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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

10 May 2010

How the brain decides what to eat

Having a balanced diet is a vital concern to all living organisms, not only humans. Animals choose between different food sources according to their...
31 Mar 2010

Joining forces to unveil cell division

Eleven European research teams and companies, coordinated by the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, studied the genetic basis...
10 Mar 2010

Fruit Flies – A Model for Bodybuilders

IMP scientists and colleagues from the MPI of Biochemistry, Martinsried, have succeeded in identifying all genes of the fruit fly Drosophila that play...
18 Dec 2009

AAAS Fellowship for Barry Dickson

IMP Director Barry Dickson has been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow for his contributions to neurobiology and behavioral genetics, particularly...

16 Dec 2009

VBC Launches Summer School for Undergraduates

We are very pleased to announce that the Vienna Biocentre (VBC) is launching the VBC Summer School, a 10-week research and training opportunity for up...
14 Nov 2009

Martin Leeb and Yai Yu received the VBC PhD Award 2009

The Vienna BioCenter PhD Awards 2009 were awarded to Martin Leeb (Wutz Lab) and to Jai Yu (Dickson Lab)....
05 Nov 2009

„Android & Eve“ Bridging Biology, Medicine and Technology

The Symposium "Android and Eve" would like to address the questions of how means of engineering and nanobiotechnology have revolutionized and will...
07 Oct 2009

Alexander Stark wins ERC Starting Grant

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Independent Researcher Grant to IMP Group Leader Alex Stark. The German biochemist and...
29 Sep 2009

Eva Kiermaier receives Rabitsch Award 2009

The "Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award" is bestowed annually upon the most promising PhD student at the IMP or IMBA. The award was set up four years ago by...
08 Jul 2009

IMP will host one of the new “Laura Bassi Centres of Expertise”

With a program to facilitate structural studies of specific protein targets (COSS - Center for Optimised Structural Studies) the IMP, together with...