Josephine T. Tauer

Feb. 2025 - present
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
JKU Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Group leader of Rare Disease

2024 - 2025
Laboratory Manager in the Department of Endocrinology

2022 - 2023
Postdoctoral Research Associate
McGill University
Pediatric Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Kanada

2017 - 2022
Postdoctoral Research Associate
McGill University
Dentistry, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Kanada

2015 - 2017
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
McGill University
Dentistry, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Kanada

2013 - 2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Dresden, Germany

2009 - 2013
Doctoral Study / Research Assistant
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Dresden, Germany

2008 - 2009
Research Assistant
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus
Environment and Natural Sciences - Biotechnology, Senftenberg, Germany

2022 - 2024
Co-Investigator on a Developmental Research Grant at Shriners Hospital for Children, 200.000 CAD. Project: Diet-induced metabolic adaptation in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

2022 - 2024
Study manager on a Developmental Research Grant at Shriners Hospital for Children, 200.000 CAD. Project: Osteocyte mechano-adaptation in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

2021 - 2022
Leadership Academy Fellowship, German Scholars Organization, 5.000 EUR

2019 - 2021
Clinical Study Coordinator and Laboratory Manager of a Clinical Research Grant at Shriners Hospital for Children, 712.140 CAD
Project: Multidisciplinary approaches for bone regeneration using cell therapies and biomaterials

2017 - 2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellow on a Research grant at Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), 710.672 CAD
Project: Osteocalcin-driven metabolic changes in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

2011 - 2016
Ghostwriter, PhD student of a Research grant at German Research Foundation (DFG), 300.000 €
Project: Influence of tyrosine kinase inhibitors on the growing skeletal system

2023
Co-Lecturer, Bone Mechanobiology (# 688), Dentistry Program, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

2021 - 2022
Co-Lecturer, Cell and Tissue Engineering (# 505), Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Program (BBME), McGill University, Montreal, Canada

2021 - 2023
Mentoring, 2 Master students, Teaching laboratory techniques and overseeing laboratory work, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Canada

2019 - 2021
Mentoring, 1 Postdoc, Supervision of laboratory work, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Canada

2019 - 2020
Mentoring, 3 Summer students, Structuring, planning, oversee laboratory work; teaching basic laboratory techniques, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Canada

2019
Mentoring, 1 Master student, Teaching laboratory techniques and overseeing laboratory work, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Canada

2013 - 2015
Mentoring/Project manager, Structuring, planning, oversee laboratory work; teaching laboratory techniques, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus - Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Dresden, Germany

2007 - 2008
Course manager advanced practical biochemistry training course, ”Ex vivo post-translational modification of proteins“, Brandenburg University of Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences Biotechnology, Senftenberg, Germany

2007 - 2008
Course manager, Biochemistry training course, Brandenburg University of Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences Biotechnology, Senftenberg, Germany

2007 - 2008
Tutor for Biochemistry, Brandenburg University of Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences Biotechnology, Senftenberg, Germany

2007 - 2008
Tutor for Microbiology, Brandenburg University of Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences Biotechnology, Senftenberg, Germany

2004 - 2005
Lecturer Assistant, Biochemistry training course, Brandenburg University of Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences Biotechnology, Senftenberg, Germany

American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
International Society for Children Bone Health (ISCBH)
Canadian Connective Tissue Society (CCTS)
European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS)