Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

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Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Wilhelm Pinsker

Position: volunteer

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Education

2.1.1997 Associate professor at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Medicine
22.02.1988 Habilitation (Genetics) at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Medicine
28.11.1984 Habilitation (Genetics) at the University of Tübingen (Germany), Faculty of Biology
8.11.1973 Ph.D. graduation (Zoology) at the University of Vienna

Professional history

since 1998 voluntary collaborator in the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Museum of Natural History, Vienna
1.12.03 Retirement
1987-2003 Institute of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Vienna
1974-1986 Institute of Biology II, Department of Population genetics, University of Tübingen (Germany)
1971-1974 Institute of General Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Vienna

Academic teaching

1987-2003 University of Vienna, Faculty of science (population and evolutionary genetics, developmental genetics, cytogenetics, molecular evolution)
1987-2004 University of Vienna, Faculty of Medicine (general biology, genetics, molecular biology of the cell)
1983-1988 University of Salzburg, Faculty of Science (population genetics)
1974-1986 University of Tübingen (biology for medical students, population genetics)
1972-1974 University of Vienna, Faculty of Medicine (introduction to genetics)

Supervision of habilitations

University of Vienna: S. Hagemann (1999), R. Samuel (1999), E. Haring (2005)
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences: M. Preleuthner (2003)

Selection since 1998

Cadahía L., Pinsker W., Negro J.J., Pavlicev M., Urios V., Haring E. (2009) Repeated sequence homogenization between the control and pseudo-control regions in the mitochondrial genomes of the subfamily Aquilinae.- J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.). 312B(3), 171-85.

Kruckenhauser L., Bryant A.A., Griffin S.C., Amish S.J., Pinsker W. (2009) Patterns of within and between-colony microsatellite variation in the endangered Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis): implications for conservation.- Conserv. Genet. 10(6), 1759-1772.

Podnar M., Pinsker W., Mayer W. (2009) Three complete mitochondrial genomes of lacertid lizards and the systematic position of the Lacertidae (Squamata).- J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 47(1), 35-41. [PDF]

Maghuly F., Burg K., Nittinger F., Pinsker W., Praznik W., Fluch S. (2008) Development of mitochondrial markers for population genetics of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.].- Silvae Genetica 57, 41-44.

Maghuly F., Nittinger F., Pinsker W., Praznik W., Fluch S. (2007) Differentiation among Austrian populations of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] assayed by mitochondrial DNA markers.- Tree Genetics & Genomes 3, 199-206.

Nittinger F., Gamauf A., Pinsker W., Wink M., Haring E. (2007) Phylogeography and population structure of the saker falcon (Falco cherrug) and the influence of hybridization: mitochondrial and microsatellite data.- Mol. Ecol. 16: 1497-1517.

Podnar M., Haring E., Pinsker W., Mayer W. (2007) Unusual origin of a nuclear pseudogene in the Italian Wall lizard: Intergenomic and interspecific transfer of a large section of the mitochondrial genome in the genus Podarcis (Lacertidae).- J. Mol. Evol. 64, 308-320.

Nittinger F., Haring E., Pinsker W., Gamauf A. (2006) Are escaped hybrid falcons a threat to the Pannonian population of the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)-- In: Gamauf A., Berg H.-M. (eds): Greifvögel und Eulen: aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse aus Österreich.- Verlag Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, pp 21-26.

Maghuly F., Pinsker W., Praznik W., Fluch S. (2006) Genetic diversity in managed subpopulations of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.].- For. Ecol. Mgmt. 222, 266-271.

Nittinger F., Haring E., Pinsker W., Wink M., Gamauf A. (2005) Out of Africa: phylogenetic relationships between Falco biarmicus and the other Hierofalcons (Aves: Falconidae).- J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 43, 321-331.

Ebner K., Pinsker W., Lion T. (2005) Comparative sequence analysis of the hexon gene in the entire spectrum of human adenovirus serotypes: phylogenetic, taxonomic and clinical implications.- J. Virol. 79, 12635-12642.

Lopandic K., Molnar O., Suzuki M., Pinsker W., Prillinger H. (2005) Estimation of phylogenetic relationships within the Ascomycota on the basis of 18S rDNA sequences and chemotaxonomy.- Mycological Progress 4, 205-214.

Kryukov A., Iwasa M.A., Kakizawa R., Suzuki H., Pinsker W., Haring E. (2004) Synchronic east-west divergence in azure-winged magpies (Cyanopica cyanus) and magpies (Pica pica).- J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 42, 342-351.

Kruckenhauser L., Haring E., Pinsker W., Riesing M.J., Winkler H., Wink M., Gamauf A. (2004) Genetic versus morphological differentiation of Old World Buzzards (genus Buteo, Accipitridae).- Zool. Scripta 33, 197-211.

Kruckenhauser L., Pinsker W. (2004) Microsatellite variation in autochthonous and introduced populations of the Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) along a European west-east transect.- J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 42, 19-26.

Bacigálová K, Lopandic K, Rodrigues M.G., Fonseca A., Herzberg M., Pinsker W., Prillinger H. (2003) Phenotypic and genotypic identification and phylogenetic characterisation of Taphrina fungi on alder.- Mycol. Progress 2, 179-196.

Hagemann S., Pinsker W., Miller W.J. (2003) Evolution des Menschen und seiner Krankheiten.- In: Wittmann K.J. (ed): MCW Block 6: Der Mensch in Umwelt, Familie und Gesellschaft.- Facultas Universitätsverlag, Wien, pp 169-184.

Tremetsberger K., König C., Samuel R., Pinsker W., Stuessy T. (2002) Infraspecific genetic variation in Biscutella laevigata: new focus on Irene Manton´s theory.- Pl. Syst. Evol. 233, 163-181.

Hagemann S., Pinsker W. (2001) Drosophila P transposons in the human genome.- Mol. Biol. Evol. 18, 1979-1982.

Haring E., Kruckenhauser L., Gamauf A., Riesing M.J., Pinsker W. (2001) The complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Buteo buteo (Aves, Accipitridae) indicates an early split in the phylogeny of raptors.- Mol. Biol. Evol. 18, 1892-1904.

Pinsker W., Haring E., Hagemann S., Miller W.J. (2001) The evolutionary life history of P transposons: From horizontal invaders to domesticated neogenes.- Chromosoma 110, 148-158.

Haring E., Hagemann S., Pinsker W. (2000) Ancient and recent horizontal invasions of drosophilids by P elements.- J. Mol. Evol. 51, 577-586.

Kruckenhauser L., Haring E., Pinsker W. (1999) Microsatellite variation in two species of the genus Marmota (Rodentia, Sciuridae).- Folia Zool. 48 (Suppl. I), 29-36.

Haring E., Riesing M. J., Pinsker W., Gamauf A. (1999): Evolution of a pseudo-control region in the mitochondrial genome of Palearctic Buzzards (genus Buteo).- J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 37: 185-194.

Kruckenhauser L., Haring E., Arnold W., Pinsker W. (1999) Die Phylogenie der Gattung Marmota (Rodentia, Sciuridae): Ein Stammbaum auf der Basis von DNA-Sequenzdaten.- Stapfia 63, 169-176.

Kruckenhauser L., Pinsker W., Bryant A.A. (1999) Die Murmeltiere auf Vancouver Island (Marmota vancouverensis, Rodentia, Sciuridae): Bedrohung einer seltenen Art durch Habitatverlust und genetische Verarmung.- Stapfia 63, 159-168.

Kruckenhauser L., Preleuthner M., Herrero J., Pinsker W. (1999) Genetische Differenzierung der Populationen des Alpenmurmeltieres Marmota marmota (Rodentia, Sciuridae): Untersuchungen mittels DNA-Fingerprinting und Mikrosatellitenanalyse.- Stapfia 63, 149-158.

Preleuthner M., Pinsker W. (1999) Genetische Verarmung des Alpenmurmeltieres (Marmota marmota, Rodentia, Sciuridae) in Österreich: Befunde aus Isoenzymanalysen.- Stapfia 63, 129-138.

Kruckenhauser L., Pinsker W., Haring E., Arnold W. (1999) Marmot phylogeny revisited: molecular evidence for a diphyletic origin of sociality.- J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 37, 49-56.

Gamauf A., Preleuthner M., Pinsker W. (1998) Distribution and field identification of Philippine birds of prey. I. Philippine Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus philippensis) and Changeable Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus).- Forktail 14, 1-11.

Haring E., Hagemann S., Lankinen P., Pinsker W. (1998) The phylogenetic position of Drosophila eskoi deduced from P element and Adh sequence data.- Hereditas 128, 235-244.

Haring E., Hagemann S., Pinsker W. (1998) Transcription and splicing patterns of M- and O-type P elements in D. bifasciata, D. helvetica, and S. pallida.- J. Mol. Evol. 46, 542-551.

Hagemann S., Miller W.J., Haring E., Pinsker W. (1998) Nested insertions of short mobile sequences in Drosophila P elements.- Chromosoma 107, 6-16.

Hagemann S., Haring E., Pinsker W. (1998): Horizontal transmission vs. vertical inheritance of P elements in Drosophila and Scaptomyza: Has the M-type subfamily spread from East Asia.- J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 36: 75-83.