How are RNAs sorted for export vs. degradation in the nucleus? In collaboration with @heick.bsky.social’s lab we (@clemensplaschka.bsky.social and @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social labs) discovered a direct mechanistic link between the export and decay machineries: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/x)

Sara Wighard, postdoc in Alejandro Burga’s lab, has a project that was recently funded with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find out more: https://youtu.be/jzfyZMdqduY

Who fixes carbon in the dark ocean? A new study in @nature.com, led by @barbarabayer.bsky.social @univie.ac.at shows that ammonia‐oxidizing microbes contribute much less to dark carbon fixation than previously thought – leaving room for unknown players. Read more: 🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

No research, no answers. IMBA Scientific Director Elly Tanaka is among five renowned ÖAW scientists acting as ambassadors of the “No research, no answers” campaign in Austria - aimed to highlight the crucial role of science in advancing society. More about the campaign: http://imba.science/3KgScd7

Welcoming potential future PhD Students: Biopsi ry, the Student Association of Biotechnology & Biomedical Engineering from Tampere University visited us last week. Thank you @vbcscitraining.bsky.social & @maxperutzlabs.ac.at for sharing insights on the PhD Program and the research done here.

Our Autumn call is now open with over 20+ fully funded positions in various disciplines in the life sciences. Interested? Check out our vacancies in computational biology, genomes & evolution and the exciting projects being offered here: ow.ly/aBgQ50WY1S2

Ever wondered what soil research looks like in Canada’s North? 🌱 Researchers from @ter-cemess.bsky.social share their fieldwork experiences in an article for @univie.ac.at's magazine #Rudolphina. Curious? Find out more: 🔗 rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/climate-r...

🎉 Congratulations to Christos Kyprianou, Postdoc in Nicolas Rivron's lab at IMBA, who received a Seal of Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship to study the causes of implantation failure in human embryonic development. More: http://imba.science/3VUjpop

We're welcoming some new students to the Vienna BioCenter PhD Program. Akhilesh Uthaman (IISER Pune) is joining Frederic Berger’s lab at GMI to study chromatin protein evolution and genome packaging using Lokiarchaeum ossiferum.

We’re thrilled to announce that the "High-Content CRISPR Screening" conference will take place on March 18–19, 2026, in Vienna, Austria. The registration is now open via the conference website: lnkd.in/d8KACZy5 Meet the Speaker: Luke Gilbert

The recording from the #HEASTalk with #CésarMéndez and #AmaliaNuevo-Delaunay on Discontinuous archaeological records and the peopling of West Patagonia is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.

Today we celebrate the 1st Anniversary of AITHYRA, founded as Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence of the OeAW with generous support of the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation. Happy Birthday, #AITHYRA, the institute we love, cherish and pamper. www.oeaw.ac.at/aithyra/about

I feel deeply honored to receive the 2025 Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award for our work on decoding and rewiring the immune-evasive TME. It truly is a recognition of the entire team past and present as well as our collaborators and mentors.🙌 Thank you for your trust!

Great week hosting the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting (ENC28) at #CeMESS, @univie.ac.at! Over 70 researchers from 13 countries came together to dive into microbial nitrogen cycling. & Congrats to Carolin Otersen & Nils Ganzwohl for best posters! More info:🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

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

One week to go! Apply by Sept 17 for the Full Professor position in Soil Ecosystems and Global Change at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna. More info: 🔗 ter.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n... @univie.ac.at #SoilEcosystems #WeAreHiring

Deadline approaching on Sept 17! We are hiring a Full Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna. Learn more: 🔗 edge.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n... @edge-vienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at #EnvironmentalBiochemistry

Looking forward to welcoming the awardees of the International Birnstiel Award on campus this November! #viennabiocenter #birnstielaward #lifescience

Opportunity for skilled hands and sharp minds - at any career stage! 💪 The Köhler Lab is seeking a full-time lab technician to support their research on nuclear envelope biology, chromatin regulation, and cellular stress resilience - apply here ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdfy3w2h

We’re thrilled to announce that the "High-Content CRISPR Screening" conference will take place on March 18–19, 2026, in Vienna, Austria. The registration is now open via the conference website: lnkd.in/d8KACZy5 Meet the Speaker: Christoph Bock @bocklab.bsky.social

Join our campus! The Vienna BioCenter PhD program offers 20+ fully-funded positions: Open call now! Read more: www.vbcphd.at Our working language is English #viennabiocenter #vbcphd

🏆 Presentation Award Winner: Aleq Andresan (University of the Philippines Diliman) – Zebrafish fertilization – Pauli lab @pauligroup.bsky.social, IMP @impvienna.bsky.social.

🏆 Presentation Award Winner: Shelley Fernando (The University of Chicago) – RNA conformations – Gerlich lab @danielgerlich.bsky.social, IMBA @imbavienna.bsky.social.

Congrats, Nuria! It was a pleasure having you here 👏

🌍🧬 This summer, the Vienna BioCenter Summer School hosted talented, young scientists from around the world for 9 weeks. @viennabiocenter.bsky.social

How cells lock down “jumping genes”: Researchers from IMBA and IMP identify the first protein interactions that trigger PIWI–piRNA–mediated transposon silencing, using AlphaFold predictions, genetics, biochemistry and cell biology. Read more: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/t...

After a long trek from Melbourne, Jarrod is now on the ground in Vienna and enjoying #ESCP2025 - together with Joris, our new Business Development Manager for Europe. Stop by the IonOpticks stand and chat with Jarrod and Joris about how our new product releases can support your single-cell work.

We have a new #HEASBlog on our website! Students from @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social's #AI and Interdisciplinary Research course at @univie.ac.at's Department of #EvolutionaryAnthropology got hands-on experience with cutting-edge robotics at #general_laser.at in Vienna. www.heas.at/activities/b...

We said goodbye to our VBC Summer School 2025 student who gained hands-on experience in our lab. Her enthusiasm and curiosity brought us much joy and energy. Excited to see what comes next - hope we can welcome her back to the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social and the @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social

From Vienna to the Atlantic Ocean: Tracing the deep sea's missing carbon 🌊 🔍 We join microbial oceanographer Gerhard Herndl and his team as they collect samples across the North Atlantic, from icy northern seas to the subtropical waters of the Azores. ⤵️ rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/ocean-exp... 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬🧪

So proud of our Icy, who gave a talk at the Chlamydomonas conference and was recognized with a prize! Moments like these—seeing lab members shine—are the happiest part of being a group leader 😊

With great pleasure we announce that XINYI ZHANG is one of the Starting PIs AI/LS who will join AITHYRA. Xinyi will develop machine learning models for cell and tissue biology: from multimodal integration to biomarkers and function. More info: www.oeaw.ac.at/aithyra/rese... #AITHYRA #StartingPI

The 6th European Symposium on Single Cell Proteomics took place on Campus this week, once again drawing a big international crowd eager to experience interesting talks, poster presentations, networking & knowledge exchange! Enjoy these snapshots and make sure to sign up next year! #viennabiocenter

Congrats to all scientists! 👏 The @versteegga.bsky.social lab has long collaborated with the Clausen lab, and this new study once again highlights the collaborative spirit of the @vbcscitraining.bsky.social ⤵️

Collaborators included @mrclmb.bsky.social, @meduniwien.ac.at, @univie.ac.at, @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social, Korea University. .

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 welcome a group of attendees from the Europe Korea Conference on Science and Technology on Campus this week. Thank you for your interest in Vienna BioCenter and the research conducted here! #viennabiocenter @imbavienna.bsky.social @lifesciencesunivie.bsky.social

With great pleasure we announce that WALI MALIK is the Head of AI Driven Lab Robotics at AITHYRA. Wali has 17 yrs of experience in driving strategic lab automation, high throughput screening, and data solutions in biotech & pharma. More info: www.oeaw.ac.at/aithyra/rese... #AITHYRA #RoboticsLab

🎉 Shout-out to postdoc Ingrid Frohner from the Ogris lab, who received the Award for Scientific Excellence for her flash talk "Molecular mechanism of the anti-cancer drug DT-061" at the @embo.org Workshop on Phosphatases! 👏🧪 @meduniwien.ac.at @univie.ac.at

An exciting new study from Alexander Loy and team (@loyteam.bsky.social), now in @nature.com! It describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism: Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation (MISO). Read more: 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

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...

@matzingerm.bsky.social is co-organising #ESCP2025. As Deputy Head of the Proteomic Technology Hub at the Campus Vienna Biocenter, he’s pushing the boundaries of SCP. Manuel shares the role Aurora Series columns played in innovative methods like his lab’s One-Pot workflow: bit.ly/4eSYx86

Great demo of Whisper Zoom methods using the Aurora Rapid 5x75 at #ESCP2025. In Marvin Thielert’s talk about ultra-sensitive tissue analysis and LC-MS, he emphasises the importance of choosing columns with no dead volume and good chromatographic performance. Insightful presentation. bit.ly/47bRvv2

Register now to join the SLAS Regional Meet-Up on September 23, 2025 at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social! www.linkedin.com/posts/lisavi...

🧬 Meet #TeamMyllia Our mission is to accelerate drug discovery through high-content CRISPR screening: - 150+ CRISPR screens in cell lines and primary cells - 35+ collaborative projects worldwide - End-to-end workflows from screening to bioinformatics www.myllia.com

With great pleasure we announce that İsmail İlkan Ceylan will join TU Wien as Faculty Member, and AITHYRA as Adjunct PI. Ismail will focus on developing trustworthy, interpretable, and scalable geometric deep learning methods. More info: www.oeaw.ac.at/aithyra/rese... #AITHYRA #AdjunctPI

Calling all Vienna BioCenter Alumni - Don't forget to sign up for the Reunion 5-7. November 2025 Sign up here: lnkd.in/dx-Vp_sa Not yet a member of the Vienna BioCenter Alumni Network? Register here: lnkd.in/dpUyW2nv

❕The @leeboratory.bsky.social seeks a new Master's student! Your 🫵 project will involve stem cell culture, genome engineering as well as molecular biology. It aims at elucidating the genetic circuitries that regulate cell fate decisions in the early mammalian embryo ➡️ tinyurl.com/4awtk2n3

In 2016, as a special activity along the Long Night of Research, the GMI launched “gmi4kids” and “Botanic Quest”—two special initiatives aimed at inspiring curiosity about plants and raising public awareness of their importanc. Both initiatives continue to exist today!

Out after peer review, collaborative study from Nordborg & Weigel labs with help from many others. Not the largest collection of new Arabidopsis thaliana genomes, but we hopefully put forward some good ideas for how to think about pangenomes and their analysis! www.nature.com/articles/s41...