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Valneva Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Study for its Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate VLA1553

Valneva announced the initiation of a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial for its differentiated, single-shot chikungunya vaccine candidate VLA1553.  The…

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IMBA is lead participant in a new, cell-based medicine initiative for Europe

LifeTime, which counts Jürgen Knoblich, scientific director at IMBA, as a leading member, has developed a strategy to integrate…

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Evomet – a project to train future leaders in metastasis research

The IMP is one of thirteen European institutions participating in the four-year project ‘Deconstructing the evolution of metastasis’ (Evomet).

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Autophagy: the beginning of the end

Autophagy, from the Greek for ‘self-eating’, is an essential process that isolates and recycles cellular components under conditions of stress or when…

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ERC Starting Grant awarded to Clemens Plaschka of IMP

The European Research Council (ERC) has selected Clemens Plaschka's research for funding under the Horizon 2020 Excellent Science scheme.

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Cell division: cleaning the nucleus without detergents

A team of researchers, spearheaded by the Gerlich lab at IMBA, has uncovered how cells remove unwanted components from the nucleus following mitosis.…

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SCARLETRED is nominated for Austria's largest private research award

The research award is awarded annually by the B&C Private Foundation. With the Houska Prize, the B&C private foundation is committed to improving…

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IMBA takes part in newly EU-funded Research Project “HCA|Organoid”

HCA|Organoid is a new EU research project that combines single-cell profiling and organoid technology to validate organoids as faithful models of…

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3D-print of the molecular structure of calcium regulated E. histolytica α-actinin dimer. Calmodulin like domains in blue and violet, actin binding domain in red, spectrin-like repeats in green and connecting “neck” region in yellow. (c) Max Perutz Labs

Calcium causes stiff joints in ɑ-actinin

The group of Kristina Djinovic-Carugo has revealed the molecular structure of a calcium-regulated form of the protein α-actinin, and has elucidated…

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A step towards understanding how animals detect the Earth's magentic field

Many animals can "see" magnetic fields, but the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying magnetoreception are unknown. In the journal Science…

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Detective work in the cell: Scientists uncover a new RNA-modifying enzyme

Scientists led by Javier Martinez from the Max Perutz Labs, a joint venture of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, have…

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