Birgit Lohberger is a Research Professor, Senior Scientist, and head of the research unit of the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Medical University of Graz, Austria. Since 2014 she has owned the venia docendi for the subject “Theoretical-Experimental Orthopaedics”. Furthermore, she has been the chair of the Doctoral Schools “Bone, Muscle and Joint” since 2017 and “Musculoskeletal System & Oral Health“ since 2024. She received her MSc and PhD degrees from the Medical University of Graz. Her fields of research are malignant bone tumors like chondrosarcoma and chordoma, with attention to the basic cellular and molecular biological processes after treatment with chemotherapy or radiotherapy with particle irradiation, projects that are carried out in collaboration with the Austrian Ion Therapy and Research Center MedAustron. Since 2019, the research group headed by Birgit Lohberger has been an official partner institute of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation. Mechanical stimulation of human primary chondrocytes and modulation of signal transduction cascades in a cellular osteoarthritis model are key topics within this cooperation.