University center of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Director // Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Jan Pruszak

The Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology of the Paracelsus Medical University (PMU) represents the anatomical teaching and research activities at the two locations Salzburg and Nuremberg as a professionally connecting structure.

This currently includes the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology in Salzburg (Director: Prof. Dr. Jan Pruszak), the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology in Nuremberg (Prof. Dr. Gundula Schulze-Tanzil) and a research program for musculoskeletal imaging (Director: Prof. Dr. Felix Eckstein).

The Institutes of Anatomy and Cell Biology are particularly dedicated to teaching and continuing medical education:

teaching anatomy in the human medicine and pharmacy degree programs at the PMU
the organization of postgraduate training courses, including surgical courses, workshops and congresses

The research activities include

various aspects of neurobiology and stem cell biology and their application in medicine
studies on the dynamic regulation of blood flow in the eye, intraocular pressure and myopia (short-sightedness)
the modulation and analysis of form-function relationships in the musculoskeletal system
Mechanisms of the development and progression of osteoarthritis and how they are influenced by anti-inflammatory mediators
the reconstruction of articular cartilage, tendons and ligaments, as well as the characterization of age-related changes in intra-articular ligaments