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Karl Landsteiner Award for Louisa Hill

Louisa Hill, former PhD student in the lab of Meinrad Busslinger at the IMP, received the Karl Landsteiner Award of the Austrian Society of…

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CHOOSEn fate: one brain organoid’s tale on Autism

Does the human brain have an Achilles heel that ultimately leads to Autism? With a revolutionizing novel system that combines brain organoid…

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Jan Löwe to give Max Birnstiel Lecture

The IMP will welcome Jan Löwe, Director of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (UK), for a Max Birnstiel Lecture.

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Goldilocks and the E3 ligase

Our innate immune system provides the first line of defense against invading pathogens. However, hyperactivation of these defenses can lead to…

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Unearthing the hidden trove of long non-coding RNAs in plants

Long non-coding RNAs, an enigmatic class of genes that do not encode proteins, exhibit greater variability and are subject to more silencing…

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Valneva and Pfizer Report Positive Pediatric and Adolescent Phase 2 Booster Results for Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate

Valneva and Pfizer announced positive pediatric and adolescent immunogenicity and safety data for their Lyme disease vaccine candidate, VLA15, when…

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Broadcasting DNA using transposons: ERC Starting Grant for Irma Querques

New group leader Irma Querques has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to support her research project 'BROADCAST'.…

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ERC Starting Grants: historic triple triumph for the IMP

The European Research Council (ERC) has chosen three IMP group leaders to receive funding under the EU’s Horizon Programme. Moritz Gaidt, Diana…

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Network-based approaches open a new avenue to classify and treat rare diseases

Scientists at CeMM, the Max Perutz Labs, and St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute have achieved a significant advancement in the research of…

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Prestigious fellowships awarded to Max Perutz Labs PhD students

Congratulations to Johannes Benedum, Elisabeth Holzer, and Alexandra Shulkina who have been awarded DOC Fellowships by the Austrian Academy of…

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Lipid Chemistry Empowers Nuclear Shape

The cell nucleus is surrounded by a spherical double membrane called the nuclear envelope. Scientists have long been intrigued by how this envelope…

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2.5M euros funding for single-cell proteomics

The Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities GmbH is pleased to announce that it has received 2.5M Euro from the FFG Infrastructure Call 2022. The funding…

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