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18 Jan 2016

Important Regulator of Immune System Decoded

Plasma cells play a key role in our immune system. Now scientists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, Austria, and at...
10 Dec 2015

Memory loss enables the production of stem cells

Scientists in Vienna and Harvard discover a molecular key to boost reprogramming of adult cells into stem cells....
03 Dec 2015

Genes for “Michelin Tire Baby” Syndrome found

Scientists from the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, Austria, and the University of Leuven in Belgium report the discovery...
24 Nov 2015

Nobel Laureate Randy Schekman to give Max Birnstiel Lecture at the IMP

The IMP cordially invites you to attend the talk “Biogenesis and function of the autophagosome membrane” by Randy Schekman, University of California,...
10 Nov 2015

Harris Kaplan receives first Mattias Lauwers Award

At the end of the 13th VBC PhD-Symposium “Communication”, the first "Mattias Lauwers Award” was presented to Harris Kaplan, a doctoral student in...
09 Nov 2015

Study in Nature: functional characterization of transcription factors and cofactors

In a study published online in Nature this week, the team of Alexander Stark at the IMP was able to assess the potential regulatory contributions of...
05 Nov 2015

PhD - Symposium "Communication"

The 13th International PhD-Symposium of the Vienna Biocenter (VBC) elucidates diverse aspects of communication. The event takes place at the IMP on...
15 Oct 2015

Vienna neuroscientists decode the brain activity of the worm

Manuel Zimmer and his team present new findings on the brain activity of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. The scientists were able to show that...
07 Oct 2015

Grzegorz Sienski receives “Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award” 2015

This year’s “Kirsten Peter Rabitsch” Award was presented to Grzegorz Sienski, a former PhD student in the Brennecke lab at IMBA. His work focuses on...
02 Oct 2015

IMP mourns the death of Gottfried Schatz

We are deeply saddened that our friend, mentor and peer Gottfried “Jeff” Schatz has passed away. He died on October first in Basel, where he had spent...