📣 Registration is open for the 20th Microsymposium on RNA Biology! Join in at the Vienna BioCenter for three days of cutting-edge science, discussion & networking. 📅 17-19 June 2026 🧬 Poster abstract deadline: 19 May Info & registration: www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/seminar...

How do mitochondrial ribosomes keep pace with membrane insertion? Now out in NSMB: We show that mitoribosomes slow down at defined positions linked to membrane insertion and protein topology: rdcu.be/fhqIT #Mitochondria #Ribosome #CryoEM

A new paper in which we could contribute structural insights to the great biochemical work from our collaborators from UNC Chapel Hill. Sascha Amann from our lab was yet again able to solve several very challenging structures. This time of a SCF with Protac and target www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to share my first adventure in #TeamTomo in collaboration with the talented @inaharasimov.bsky.social. It was a fun experience experience with a lot of learning along the way.

Excited to share our work on the structure and function of cytoplasmic lattices within mouse embryos. A collaborative effort with @niakanlab.bsky.social and work led by @kashishsingh.bsky.social and @inaharasimov.bsky.social . It is now out on BioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The @natsmb.nature.com March issue is out! Though always interested in proteostasis, in 2026 we have published and will continue to do so relevant content. Our editorial www.nature.com/articles/s41... recaps why the processes and mechanisms of proteostasis continue to interest us.

You asked, we listened. Millions of AI-predicted protein complex structures are now available in the #AlphaFold Database. This spans homodimers from 20 of the most studied species, including humans, as well as the World Health Organization’s priority pathogens list. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...

Learn more about the collaboration possibilities offered at Vienna BioCenter as Victoria Deneke shares her insights as a Postdoc at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology. The VIP³ PostDoc Program call is open – apply now! training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

Our Spring call is now open with over 30+ fully funded positions in the life sciences. Want to know more? Join our Info Session on 26 March, 1600 (CET). Register now: www.vbcphd.at Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Max Perutz Labs Vienna, IMP, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology

Welcome to the vbc and the wonderful Vienna cryo EM community

Review from Fia B. Larsen in @rhp-lab.bsky.social with everything you always wanted to know about proteasomal control of transcription factors (but were afraid to ask about) Proteasomal control of transcription factors: mechanisms, regulation and dysregulation. doi.org/10.1007/s000...

A consortium of group leaders from IMP, IMBA (Vienna BioCenter) and ISTA has been awarded an FWF Emerging Fields grant to study how germ cells safeguard and pass on genetic information across generations.

#pictureofthemonth: March shows a “Cross-section” of the endoplasmic reticulum, a kind of membrane-labyrinth, using cryo-electron microscopy. More: www.biochem.mpg.de/plitzko March – Calendar of @mpiforbi.bsky.social and @mpibiochem.bsky.social 📸 Illustration by Jürgen Plitzko & Sven Klumpe

Are you a structural biologist pushing the boundaries of molecular science with an ambitious research programme? Join our Structural Studies Division as a tenure-track Group Leader, with core funding, world-leading facilities & enthusiastic colleagues. Apply by 16 MAR www.nature.com/naturecareer...

SAVE THE DATE: Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium 2026 on April 29-30 or even better, sign up now: lnkd.in/eEQmaCYT It takes place at Van Swieten Hall, 1090 Vienna & is organized by the SFB Targeted Protein Degradation (incl. numerous research groups at Vienna BioCenter) @sfb-tpd-vienna.bsky.social

We‘re looking for a motivated Master student to join our team! Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬 Then please apply! #optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs Please RT. Thank you!🙏

Please spread the word: the Structural Studies Division @mrclmb.bsky.social is looking for a new tenure-track, independent group leader with an exciting plan in any area of Structural (Molecular & Cell) biology, in discovery biology and/or methods development. 🥳 mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

Our paper is out in @natcomms.nature.com! APOBEC3s drive mutagenesis in cancer. We uncover a novel pathway keeping them in check. The key is APOBEC3 binding of cellular RNAs, which simultaneously controls their nuclear localization and shields them from degradation. Read it here: rdcu.be/e4qaa

This is a video summarizing our recent paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) youtu.be/eNY2CRlYTRo

And a new paper from the lab. A follow up to a previous study in which we elucidate the mechanism of the nuclear transport. Read the full story: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A near-complete map of human cytosolic degrons and their relevance for disease We measured degron potency of >200,000 30-residue tiles from >5,000 human proteins, and trained a model to predict degrons from sequence Led by @vvouts.bsky.social in @rhp-lab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Great story from our neighbours at the university of Vienna. We are that we could contribute to this.

Please share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Check out our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com .com where we used #cryoEM together with biochemical and mutational analyses investigated the cotranslational protein folding by Ssb in yeast. Publication: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67685-6 Check below for the cryoEM centric feed. 👇

Formation & function of #MembranelessOrganelles! #CryoET structures of #proteasome storage granules inside cells! Read our paper @cp-cell.bsky.social! ❕Publication: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... ❕Press Release: www.biochem.mpg.de/en/pressroom @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #UPSmeetMet

New work from our Haselbach lab with collaborators captures ribosomes 𝘮𝘪𝘥-𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 and reveals a flexible, modular strategy behind their assembly, rather than a strict assembly line. Published in _Nucleic Acids Research _👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkag036

🔬 Ribosomes are hands down one of the most intricate molecular machines we know. Huge (for a cellular scale at least) complexes made of long RNAs (rRNAs) and proteins … a lot of different proteins. 1/6 (❗️Sound on!) @narjournal.bsky.social

And the 4th paper in this week contribution from our lab tells about ribosome biogenesis in yeast. A follow-up story from our wonderful collaborators in Graz - the Bergler Lab. Structural work was again done by the amazing @lgrundmann.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Excited to share our new paper! We developed a method to visualize proteasomal degradation at the single–molecule level in live cells, enabling us to dissect distinct modes of substrate engagement, probe co-factor dependence, and study proteasome–ribosome collisions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I am very happy that I could advice in this great story. Seeing single proteasomes degrade in cells is opens so many interesting possibilities. Check the preprint.

And another paper with contribution from us. Here Sascha Amann solved the structure of the BORC complex. Due to its shape it is extremely challenging for cryo EM analysis but still he cracked it. Read the full story spearheaded by the Huber lab in Innsbruck: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🔬 Postdoc position – Infection Biology & Cryo-ET (Zurich) 🇨🇭 We are looking for a motivated Postdoc to join our interdisciplinary team. 📩 Interested? Check out the job advert: www.imm.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:cb17... 👉 More info on the lab: www.weiss-laboratory.com Please share with interested colleagues!

Have a look at our new structure of co translational folding in yeast. This is collaborative work initialized by the Rospert lab from the @uni-freiburg.de. Structural work has been done by the amazing @lgrundmann.bsky.social Stay tuned for the next ribosome paper from him, following very soon.

When RNA Degradation 🤝 meets 🤝 Protein Degradation! tinyurl.com/E3TDMD In a collaboration of @bartellab.bsky.social and Schulman lab, we show that, in target-directed microRNA degradation (TDMD), 2-RNA-factors recruit an E3 ligase and induce the degradation of not only a protein but also RNA (1/5).

My this years Christmas chocolates ended up a little IMP branded ;)

so many grand gestures welcoming US researchers - neglecting the fact that funding in Canada, Australia, Europe and China is already fiercly competitive. This is not the solution. #standupforscience

Please RT‼️ #TenureTrack position @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de one of the best #proteostasis research centres in the world. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

One month later and still thinking about the great science and conversations from the 8th Austrian Cryo-EM Symposium 🧊🔬 Huge thanks to all who joined - let’s make next year even bigger! cryoem-symposium.pages.ist.ac.at/invited-spea...

SAVE THE DATE! The EMBO workshop "Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-like proteins in Health and Disease" will be on September 2026. Exciting line up of talks and an amazing location! Organised by @kulathu.bsky.social, @merbllab.bsky.social, @simonapolo.bsky.social, Claudio Joazeiro. Registration open soon.

Oh if this isnt a very familiar molecule :)

So now its official I will have to spend my christmas for a second time in a row with grant writing - but maybe third time is the charm ...

Join us in a highly collaborative environment. At the IMP everything is possible.

🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions! Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery. Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Full Professorship in Integrative Structure Biology with a focus on in situ structural biology using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and related methods. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/brswbymu

It was a great pleasure hosting @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social at the VBC today. Great talk and engaging discussions! Thanks for your visit!

Looking forward to visit colleagues in Vienna and Graz 🇦🇹 If you’re in Vienna I’m speaking on: Prediction and Design of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Condensates (27/10 ISTA) & Understanding the Effects of Missense Variants Using Analyses of Protein Stability and Conservation (30/10 VBC)

Join us for the Austrian Cryo-EM Symposium from Nov 11–12 at ISTA! Top speakers, cutting-edge cryo-EM, and a chance to explore Vienna & the ISTA campus. Register now 👉 cryoem-symposium.pages.ist.ac.at/registration/ #cryoEM

✨Excited that the main project of my PhD is now available as a pre-print on #bioRxiv Here, we used #CryoET to visualise mitochondrial proteostatic stress and together with SPA #CryoEM shed light into the functional cycle of the Hsp60:10 chaperone system. #TeamTomo 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Vienna BioCenter PhD Program application deadline is approaching: October 10! Join one of Europe’s premier life science campuses, home to cutting-edge research across all areas of biology. Apply and start your scientific journey in Vienna! training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program/ #PhD #LifeSciences