Personal profile
Professional career
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
Grants and Fellowships
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
Teaching and Mentoring Experience
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
Professional Affiliations
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)
Education/Academic qualification
Biomedicine - graduated with 'Summa Cum Laude', the highest distinction, PhD, Dresden University of Technology
2009 → 2013
Environment and Natural Sciences - Biotechnology, Master, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus - Senftenberg
2006 → 2008
Environment and Natural Sciences - Biotechnology, Bachelor, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus - Senftenberg
2002 → 2006
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Biochemical phenotype of hypophosphatasia in asymptomatic individuals carrying ALPL variants
Montero-Lopez, R., Farman, M. R., Högler, F., Rehder, C., Malli, T., Webersinke, G., Rockman-Greenberg, C., Dahir, K., Martos-Moreno, G. Á., Linglart, A., Ozono, K., Seefried, L., Del Angel, G., Nading, E. B., Huggins, E., Rush, E. T., Tauer, J. T., Kishnani, P. S. & Högler, W., 01 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 41, 3, p. 259-269 11 p., zjaf124.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the impact of collagen-I genetic variants on intestinal structure and gut microbiota in mouse models of osteogenesis imperfecta
Zhang, Y. K., Iskandar, M. M., Kubow, S., Komarova, S. V. & Tauer, J. T., 06 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
The endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis network and bone disease
Farhan, H., Zahoor, M., Tauer, J. T. & Högler, W., Feb 2026, In: Trends in Molecular Medicine. 32, 2, p. 119-132 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access -
Correction: Planar cell polarity zebrafish models of congenital scoliosis reveal underlying defects in notochord morphogenesis
Wang, M., Zhao, S., Shi, C., Guyot, M.-C., Liao, M., Tauer, J. T., Willie, B. M., Cobetto, N., Aubin, C.-É., Küster-Schöck, E., Drapeau, P., Zhang, J., Wu, N. & Kibar, Z., 01 Feb 2025, In: Development (Cambridge, England). 152, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The ALPL gene variant project: results of the first 100 reclassified variants
Farman, M. R., Malli, T., Rehder, C., Webersinke, G., Rockman-Greenberg, C., Dahir, K., Martos-Moreno, G. Á., Linglart, A., Ozono, K., Seefried, L., Del Angel, G., Barbazza, F., Shojaei, S., Ebner-Jahn, J., Högler, F., Nading, E. B., Huggins, E., Rush, E. T., El-Gazzar, A. & Tauer, J. T. & 2 others, , Jun 2025, In: JBMR plus. 9, 6, 11 p., ziaf044.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
- 1 Active
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Mechano-adaptation in Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Willie, B. M. (PI), Tauer, J. T. (Co-PI), Mikolajewicz, N. (Co-PI), Hong, H. (Co-PI), Weinkamer, R. (Co-PI) & Rauch, F. (Co-PI)
01.01.2022 → 31.12.2026
Project: Funded research › Other sponsors
Activities
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Translational Strategies to Accelerate Bone Regeneration in Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Tauer, J. T. (Speaker)
23 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › science-to-science
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International Conference on Osteogenesis Imperfecta (ICOI 2025)
Tauer, J. T. (Participant)
29 Oct 2025 → 31 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Presentation: Intestinal Phenotype and Microbiota in Mouse Models of Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Tauer, J. T. (Speaker)
29 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › science-to-science
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International Society for Children’s Bone Health (ISCBH)
Tauer, J. T. (Participant)
28 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Cellular Reprogramming (Journal or book series)
Tauer, J. T. (Reviewer)
29 Jul 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review