Karl Landsteiner Gesellschaft

Founded in 2004, Karl Landsteiner Gesellschaft is a non-profit association based in St. Pölten, Austria working on medical research, health, science & research.

The Karl Landsteiner Gesellschaft is a non-profit association in Austria that promotes medical and scientific research. It brings together a network of independent research institutes covering almost the full range of medicine, most of them based in eastern Austria and led by recognised clinicians and researchers. The association aims to create new knowledge, support professional exchange and contribute to better healthcare, including through multicentre national and international studies, knowledge transfer between specialties, and events that link science with health policy. It is named after Austrian physician and Nobel laureate Karl Landsteiner, who discovered the ABO blood groups. Founded in 2004, it describes itself as the largest non-university medical research institution in Austria.