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Meet MutLγ: a rising crossover star

Meiotic crossing-over is a fundamental process in sexual reproduction that reshuffles genetic information between homologous chromosomes and ensures…

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Seven FWF Grants awarded to Vienna BioCenter Researchers

Five researchers affiliated to the Vienna BioCenter have been awarded funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) in the form of Principal…

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Elaris Advances C. difficile Vaccine Beyond Toxin-Only Approaches with Matrivax Asset Acquisition

Elaris FlexCo, an Austrian biotechnology company developing vaccines against serious bacterial infections, announced that it has entered into an asset…

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Choesin: putting the brakes on the genome’s folding motor

Inside the cell nucleus, two meters of DNA strand are folded into a highly organised structure by cohesin, a protein complex that shapes and regulates…

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Long Night of Research 2026

For the Long Night of Research we opened our doors to more than 1.500 curious visitors of all ages - thank you to everyone who came!

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The more, the merrier? How extra chromosomes help cancer cells survive

Cancer cells often turn an abnormal number of chromosomes – aneuploidy – from a harmful condition into a survival advantage. By studying engineered…

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Sasha Mendjan‘s cardioid research honored with Houska Prize

Sasha Mendjan, Senior Scientist at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, was awarded second place of…

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IMP Scientists hijack cell machinery to destroy cancer-driving proteins

Every cell carries a built-in cleanup system to remove unwanted proteins, and researchers have learned to harness the enzymes in this system to…

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Condensates and gene control: Theresia Brennecke awarded BIF PhD Fellowship

Theresia Brennecke from the Köhler lab has been awarded a prestigious PhD Fellowship from the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) to study how…

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HFSP project for Florian Raible: Looking for the rules of nano-scale morphogenesis

The Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) supports a joint project between the Universities of Vienna and Oxford to investigate the principles and…

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IMP's Anna Obenauf elected to the Austrian Academy of Sciences

IMP Senior Group Leader Anna Obenauf has been elected as a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).

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FWF ESPRIT Fellowships awarded to Thomas Macgillavry & Zach Marin

We have two new FWF ESPRIT Fellows on campus, representing the Faculty of Life Sciences (University of Vienna) & the Max Perutz Labs Vienna.

 

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