Recent Research Highlights

Colouring tumours reveals their bad influence

Red2Onco, an innovative genetic mouse model, allows to detect the very initial steps that lead to cancer development. Red2Onco’s multi-colour…

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Cardioids – Heartbeat, heartbreak and recovery in a dish

Self-organizing heart organoids developed at IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – are also effective…

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Lockdown for genome parasites

Researchers at GMI – Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – uncover an ingenious mechanism by which…

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Record-breaking lungfish genome reveals how vertebrates conquered land

380 million years ago, fish started to crawl out of the water to colonise land. The Australian lungfish – an endangered, air-breathing fish – is one…

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Revealing the genetic code of ribosomal RNAs

Despite modern sequencing methods, determining the precise sequence of the genetic code for ribosomal RNA (rRNA) has been technically challenging due…

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More than just a sun tan: ultraviolet light helps marine animals to tell the time of year

Changes in daylength are a well-established annual timing cue for animal behavior and physiology. An international collaboration of scientists led by…

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A groundbreaking genetic screening tool for human organoids

Researchers from the laboratory of Jürgen Knoblich at IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – developed…

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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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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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How the immune system generates a vast antibody repertoire to fight infections

It is long known that the acquired immune system can generate a vast antibody (immunoglobulin) repertoire by gene recombination in developing B-cells.…

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Layered Liquids – reaction chambers for gene regulation

A marvel of complexity, the nucleus is the command center of the cell – harboring information, codes and controlled access. But different from…

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Zebrafish

How decisions unfold in a zebrafish brain

IMP researchers observed the entire brains of zebrafish larvae in unprecedented resolution to reconstruct the neural basis of “left or right” choices…

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