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13 Dec 2013

A Molecular Toolkit for Gene Silencing

The team of Johannes Zuber at the IMP in Vienna, Austria, managed to overcome remaining key limitations of RNA interference (RNAi) - a unique method...
09 Dec 2013

Ice-cold methods decode bacterial infection systems

Bacteria have an efficient infection mechanism. They infect their host cells using syringe-like extensions, formed in large numbers during an attack.
28 Nov 2013

Pushing the limits of Light Microscopy

A team of researchers from the IMP Vienna together with collaborators from the Vienna University of Technology established a new microscopy technique...
11 Nov 2013

VBC PhD-Awards 2013

This year’s PhD-Symposium “LIFE-TIME” traditionally ended with the announcement of the winners of the VBC PhD-Awards on November 8. These Awards are...

23 Oct 2013

A trace of memory

A team of neurobiologists led by Simon Rumpel at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna succeeded in tracking single neurons in...
03 Oct 2013

Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award 2013 for Amalie Dick

On October 3, Amalie Dick received this year’s Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award for her outstanding work on the kinetic framework of spindle assembly...
18 Sep 2013

VBC PhD Symposium, 7-8 November 2013

One of the highlights of our year is the annual PhD Symposium, organised by the students of the IMP and neighboring institutions....
09 Sep 2013

Capturing brain activity with sculpted light

Scientists at the Vienna Biocenter have found a way to overcome some of the limitations of light microscopy. Applying the new technique, they can...
26 Aug 2013

A Skeleton for Chromosomes

Jan-Michael Peters and his team at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) found that the structure of Chromosomes is supported by a kind...
17 Jul 2013

Three ERC Starting Grants for researchers at IMP

3329 proposals in the area of life sciences were handed in for ERC grants in 2013. All IMP applications were successful: three researchers will get...