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Cells rely on DNA-mutating enzymes to fight viral infections, yet these same factors can threaten genomic integrity if left unchecked. In a new study…

29 Jan'26

Thomas Böttcher (CeMESS) and Nicolas Rivron (IMBA) have been awarded Proof of Concept Grants by the European Research Council. Since 2007 a total of…

28 Jan'26

Plasma cells are the immune system’s antibody factories, but how B cells make the switch to become plasma cells has remained unclear. By developing a…

27 Jan'26

To keep cells running, ribosomes—the molecular machines that make proteins—must be built continuously and with high precision. Now, researchers from…

23 Jan'26

The year 2026 is off to a strong start for Erinc Hallacli, who has secured new funding from the Herzfelder’sche Familienstiftung to pursue an…

21 Jan'26

Two protein complexes that regulate intracellular transport and lysosome positioning were long thought to exist as single, well-defined entities. New…

19 Jan'26

As ribosomes build new proteins, folding begins while the protein emerges. By capturing a chaperone, a helper protein, bound to a ribosome,…

14 Jan'26

Further FWF Grants have been awarded to Vienna BioCenter Researchers. Thomas Böttcher (Faculty of Chemistry | CeMESS) and his team at the University…

12 Jan'26

Nell Saunders from the Hein lab has been awarded a prestigious EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her work on innovative CRISPR-based approaches…

02 Jan'26

Proxygen has received a seven-figure grant through the Austrian Life Sciences Program, underscoring recognition of its pioneering work and supporting…

22 Dec'25