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Current news and developments from the IMP. For frequent updates, also consider following us on our social media channels, such as Twitter ("X") or LinkedIn. 

 17 Mar 2022

ERC Consolidator Grant for Andrea Pauli to study fertilisation

Fertilisation marks the beginning of life of any sexually reproducing organism. However, the molecular machinery and biophysical mechanisms underlying...
16 Mar 2022

Support for Ukraine

The IMP has condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Due to this war, Europe is experiencing the fastest growing refugee crisis since the Second World...
14 Mar 2022

Krios G4: IMP enters next level of cryo-Electron Microscopy

With a keynote lecture by cryo-electron microscopy pioneer and Nobel laureate Richard Henderson, the IMP marked the installation of a Krios G4...
01 Mar 2022

Richard Henderson to give Max Birnstiel Lecture

The cryo-electron microscopy pioneer and Nobel laureate Richard Henderson of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, UK) will give a...
14 Feb 2022

Moritz Gaidt to study innate immunology at IMP

Moritz Gaidt, previously a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California in Berkeley, has joined the IMP as a group leader. The Gaidt Lab...
09 Feb 2022

Anna Obenauf’s work among 10 most impactful cancer publications

Every year, the European Association for Cancer Research screens the best studies in cancer research and selects the 10 most impactful publications of...
07 Feb 2022

ERC Proof of Concept Grant for Jan-Michael Peters

Cells of several types of cancer carry a mutation in one of the subunits of cohesin, a protein complex required for chromosome segregation and for the...
04 Feb 2022

Stay positive – how the brain incites mice to react positively to both fear and reward

Neuroscientists used to think that positive and negative emotional states were processed in distinct areas of the brain. Mounting evidence from the...
01 Feb 2022

Curb your enthusiasm: neuroscientists find key to self-control

Scientists characterised brain functions that are key to reining in impulsive behaviours. Studying mice...
27 Jan 2022

Of inclusive science and exceptional mentoring: science communication award for Victoria Deneke

In 2020, the Society for Developmental Biology launched their Trainee Science Communication Award to recognise the outreach and mentoring efforts of...