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 15 Sep 2022

Cancer research: key function of important leukaemia gene demystified

The oncogene EVI1 causes an aggressive type of leukaemia, but its exact function has been a mystery. A research team led by scientists from Vienna now...
15 Sep 2022

A matter of time: scientists uncover secret behind lymphoma-associated mutations

The chromosomes in our B cells mutate and delete DNA fragments to diversify the sequences that encode antibodies. Occasionally, these rearrangements...
14 Sep 2022

This way please – how a signalling molecule guides embryonic cells in early development

From the beginning of an embryo’s development, its cells must move and organise as they differentiate into specific cell types. How do they “know”...
13 Sep 2022

Richard Flavell to give Max Birnstiel Lecture

For the next Max Birnstiel Lecture, the IMP will welcome the immunobiologist Richard Flavell of the Yale University School of Medicine....
12 Sep 2022

Scientists visualise the final touch to ribosome maturation

Dividing cells are in constant need of ribosomes, the molecular machines that help them produce proteins. The steps of ribosome building and...
08 Sep 2022

Breaking down proteins: How starving cancer cells switch food sources

Cancer cells often grow in environments that are low in nutrients, and they cope with this by switching to using proteins as alternative ...
01 Sep 2022

An atlas of the salamander brain and its regenerative abilities

An international team of scientists has mapped out all cell types in the salamander forebrain. In a colossal effort, they created an atlas of the...
30 Aug 2022

Conversing with the past: how evolution shaped the human mind

A team of researchers in Vienna have reconstructed the evolutionary history of human brain functions. They combined genetic and brain network data to...
10 Aug 2022

Transcription factor PAX5 linked to antibody deficiency and brain development

An international team of scientists has discovered a functional link between the transcription factor PAX5 and both B-cell and brain development in...
27 Jul 2022

AAAS Wachtel Cancer Research Award 2022 for Anna Obenauf

Anna Obenauf’s ground-breaking research in metastasis and the emergence of drug resistance in cancer was recognised with the AAAS Martin and Rose...