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A September to remember: unprecedented wave of IMP publications

One month, eight publications – the IMP is riding a wave of discovery into autumn. We look back on the studies that were published in September 2022…

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International Birnstiel Award 2022: Six brilliant young scientists selected

In its fourth year, the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences left all turbulences of the pandemic behind and…

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New light for electron microscopy

The lab of Thomas Juffmann, together with researchers from the University of Siegen, has developed a new technique that combines electron microscopy…

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Embryonic development: the Toddler mystery solved

As an embryo develops, its cells migrate to the appropriate location as they turn into new cell types. During her postdoctoral work, Andrea Pauli had…

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IMP student identifies new drivers of plasmablast development

How do the cells that defend us against pathogens develop? Theresa Pinter, PhD student in the lab of Meinrad Busslinger, investigates the molecules…

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2022 SCP & APMRS Best Presentation Award for Rupert Mayer

The Single Cell Proteomics & Austrian Proteomics and Metabolomics Research Symposium 2022 took place at the IMP this year. Among junior speakers,…

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Life Science Research Award for Bernardo Almeida

The Austrian Society for Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT) recognises the outstanding work of young scientists with the annual Life…

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Altering DNA packaging to regulate gene transcription

Oliver Hendy, a PhD student in the lab of Alex Stark at the IMP, is in the last stages of his doctoral studies. For his thesis, he studied how a group…

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Cancer research: key function of important leukaemia gene demystified

The oncogene EVI1 causes an aggressive type of leukaemia, but its exact function has been a mystery. A research team led by scientists from Vienna now…

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A matter of time: scientists uncover secret behind lymphoma-associated mutations

The chromosomes in our B cells mutate and delete DNA fragments to diversify the sequences that encode antibodies. Occasionally, these rearrangements…

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Richard Flavell to give Max Birnstiel Lecture

For the next Max Birnstiel Lecture, the IMP will welcome the immunobiologist Richard Flavell of the Yale University School of Medicine.

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Scientists visualise the final touch to ribosome maturation

Dividing cells are in constant need of ribosomes, the molecular machines that help them produce proteins. The steps of ribosome building and…

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