We’ve been testing our singing skills at the @theateranderwien.bsky.social & we’re ready for #Christmas! 🎶🎄 A huge thank you to all our CeMM members, collaborators & friends for an inspiring year of science & collaboration. Happy holidays & a wonderful New Year from all of us at CeMM! ✨

📢 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗬𝗥𝗔-𝗖𝗲𝗠𝗠 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹! 15-20 fully funded #PhD fellowships in #𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 & #𝗔𝗜 in Vienna 🇦🇹 📅 Deadline: 30 January 2026 ➡️ https://apply.cemm.at @aithyra.bsky.social#PhD#𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲#𝗔𝗜#LifeSciences

📣 Join the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social #SummerSchool 2026! Check out the opening in CeMM Adjunct PI @dseruggia.bsky.social's lab & work on targeting chromatin regulators in leukemia. Find out more & apply now ➡️ bit.ly/4plpBmI

Congratulations to Andreas Reicher, former CeMM PhD student in Stefan Kubicek's group, who has received the Award of Excellence 2025 for his #PhD thesis! He's among the 40 awardees honored by the 🇦🇹 Federal Ministry for Women, Science & Research! 🎉👏 🔗More about his research: https://bit.ly/4oi20lq

🎄✨ A wonderful CeMM #ChristmasParty2025 at the Schönbrunn Orangery last Wednesday! We celebrated a year of scientific achievements & collaboration, challenged our PIs’ knowledge in fun games, & raised funds to support Ukrainian children. Big thanks to our 2nd-year PhD students for making it happen!

📣 Join the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social #SummerSchool 2026! Don't miss the opening at CeMM PI @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social's lab to work on bioprinting human development with magnets. Read more & apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3Elyllh

A week full of science at CeMM! Yesterday, @danielathommen.bsky.social (@nkinl.bsky.social) gave an impromptu seminar on using ex vivo tumor fragments for personalized #immunotherapy. Thank you, Daniela, for the inspiring session & our hosts Christoph Bock & Mihaela Peycheva (@bocklab.bsky.social#immunotherapy!

🦠 A study led by Adjunct PI Georg Stary & team at CeMM & @meduniwien.ac.at shows how Ixodes ricinus tick saliva reprograms skin immunity, facilitating the transmission of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi. ➡️ Read more: https://bit.ly/48pHoBD 📄 Publication: https://go.nature.com/4pGJ2Gb

We wrapped up our final #CeMMinar of the year with Amanda Lund at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, who discussed lymphatic transport in peripheral tissue immunity & tumor progression. Thank you, Amanda, & our hosts PIs Barbara Maier & @lderooij.bsky.social#CeMMinarfor an inspiring session! 👏

🧬 New strategy to fight #AML: A study led by @floriangrebien.bsky.social & team at Vetmeduni, @stanna-ccri.bsky.social & CeMM identified the protein SPOP as a direct regulator of the stability of NUP98 fusion oncoproteins, a potential target for new therapies. ➡️ bit.ly/3M2RfWz 📄 bit.ly/4omtZ3x

🧬Kinase inhibitors that degrade? New study by CeMM, @aithyra.bsky.social & @irbbarcelona.org reveals that kinase inhibitors can also trigger the degradation of their target proteins, becoming a new tool for drug development & #TDP research. ➡️ More: bit.ly/3LY6jor 📄 Paper: bit.ly/43MffU1

📣 Don't miss the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social #SummerSchool 2026! CeMM has 3 participating labs this year. Our Adjunct PI Georg Busslinger has an opening to work on on epithelial cell biology of the human gastrointestinal tract, apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3Elyllh

🎉 Congrats to @aelewaut.bsky.social for winning the 2024 #DenisePBarlowAward! 🎖️ She carried out her PhD thesis in @obenaufa.bsky.social's lab (@impvienna.bsky.social), work published in @nature.com. 📄 Paper: rdcu.be/eQv1f ➡️ About the award: bit.ly/3iFbafP

Curiosity & innovation aren’t uniquely human after all! Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming @auersperga.bsky.social (Vetmeduni) for a mind-opening 15th #SMARTlecture, revealing the remarkable problem-solving & tool-using abilities of birds & primates. 🔗 bit.ly/47NpSbG 📽️ bit.ly/4oluxGV

Happy #PrideinSTEM Day 2025! 🏳️‍🌈🔬 #CeMM fosters an inclusive environment for all scientists & admin staff, built on respect & mutual support. We celebrate diversity as a driver of scientific creativity & innovation, working hand in hand to improve healthcare through excellent #research! #LGBTQSTEMDAY

We kicked off the week with an Impromptu Seminar by Dominik Wolf (@i-med.ac.at), who shared insights on deconvoluting myeloid inflammation through deep fingerprinting. Thank you, Dominik, and our co-hosts CeMM PI Christoph Bock & Postdoc Adele Nicolas (@bocklab.bsky.social)

CeMM Directors Giulio Superti-Furga and Anita Ender served as #EULIFE co-chair (2022–2023) and chair (2024–2025), being supported by EU-LIFE Executive Director Marta Agostinho and her team. The EU-LIFE partnership is stronger than ever. https://cemm.at/news/detail/an-exciting-journey-comes-to-an-end

🚀 Yesterday, CeMM joined the #EULIFE Pitching Event 2025! #CELLFIE, cell engineering for immunotherapy enhancement, by Christoph Bock, Eugenia Pankevich & Cosmas Arnold (@bocklab.bsky.social), represented CeMM among 8 innovative pitches from @eu-life.bsky.social institutes 👏

🎉Congratulations to CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) & Senior Postdoc Thomas Krausgruber for being named among @clarivate.com's #HighlyCited2025, featuring the world's most influential scientists! 🔬 🔗Full list: bit.ly/3gdF2if 🔬 More about the Bock Group: bit.ly/47BpwEU

🗨️Chat with your cells, explore #CellWhisperer! CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) together with @meduniwien.ac.at & @stanna-ccri.bsky.social#CellWhispererhave developed a new #AI tool that lets scientists explore single-cell data using plain English. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JQqe87 📄 https://bit.ly/3WJCxGi

Thank you, Marco Demaria (UMCG), for a great #CeMMinar on heterogeneity in cellular #senescence! He shared how senescent cells can both aid tissue repair & drive aging & dysfunction, & how targeting them could support healthy aging. Thanks to our hosts @lderooij.bsky.social & @andre-rendeiro.com

CeMM & ÖAW warmly welcome Maria Rescigno as the new CeMM Director. Maria is a highly accomplished researcher specialized in the understanding of the gut–liver–brain axis. Press info: https://cemm.at/news Photo Gallery: https://cemm.at/about-cemm/picture-galleries/2025 #CeMMLife #Director #ÖAW

🚀 From Eureka to Enterprise! Today, we hosted the CeMM #PhD Career Symposium 2025, exploring inspiring journeys from academic discovery to entrepreneurial leadership. Big thanks to our PhD reps for organising, & to our speakers from academia, biotech & industry for inspiring our community!👏

A new @science.org study by CeMM PI Stefan Kubicek's group & @ox.ac.uk collaborators reveals that the #NUDT5 enzyme regulates purine synthesis, acting as a scaffold to stop DNA building block production when levels are high. ➡️Read more: https://bit.ly/4hLMpJ5 📄Publication: https://bit.ly/4qJogXN

🎃Last Friday, CeMM turned into a spooky crime scene for our annual #Halloween Party!💀 This year’s theme, “Dumb ways to die,” featured creative performances, costumes, & even a comic karaoke! Big thanks to our 1st-year #PhD students for organizing such a fun evening for everyone!

🎓 Congratulations to Chrysanthi Kagiou, from the group of CeMM Adjunct PI @georgwinter.bsky.social (@aithyra.bsky.social), who has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Hijacking novel non-PROTACable E3 ligases for targeted protein degradation." Well done!! 👏 🎉 #phdlife #phdhat

🧯Safety first! Yesterday we held the CeMM Safety Day 2025, covering from fire & spill response to PPE, waste management & reanimation skills. A hands-on event to refresh our shared knowledge of lab safety!👩‍🔬👨🏿‍🔬 Big thanks to all CeMM volunteers & our partners for making it possible! 🙌

The 𝗖𝗲𝗠𝗠 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 came to a close this year with the final sessions: from drug discovery to biotech entrepreneurship, here’s a look at their inspiring discussions! 👇

A truly captivating #CeMMinar today with @kimbakjensen.bsky.social (@ucph.bsky.social)! He shared his lab's work on intestinal #StemCell fate & regeneration. Thank you, Kim, for a very insightful lecture & to hosts Georg Busslinger & Christoph Bock @bocklab.bsky.social#CeMMinar

The Starting Principal Investigators at #AITHYRA the Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence of the OeAW in Vienna invite outstanding candidates to apply for postdoctoral positions in the field of AI/ML & Life Sciences. www.oeaw.ac.at/aithyra/post... Please apply by 20 Nov 2025!

🧬A new Science Immunology study by CeMM, @stanna-ccri.bsky.social, @meduniwien.ac.at, @medunigraz.at & @unibonn.bsky.social uncovers a surprising link between lipid biology & immune defense, with insights for rare immune disorders & cancer immunotherapy. ➡️ tinyurl.com/2ant228p 📄 tinyurl.com/yrbzt7st

🔬 We welcomed Eva Schernhammer (@ meduniwien.ac.at) today at CeMM for the latest #PhDProgram Intro Lecture, hosted by CeMM PI Stefan Kubicek. She spoke about the circadian system and its role in human health.

Congrats to @alercher.bsky.social, former CeMM PhD student at @bergthalerlab.bsky.social, on receiving one of the #ASciNA Young Scientist Awards 2025!👏 The prize honors his 2024 @cp-immunity.bsky.social paper revealing how the innate immune system can develop antiviral memory. 🔗Paper: bit.ly/4ohYJ5S

Great start to the week with an Impromptu Seminar by @romansarott.bsky.social (@mpi-mr.bsky.social) at CeMM! He presented how bifunctional molecules & chemically induced proximity can drive targeted cell death in #lymphoma. Thanks Roman & our host Adjunct PI @georgwinter.bsky.social!

🔬 Florian Krammer (@meduniwien.ac.at) visited CeMM for the latest #PhDProgram Intro Lecture last Friday, hosted by CeMM Scientific Director @giuliosupertifurga.bsky.social. He spoke about developing non-seasonal influenza vaccines & lessons from the #SARSCoV2 pandemic for future vaccine development👇

🧬 From clinical trials to the societal impact of biomedical research: two more interesting lectures yesterday during the CeMM #PhDProgram Intro Lectures! 👩‍🔬👨🏿‍🔬 Discover the key insights from their discussions with the students below 👇🏻

Great Impromptu Seminar today with José Ordovás-Montañés from @bostonchildrens.bsky.social & @harvard.edu! He discussed how barrier tissues like the skin and intestine recall past inflammation. Thanks José & our co-hosts PIs Christoph Bock, Clarissa Campbell & Georg Stary!

What were our students up to yesterday during the CeMM #PhDProgram Intro Lectures? 👩‍🔬👨🏿‍🔬 From geometry driving advances in drug development and AI to the science of brain development. Check out the insights from their discussions below! 👇🏻

🎉 Congratulations to CeMM researchers @georgwinter.bsky.social (with Juraj Konc), Danica Drpić & Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) on receiving funding from the Christian Doppler Research Association’s "Transfer Science to Spin-off" program! 🔬👏 👉 Read more about their projects: bit.ly/3VSRIwh

This week, we continued with the CeMM #PhD Program Intro Lectures! 👩‍🔬👨🏿‍🔬 Yesterday, we had insightful lectures on the intersection of science, politics & society. Take a look at our thread below to find out more about our PhD student discussions with the speakers! 👇🏻

At our annual outing last Friday, CeMM colleagues gathered at the historic Theater an der Wien!🎭 Backstage tours, lunch & welcoming our new PhD students made it a special day. A tradition to come together beyond the lab & strengthen the CeMM community spirit! 📸More photos: https://bit.ly/3KIGYy9

👏 Shout out to our CeMM team who ran the 19th #Krebsforschungslauf at the Altes AKH Campus today! 🏃‍♀️🏃 Together they completed 205 rounds (~330 kms), supporting @meduniwien.ac.at’s #CancerResearch projects. Huge thanks to our runners for their energy & dedication! 💙 #wirlaufenweiter

Our #PhDProgram Intro Lecture Series continued with Vanja Nagy, former Adjunct PI & Neuroscience Program Director at CEBINA. She spoke on innovation in CNS disorders & neurodegeneration 🧠 PhD student Victoria Ellmer (Georg Stary's Group) asked her about what inspired her scientific journey👇

🚀 CeMM’s #PhDProgram Intro Lecture Series kicked off yesterday! Judit Simon (@meduniwien.ac.at) opened with a talk on #HealthEconomics & afterward PhD student Thaddaeus Newerkla (@lderooij.bsky.social#PhDProgram#HealthEconomics Group) asked her about PhD focus, the role of mentors & the value of networking 👇

Congratulations to Eugenia Pankevich from the group of CeMM PI & @meduniwien.ac.at Prof. Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) who has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Engineering next-generation T cell therapy through genetic screens." Well done!! 🎓 🎉 #phdlife #phdhat

🎓A warm welcome to our new cohort of CeMM #PhD students! They’re starting an inspiring journey in science, discovery & innovation at #CeMM. We wish them a successful PhD training filled with learning, collaboration & breakthroughs in our interdisciplinary community! 👩‍🔬👨🏿‍🔬

Congrats to Salvo Lombardo from the group of CeMM Adjunct PI Jörg Menche (@maxperutzlabs.bsky.social), who has successfully defended his PhD thesis "A network-based framework for assessing the pathobiological impact of environmental exposures on human development & health." Well done! 🎓🎉 #phdlife

Congrats to Eugenia Pankevich from CeMM PI Christoph Bock's group (@bocklab.bsky.social) on winning the #ÖGMBT Life Science Research Award Austria 2025 in Societal Impact!🏆 A recognition of her PhD research's scientific excellence & its impact!👏 🔗 Awarded publication: https://go.nature.com/4mkPy39

👏 A truly Special Seminar yesterday by @danielepiomelli.bsky.social (@ucicannabis.bsky.social) on chronic pain as a metabollically driven neurodegenerative process, sharing key properties with Alzheimer's. Thanks to Daniele & hosts Tibor Harkany (@meduniwien.ac.at) & @giuliosupertifurga.bsky.social

🔬 Scientists at #CeMM & @meduniwien.ac.at developed #CELLFIE, a #CRISPR platform to boost CAR T cells, a @nature.com study shows. They find that knocking out RHOG makes CAR T cells fitter & more effective vs leukemia in mice. ➡️ Read more: bit.ly/4gFeCRs ➡️ The study: go.nature.com/4mkPy39