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Alexander Stark
Alexander Stark
Senior Group Leader Understanding transcriptional regulation
Moritz Gaidt
Moritz Gaidt
Group Leader Functional genomics of the innate immune system
Joris van der Veeken
Joris van der Veeken
Group Leader T-cell differentiation and function
David Haselbach
David Haselbach
Technology Platform Head Watching molecular machines in action
Clemens Plaschka
Clemens Plaschka
Senior Group Leader mRNA processing and regulation
Diana Pinheiro
Diana Pinheiro
Group Leader Mechanics and signalling dynamics in embryogenesis
Meinrad Busslinger
Meinrad Busslinger
Emeritus Stem cell commitment in haematopoiesis
Jan-Michael Peters
Jan-Michael Peters
Scientific Director Mitosis and chromosome biology
Johannes Zuber
Johannes Zuber
Senior Group Leader Finding and understanding cancer dependencies
Francisco Balzarotti
Francisco Balzarotti
Group Leader Advanced light microscopy and biophysics
Sven Klumpe
Sven Klumpe
Group Leader In situ structural biology and transposons
Andrea Pauli
Andrea Pauli
Senior Group Leader Fertilisation and cellular remodelling – from egg to embryo
Anna Obenauf
Anna Obenauf
Senior Group Leader Molecular mechanisms of metastasis and drug resistance
Tim Clausen
Tim Clausen
Senior Group Leader Molecular mechanisms of protein quality control

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Deneke, VE., Blaha, A., Lu, Y., Suwita, JP., Draper, JM., Phan, CS., Panser, K., Schleiffer, A., Jacob, L., Humer, T., Stejskal, K., Krssakova, G., Roitinger, E., Handler, D., Kamoshita, M., Vance, TDR., Wang, X., Surm, JM., Moran, Y., Lee, JE., Ikawa, M., Pauli, A. (2024)

A conserved fertilization complex bridges sperm and egg in vertebrates.

 Corresponding preprint Cell. 187(25):7066-7078.e22
Elewaut, A., Estivill, G., Bayerl, F., Castillon, L., Novatchkova, M., Pottendorfer, E., Hoffmann-Haas, L., Schönlein, M., Nguyen, TV., Lauss, M., Andreatta, F., Vulin, M., Krecioch, I., Bayerl, J., Pedde, AM., Fabre, N., Holstein, F., Cronin, SM., Rieser, S., Laniti, DD., Barras, D., Coukos, G., Quek, C., Bai, X., Muñoz I Ordoño, M., Wiesner, T., Zuber, J., Jönsson, G., Böttcher, JP., Vanharanta, S., Obenauf, AC. (2025)

Cancer cells impair monocyte-mediated T cell stimulation to evade immunity.

 Nature. 637(8046):716-725

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07 Mar 2025
Diana Pinheiro featured in Portuguese ‘Women in Science’ book
IMP Group Leader Diana Pinheiro is featured in a Women in Science book as part of a project by the awareness raising initiative Ciência Viva, which…
26 Feb 2025
Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship for Guilherme Bastos-Ventura
Guilherme Bastos-Ventura, postdoc in the Pinheiro lab, secured a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship which will fund his research on the…
14 Feb 2025
Anais Elewaut wins Egon Macher Award
Anais Elewaut, recent PhD graduate from Anna Obenauf’s lab at the IMP, has been honoured with the Egon Macher Award by the German dermatological…