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 26 Jun 2018

“Happiness hormone” controls fear memories

A team of neurobiologists, led by scientists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, has identified a novel neuronal circuit...
20 Jun 2018

Paralyzing fear: researchers characterise neural circuits that underlie passive coping

IMP scientists have characterised a mechanism that reprograms specific neural circuits so that mice respond to stress with passive behaviour. The...
18 Jun 2018

13th Microsymposium on Small RNAs

Today sees the start of the 13th Microsymposium on Small RNAs at the Vienna BioCenter. The three-day event is jointly organized by group leaders of...
30 May 2018

Klaus Rajewsky to give Max Birnstiel Lecture

Immunologist Klaus Rajewsky's talk 'Self-reactivity and lineage determination of antibody forming cells' will be given in the IMP Lecture Hall on 6...
22 May 2018

Andrea Pauli awarded fellowship from Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole

The IMP’s Andrea Pauli is one of 28 scientists from around the world who have been named 2018 Whitman Center Fellows by the Marine Biological...
17 May 2018

Austin Smith to give Max Birnstiel Lecture

Cambridge Stem Cell Institute scientist Austin Smith's talk "The Design of Pluripotency: Plasticity and Order" will be given on 23 May at the...
16 May 2018

EMBO Young Investigator Meeting 2018 at the Vienna BioCenter

Today, 70 Young Investigators of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) have convened at the IMP lecture hall for their 18th annual...
14 May 2018

IMP Group Leader Manuel Zimmer elected EMBO member

The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) announced today that 62 distinguished scientists were newly elected to its membership, including...
03 May 2018

IMP experts explain current trends in cancer research to a lay audience

Cancer research and therapy is undergoing very rapid changes, driven by scientific discovery. Most recent trends are often hard to follow for...
27 Apr 2018

The elusive magnetic sense and why worms may be of no help

Magnetoreception, a 'sixth sense' for the detection of magnetic fields, has long been investigated in animals such as birds. A 2015 paper sparked hope...