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14 Apr 2011

Study suggests that successful blueprints are recycled by evolution

A study by researchers in Austria and the US finds evidence that the different cell types that make up organs have arisen only once during the course...
04 Mar 2011

The weaponry of salmonellae

Bacteria like salmonellae infect their host cells by needle-shaped extensions which they create in large numbers during an attack....
09 Feb 2011

The love song of a fly

Neurobiologists at Vienna’s Research Institute of Molecular Pathology use the mating ritual of the fruit fly to study how the nervous system...
25 Nov 2010

Sister glue makes sex successful – how sets of genes stick together

A glue made of protein which sticks our packages of genes together may hold the secret of successful sex, say scientists today....
18 Nov 2010

Vienna Biocenter PhD Symposium "Origin of Life"

Over the last years, the Vienna Biocenter PhD Symposium has established itself as an exciting meeting platform for students and senior scientists from...
27 Oct 2010

Tim Clausen appointed EMBO Member

IMP Senior Scientist Tim Clausen is among the 63 life scientists who have been recognized for their outstanding research contributions by the European...
06 Oct 2010

"Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award 2010" for Martin Häsemeyer

Martin Häsemeyer has been a Doctoral Student in Barry Dickson’s group since 2006 and obtained his PhD in May of this year. He receives the award for...

28 Sep 2010

Brain cartography - the fly mating dance neurons mapped

Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), in Vienna, Austria, and the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Cambridge, United...
07 Sep 2010

VBC Summer School - Symposium and Awards

On September 3, 2010, the first VBC Summer School culminated in a scientific mini-symposium held at the IMP. ...
25 May 2010

IMP Symposium "Seeing more: Emerging Technologies in Microscopy"

Emerging new technologies have the power to transform the nature of biological and biomedical research. One of the most exciting technical...