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 20 Nov 2024

Mapping the genome’s off-switches

Alexander Stark’s lab at the IMP identified hundreds of silencers in the fruit fly genome, using their newly developed method 'silencer-seq'. Their...
08 Nov 2024

Vienna BioCenter PhD Awards 2024

Recent graduates Filip Nemcko (Stark Lab) and Julian Ehrmann (Clausen lab) were among the 2024 laureates of the Vienna BioCenter PhD awards....
29 Oct 2024

Two IMP Postdocs join ESPRIT Program

Victoria Deneke (Pauli lab) and Matthias Vorländer (Plaschka lab) will take part in the Austrian Science Fund’s (FWF) ESPRIT Program. The programme...
17 Oct 2024

Beginning of life: molecular "lock-and-key" of fertilisation found

Scientists around Andrea Pauli combined Artificial Intelligence-driven structural predictions with direct experimental evidence to reveal the...
17 Oct 2024

Anna Obenauf joins ADAPTMET to train the next generation of metastasis scientists

The IMP joins the EU-funded project ADAPTMET with eleven prestigious European institutes to train 15 young scientists in metastasis research over four...
04 Oct 2024

Teamwork makes the gene work: how enhancers collaborate to control gene expression

Enhancers play a crucial role in controlling gene expression. These genomic DNA elements interact with transcription factors and can work...
02 Oct 2024

Rabitsch Award 2024 for Belén Pacheco-Fiallos

Belén Pacheco-Fiallos, recent PhD graduate from Clemens Plaschka’s lab, has received the 2024 Rabitsch Award in recognition of her pioneering doctoral...
26 Sep 2024

Cancer research building named after Angelika Amon

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV opened its new cancer research building yesterday. The modern facility for 150 scientists was named after the late Angelika...
23 Sep 2024

Six laureates selected for International Birnstiel Award 2024

For the sixth time since 2019, this year’s six laureates of the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences were...
18 Sep 2024

IMP welcomes new research institute for AI and biomedicine at Vienna BioCenter

The IMP welcomes an exciting addition to the Vienna BioCenter: a new research institute that will apply artificial intelligence to biomedical...