to specific airborne allergens. For these patients, a proven, targeted therapy already exists: allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT). The findings pave the way for more personalized treatment strategies, allowing physicians to go beyond symptom control and offer a disease-modifying option.
Original publication: https://kris.kl.ac.at/de/publications/molecular-ige-sensitization-profiling-with-micro-arrayed-allergen
Top positions for Prof Rudolf Valenta in the immunology ranking
Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, has just released their 2025 Edition of Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Immunology.
Rudolf Valenta, speaker of the Danube Allergy Research Cluster (DARC), has been ranked # 189 in the world ranking:
https://research.com/scientists-rankings/immunology
and # 2 in the Austrian ranking:
https://research.com/scientists-rankings/immunology/at
Compelling reasons to attend IUIS 2025
It is our pleasure to share with you the pre-congress teaser video for the IUIS 2025.
Attending IUIS 2025 will be a great and valuable experience for you - the members of the Steering Committee Team offer compelling reasons:
Vienna ImmunoLectures (VIL)
We would like to draw your attention to the Vienna ImmunoLectures (VIL), a series of lectures that take place as a "hybrid meeting", approximately once a month:
IUIS 2025
17 - 22 August 2025, Vienna
We would like to draw your attention to the 19th IUIS Congress 2025, which will take place in Vienna from August 17-22.
The congress is of special interest for all DARC members and all with similar scientific interests.
Numerous international scientists will share their expert knowledge. The congress will offer the opportunity to interact with these experts and other participants of the congress.
DARC members attend IMMUNOCON - 2024 in Bengaluru
Members of the the Danube Allergy Research Cluster, Ursula Wiedermann, Nishelle Dsouza (PhD student in DARC) and Rudolf Valenta attended the fifty first annual meeting of the Indian Immunology Society (IMMUNOCON-2024) held from 17th to 20th October, 2024 at J.N. Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bengaluru. They represented the Danube Allergy Research and invited their colleagues from India to the 19th International Congress of Immunology to be held in Vienna from August 17-22, 2025 (https://iuis2025.org/). IMMUNOCON-2024 was attended by more than 700 delegates from India and distinguished international speakers.
Rudolf Valenta, allergologist at MedUni Vienna and programme manager of the Danube Allergy Research Cluster (Danube ARC) at the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems), was honoured by the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine with the prestigious prize for biochemical analysis. The prize recognises outstanding scientific achievements in the field of biochemical and molecular analysis.
DARC students meet USERN students
A symposium was held at the Medical University of Vienna on Monday, June 2, 2024 under the heading 'DARC students meet USERN students'. In addition to the PhD students of the Danube Allergy Research Cluster, numerous doctors and students from Iran also participated. They had traveled to Austria as part of the USERN network (Universal Scientific Education and Research Network) together with Professor Nima Rezaei from the Immunodeficiency Research Center of the Medical University of Tehran. Poster presentations and short lectures on immunology and allergology were held as part of the event. Professor Rezaei also contributed a keynote lecture on the topic of "Approach to Patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity with Allergy and Atopic Manifestations'. In addition to the professional exchange, the participants were able to network afterwards during dinner at the “Altes AKH”.
The event was perceived by the representatives of both networks as a valuable contribution to scientific exchange.
The Danube ARC is funded by the state of Lower Austria.
Prof. Rudolf Valenta ranked as number 1 of the still active Immunologists in Austria
Prof. Rudolf Valenta, speaker of the Danube Allergy Research Cluster is ranked as number 1 of the still active Immunologists in Austria and number 173 of all Immunologists world-wide.
Links:
The full world ranking is available here: research.com/scientists-rankings/immunology
The full ranking for Austria is available here: research.com/scientists-rankings/immunology/at
Dr. Huey-Jy Huang was awarded the prestigious Johann Wilhelm Ritter von Mannagetta 2022
On 17. April 2024, Dr. Huey-Jy Huang was awarded the prestigious Johann Wilhelm Ritter von Mannagetta 2022 of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) (https://stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/preise/naturwissenschaften/johann-wilhelm-ritter-von-mannagetta-foerderpreis-fuer-medizin) for her publication “IgE recognition of the house dust mite allergen Der p 37 is associated with asthma” (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2022,149(3):1031-1043).
House dust mites (HDMs) are one of the most significant triggers of allergies worldwide, affecting approximately 65–130 million people worldwide. HDM allergy is an IgE-mediated type 1 hypersensitivity reaction to dust mite allergens, causing allergic symptoms such as rhinitis, asthma, and atopic dermatitis. Component-resolved diagnosis (CRD) involves testing for IgE sensitizations to allergen molecules, allowing for an understanding of the association between sensitization to certain allergen molecules and disease. CRD provides useful information for the treatment of patients suffering from HDM allergy and the prevention of disease progression.
In this study, a new house dust mite allergen, Der p 37, was identified from a HDM expression cDNA library immune-screened with a serum IgE of HDM-allergic patients. Der p 37 exhibits homology to chitin-binding proteins and is primarily present in the fecal pellets of HDMs, making it inhalable by the allergic patients. Recombinant Der p 37 (rDer p 37), expressed in E. coli with a molecular mass of 26.49 kDa. Approximately one-third of individuals allergic to HDMs have IgE antibodies specific to rDer p 37. rDer p 37 could induced basophil activation and CD4+ T cell proliferation, indicating its allergenic activity. HDM-allergic patients sensitized to Der p 37 reacted to a greater number of HDM allergens compared to patients not allergic to Der p 37. Importantly, patients with asthma showed a significantly higher frequency of IgE reactivity to this allergen than patients without asthma. Der p 37 may serve as a surrogate marker for severe HDM sensitization and asthma.
Dr. Huey-Jy Huang completed her doctoral studies in the Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Allergology (MCCA) PhD program at the Medical University of Vienna in 2019. From 2019 to 2022, Huey-Jy Huang held a postdoctoral position at the Institute for Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology at the Medical University of Vienna. Since 2023, she has been working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Karl Landsteiner University Krems as part of the Danube Allergy Research Cluster (https://www.kl.ac.at/en/research/danube-allergy-research-cluster-towards-cure-allergy), a research program which is funded by the Country of Lower Austria.
Von 21. bis 25. August 2023 ging der Event FIT4YOUniversity über die Bühne und die Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften war als Projektpartnerin der IMC FH wieder dabei! Auch an der KL hatten die jungen Teilnehmer:innen zwischen 14 und 19 Jahren die Möglichkeit, im Rahmen von interaktiven Workshops Hochschulluft zu schnuppern, dabei Wissenschaft und Forschung hautnah mitzuerleben und in verschiedene medizinische und psychologische Themengebiete einzutauchen.
„Schnupfen oder Allergie – was Asthma tatsächlich auslöst" wurde im Workshop des Danube ARC (Danube Allergy Research Cluster) am 24. August untersucht.
