Activator-promoter compatibility in mammals - Hcfc1 is a key and intrinsically CGI-promoter-specific co-activator that cannot activate non-CGI promoters. Lead by @nemcko.bsky.social & Kevin Sabath in collab. with @plaschkalab.bsky.social @impvienna.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/2)

This is such a beautiful piece of work, Filip! Congratulation on the preprint!

Join @stirlingchurchman.bsky.social, @moffittlab.bsky.social, @saramostafavi.bsky.social, me and all speakers for the 2026 CSHL meeting Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene Expression, March 11-14. Abstract deadline January 9! More infos and registration at meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

Intrigued by a long-standing conundrum in small RNA biology—how nuclear Argonaute proteins silence transposons when they *need* target transcription for their own recruitment—we studied the piRNA pathway. And found a hidden RNA-decay axis from Piwi to the RNA exosome.

Now that I am off for Christmas, I started my first book for the holidays: Katabasis. And every other page has a few memorable phrases about academia to ponder...

🔬 Love science and keeping a lab running smoothly? Join the @leeboratory.bsky.social as a lab manager/research technician and help uncover how cells choose and maintain their identity 🧫 More information ➡️ tinyurl.com/y7a8he88

Two outstanding group leaders to watch!

This looks fantastic! Congratulations to everyone involved!

So deserved! Congratulations, @plaschkalab.bsky.social

I get it, 90% of students writing to enquire about a research possibility will use ChatGPT. But at least don't end it with Sincerely, [Your Name] I am just so over these emails that say do little, are so generic and just try to flatter me.

I made an entry in my calendar labelled "Meeting on" I have a slight recollection that it was important and I blocked three hours for it. But I have no idea who I will be talking to, whatever this is about.

The Vienna BioCenter Out of the Box Award celebrates collaboration & creative thinking. This year 2 teams received the annual stipend, as both stood out for their creativity, collaboration & potential. Learn more: lnkd.in/dz3iBU2E @maxperutzlabs.ac.at @imbavienna.bsky.social @impvienna.bsky.social

This is probably my favorite paper of 2025. Beautiful work by @elphegenoralab.bsky.social and @karissalhansen.bsky.social that should be on the top of the reading list for everyone with even a slight interest in gene expression!

Want to analyze the role of endogenous retroviruses in early human development or investigate their regulation in pluripotency and early development for your PhD? Join the lab of @fueyoraquel.bsky.social via the IMPRS-BAC #gradschool! 👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5094682/Fuey...

Never got to say goodbye! Well, you just have to come back then.

Engineered chromatin readers track damaged chromatin dynamics in live cells and animals ->Nature | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

It was cold and wet, but nevertheless the lab retreat to Budapest was a success!

We are excited to participate this year again in the VBC summer school! If you want to work with me and my amazing student Maria, apply!

Congratulations again, Clemens!

I teach quite a bit, but today was my favourite yearly teaching event: a seminar with @clemensplaschka.bsky.social and @ursulaschoeberl.bsky.social on initiation of transcription, either from a single-molecule or a structural perspective. So much fun and so many insights!

Congratulations, @alex-stark.bsky.social and @miketilapia.bsky.social ! Loved hearing everything during the @cshasia.bsky.social

The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Please RT https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/

Congratulations, Dr Weykopf! Great achievement andbibambvertain it was a fantastic defense!

Apply!

📣 Paper alert! I am delighted that our paper exploring the impact of Neanderthal-derived variants on the activity of a disease-associated craniofacial enhancer has been published in Development today! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

🌍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-...

Congratulations to Irene Schwartz, winner of the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social PhD Award! 🧠👏 Her research reveals how cells fine-tune immune balance through protein degradation 🏆 More ➡️ tinyurl.com/2r9c7a5f @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

Congratulations, Wendy!

So excited to be funded by @erc.europa.eu to work with this extraordinarily talented group of scientists on the GeneMotors project - unravelling how SMC motors work, how they are regulated and how they regulate gene expression. @ceesdekker.bsky.social @uoe-igc.bsky.social

This study presents an in vitro analysis of centriole and cilium formation during early mouse embryonic development, using 3D models to mimic implantation, tissue patterning, and axis elongation. @chribue.bsky.social @isabellavoelkl.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/1/...

Magnus Nordborg of the GMI from the @oeaw.bsky.social has received a Synergy Grant from the @erc.europa.eu. With Richard Durbin and @felipekteixeira.bsky.social, they will investigate how transposable elements shape genome evolution in eukaryotes. Read more: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...

Mechanism of #autophagy initiation by transmembrane selective autophagy receptors @elias-adriaenssens.bsky.social & @martenslab.bsky.social review emerging mechanistic differences between soluble and transmembrane autophagy receptors www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

New paper alert! Scientists in Clemens Plaschka’s lab at the IMP and @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social's lab at @imbavienna.bsky.social solved a decade-old puzzle, uncovering how the information molecule mRNA travels from the cell’s nucleus to its periphery. More: bit.ly/4nHcvys

Congratulation, @martenslab.bsky.social! great colleague and awesome scientist, now with his third ERC grant!

And we have another open position, this time with a focus on Genome Biology! Join a great community in Vienna to bring your research to the next level!

Our latest review is now online! 👇 @martenslab.bsky.social Mechanism of autophagy initiation by transmembrane selective autophagy receptors | The EMBO Journal www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

This exciting study by the Buecker lab @chribue.bsky.social & first author Isabella Voelkl @isabellavoelkl.bsky.social explores in vitro differentiation models for their usability in studying cilia and centriole formation in mouse embryonic development www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/1/...

I’m deeply grateful to my supervisor @chribue.bsky.social, Alexander Dammermann, Martin Leeb and all colleagues and collaborators for their support throughout this journey. Thank you @vbcscitraining.bsky.social and @maxperutzlabs.ac.at for providing such a stimulating scientific environment.

Really excited to see this out in the open: www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/1/...! @isabellavoelkl.bsky.social explored and compared different in vitro developmental model systems to study ciliogenesis.

Happy to share our latest publication, in which we show that the arrangement of nucleosomes around CTCF sites contributes to higher-order organisation of chromatin into TADs: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

On my way back from @cshasia.bsky.social meeting on Systems Biology of Gene Regulation. It was fabulous! Small but powerful, fantastic talks and really showcasing the fantastic and impressive science going on in China.

super cool to see this out! looking forward to now read the details! Congratulations, Yad and @mmasoura.bsky.social

RNA biology is a major research focus at the Perutz - and the new @fwf-at.bsky.social grants strengthen it even further 🙌 Elif Karagöz and Pavel Kovarik will investigate how RNA-binding proteins regulate cellular stress and immune responses ➡️ tinyurl.com/2s3f3mu8 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

Yay! Congratulations @blanka-majchrzycka.bsky.social and @danielibrahim.bsky.social ! Good to see this beautiful dissection out !

The #CSHA meeting on Systems Biology of Gene Regulation & Genome Editing kicks off next Monday! ⏳ Don’t miss your shot to dive into cutting-edge science. 👉 Check out the full program and register now on www.csh-asia.org?content/2767 Location: Suzhou. China | Oct.20-24, 2025

If you’re interested in a PhD that explores the ins and outs of genomes and the nucleus - don’t look further but apply here!!! It is excellent 👌

Two more days to apply for the VBC PhD program! Join us in beautiful Vienna to explore exciting scientific questions under fantastic mentorship and in an outstanding training environment!

That is such great news and Berlin is so lucky to have snatched you up!