Explore projects in Stem Cells, development + more in our Autumn PhD call which is OPEN! 20+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. 👉 www.vbcphd.at Apply by 10 Oct 2025

Congratulations to our @obenaufa.bsky.social on receiving the highly prestigious Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award 2025! 🎉 Read more in this interview with Anna: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce the six outstanding laureates of the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences 2025! 🏆Congratulations to all awardees and honourable mentions! 🎉 1/ ➡️ www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

David Baltimore, Nobel laureate, pioneering biologist, and friend of the IMP since its foundation, passed away at the age of 87. Obituary: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

New paper by our Plaschka lab with Brennecke’s lab at IMBA! Researchers at the Vienna BioCenter have solved a 20-year-old mystery in genome biology, revealing how PIWI proteins engage partner molecules to silence “jumping genes” that threaten genetic stability.

The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Have a look at what our campus has to offer: www.vbcphd.at

The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Please share. Further details: www.vbcphd.at

Researchers around @clausenlab.bsky.social & @dangrabarczyk.bsky.social have unveiled the three-dimensional structure of UBR4, a giant protein complex that safeguards cells by targeting defective proteins for destruction—offering fresh insights into health & disease. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Happy to share our work on the structure and function of the unusual E3 ligase ZNFX1 @cp-cell.bsky.social. It uses a nucleic acid-activated transthiolation mechanism, ubiquitinating and clustering RNA to protect cells in an immune response. @clausenlab.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Scientists uncovered how the immune protein ZNFX1 enables cells to walk the fine line between fighting infection & avoiding autoimmune damage. ZNFX1 can ubiquitinate & compact host & viral RNA into molecular condensates, extending ubiquitin biology to RNA itself. More: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

Only 5 days to go! The Vienna BioCenter PostDoc Program (VIP³) is closing soon. Don’t miss your chance to apply for one of 16 fully-funded postdoctoral positions in a leading interdisciplinary research hub. Apply here: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

Erika Valeri & Moriz Gaidt @impvienna.bsky.social put together a very nice "Spotlights" piece in the latest issue of Molecular Cell @cp-molcell.bsky.social about the antiviral defense system VICAR and some of the avenues of research it opens. 🙏 to the authors www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Moritz Gaidt, a group leader at the IMP, plans to further understand how to help others achieve their goals during the 2025 edition of our #leadership program. @impvienna.bsky.social

Just 2 weeks left! The Vienna BioCenter PostDoc Program is still accepting applications. We have 16 fully-funded fellowships available for researchers in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics, and more. Apply now: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

🎉Congratulations to our PhD student Moritz Helmut Wallnöfer from the Clausen lab on receiving a fellowship from the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF)! The fellowship will support his research on how human cells detect and fight off intracellular pathogens: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

Congrats to @elias-adriaenssens.bsky.social, whose research at @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social was published today in Nature Cell Biology. The study reveals a new mechanism that stars mitophagy to maintain cellular fitness. Elias just started a postdoc in Tim's Clausen lab at the IMP. Welcome aboard!

[1/8] *New Open-Access Long Read Resource*. We sequenced 1,019 genomes from the 1000 Genomes Project sample cohort using @nanoporetech.com long-read sequencing (LRS) to median 17x coverage. Publication at go.nature.com/4ffPb8f. @hhu.de @crg.eu @embl.org @impvienna.bsky.social

Martin Colombini, who leads the Mechanical Engineering Center (GMI/IMBA/IMP), is joining the 2025 edition of our #leadership program to strengthen his leadership skills and inspire his team with empathy, clarity, and purpose. @imbavienna.bsky.social @impvienna.bsky.social @gmivienna.bsky.social

A big step forward in making diagnostics simpler, cheaper and open-source. Researchers from IMP, IMBA and WACCBIP (Ghana) present a fully open-source, freeze-dried diagnostic assay based on RT-LAMP: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/m... @impvienna.bsky.social @imbavienna.bsky.social

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c

Open position with two really great and very close-by colleagues at KIT Karlsruhe, @erhardtlab.bsky.social and @paraspeckle.bsky.social

Over 1,000 human genomes sequenced using long-read tech—Siegfried Schloissnig, computer scientist at the IMP, shares how it happened, key findings, and what it means for the future of genomics: www.imp.ac.at/news/article... ➡️Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎉Three IMP PhD students received prestigious DOC Fellowships from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), congratulations! ➡️Read more about their projects: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

1 month left to apply! The Vienna BioCenter PostDoc Program (VIP³) offers 16 fully-funded, 3-year positions for scientists with a PhD in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics, and related fields. Apply today: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

🎉Congratulations to our Andrea Pauli, Senior Group Leader at the IMP, for being elected as a member of the Academia Europaea. The honour recognises her research on the molecular mechanisms of fertilisation and early embryonic development. Read more ➡️ www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

🎉 Congratulations to our Daniel Grabarczyk, research associate in the Clausen lab, who has been awarded a prestigious FWF Principal Investigator Project Grant to support his research into the molecular mechanisms of innate immunity against viruses. Read more: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

🥳Congratulations to our Guilherme Ventura, postdoc in the lab of @dianapinheiro.bsky.social, who received an EMBO fellowship! The funding will support his research on how the timing of embryonic development is controlled. ➡️Read more: www.imp.ac.at/news/article... @viennabiocenter.bsky.social

Congrats to Clemens Plaschka, who was selected to become a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO bsky.app/profile/embo...), becoming the eighth out of 14 IMP faculty members to receive this honour. More on Clemens Plaschka and his research: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

Check out @max-vdlinde.bsky.social explainer on the Pavri Lab's latest publication, now out at Molecular Cell. Congratulations again to all authors!

Our Pavri Lab shows in a new study how B cells organize their DNA during somatic hypermutation, a key step for making protective antibodies after infection or vaccination. ➡️Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016&j.molcel.2025.06.003

👩‍🔬 New IMP Alumni Portrait! We spoke with Natascha Bushati about her path from the lab to scientific publishing—and how a formative year at the IMP shaped her journey from cell biology to science editing. ➡️Read the interview here: www.imp.ac.at/career/beyon... @viennabiocenter.bsky.social

📅 Deadline is approaching! The International Birnstiel Award is accepting nominations until 30 June, don’t miss the chance to recognise outstanding talent in molecular life sciences. Submit your nomination here 👉 www.imp.ac.at/achievements...

👀 Did you know? The Vienna BioCenter offers an English speaking life science community in the most livable city in the world! Want to be part of it? The VIP³ PostDoc Program call is open – apply now for this unique opportunity! training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

👀 Know an exceptional #PhD student in molecular life sciences? Nominate them for the 2025 Birnstiel Award! Let’s celebrate the next generation of scientific talent. Submit your nomination before 30 June: www.imp.ac.at/achievements...

Clemens Plaschka, a group leader at the IMP, is joining the 2025 edition of our #leadership program to enhance how he inspires curiosity and determination within his team. @impvienna.bsky.social

Celebrating success stories is so important! Take the time to nominate your students for awards, it will show how much you appreciate their achievements. The Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in the Molecular Life Sciences now has an open call: imp.ac.at/achievements...

Our van der Veeken lab shows in a new study that the transcription factor Foxp3 is only needed in regulatory T cells during inflammation. 🔎Turning off Foxp3 boosts anti-tumor immunity without harmful side effects. ➡️Read the paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/... @viennabiocenter.bsky.social

Why we love it at the Vienna BioCenter–hear it directly from our fellows! The VIP³ call is open–16 fully-funded, three-year postdoctoral fellowships in an interdisciplinary environment. Apply now: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc @viennabiocenter.bsky.social @impvienna.bsky.social

🎉Congratulations to IMP postdoc @vdeneke.bsky.social, from the @pauligroup.bsky.social, who received the International Zebrafish Society’s Chi-Bin Chien Award for her scientific and personal contributions to the zebrafish research field. ➡️Read more: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

The @viennabiocenter.bsky.social PostDoc Program call is now open! We have 16 fully-funded positions for scientists with a PhD in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics etc. Apply here: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

PhD awards & honours boost not only the students' visibility—but that of entire PhD programmes, says Christopher Robinson, telling from experience. The Birnstiel Award offers an opportunity to enjoy this for yourself: we have an open call until 30 June! imp.ac.at/achievements...

👩‍🔬 @idajentoft.bsky.social won a Birnstiel Award for her outstanding doctoral research in 2023. Do you know an exceptional PhD student? The Birnstiel Award has an open call! 📅 Nominate by 30 June: www.imp.ac.at/achievements... @viennabiocenter.bsky.social

Delighted that our work on positional memory is now published. We asked how axolotl cells 'know' which part of the limb to regenerate after injury. www.nature.com/articles/s41... A joy to work with super team Sarah Plattner, Yuka Sugiura, Francisco Falcon and Elly Tanaka. 🧵1/14

A big thank you to members of @pauligroup.bsky.social & @haselbachlab.bsky.social for ensuring a smooth meeting, and of course to our amazing conference organizer Manuela Steurer @impvienna.bsky.social - what would we organizers (O. Rissland, S. Shao, E. Bennett, myself) have done without you!

The 2nd edition of the @embo.org workshop 'RNA meets Protein Decay', this time here in Vienna @impvienna.bsky.social, came to an end. Thanks to everyone who came and contributed to the great vibe of sharing science, discussing ideas and connecting with each other!

Thank you to everyone who joined the 19th Microsymposium on RNA Biology, organized by IMBA, IMP, GMI & the Max Perutz Labs as well as by the RNA community of the Vienna BioCenter! shorturl.at/v8k64 @imbavienna.bsky.social @impvienna.bsky.social @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social @gmivienna.bsky.social

👩‍🔬New Alumni Portrait online! We spoke with former IMP PhD student Sara Buonomo, now Professor at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, about her academic journey, her time at the IMP, chromosome biology, and mentoring the next generation. 👇 ➡️ Full interview: imp.ac.at/career/beyon...

📢Open call: the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in Molecular Life Sciences is now accepting nominations! Do you know an outstanding PhD student who deserves recognition? Nominate them by 30 June 👉 www.imp.ac.at/achievements... 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghfQ...

The FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award aims to highlight the major contributions made by female scientists to #LifeSciences research. Winners of the award are inspiring role models for future generations of #WomenInScience Nominate a scientist by 15 May: www.embo.org/the-embo-com... 🧪

Our preprint on designing and editing cis-regulatory elements using Ledidi is out! Ledidi turns *any* ML model (or set of models) into a designer of edits to DNA sequences that induce desired characteristics. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... GitHub: github.com/jmschrei/led...