Martin Pichler MD

Professor Martin Pichler, MD, MSc, received his MD at the Medical University of Graz, and his Master's degree in Molecular Biology at the Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria. Dr. Pichler continued his cancer research training in the laboratory of Professor Gerald Hoefler and Professor Kurt Zatloukal, both Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Austria, and in the lab of Professor George Adrian Calin at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA. Finally, Dr. Pichler became a board-certified specialist in Internal Medicine, at the Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz in Austria.

Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Division of Oncology, at the Medical University of Graz, and the Head of the Research Unit for non-coding RNA and genome editing at the Medical University of Graz. He also holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. Professor Pichler authored more than 135 peer-reviewed scientific articles and has received several awards and fellowships. The main focus in his lab in Austria is the characterization of non-coding RNAs in cancer and their usefulness as novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in cancer patients.