| | 1985 | Founding of the IMP as a joint-venture between the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) und the biotech-company Genentech (USA). | 
| | 1986 | The molecular biologist Max Birnstiel, professor at the University of Zurich, is appointed Scientific Director of the IMP. Recruiting of the first Group Leaders and Senior Scientists starts. | 
| | 1988 | Relocation to the newly renovated building in
Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, 3rd district of Vienna | 
| | 1992 | The University of Vienna opens a new research building next door. Together with the IMP it forms the basis of the newly founded "Campus Vienna Biocenter". | | | 1993 | Boehringer Ingelheim takes over all shares of the IMP. | | | 1993 | Founding of the International PhD Program. Through this program, PhD students are selected among highly qualified applicants from all over the world and are given the opportunity for training and work in different areas at the forefront of modern biology. Today the Vienna Biocenter PhD Program is organized jointly by the IMP, the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) and the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI). | 
| | 1997 | Prof. Kim Nasmyth, Senior Scientist at the IMP, takes over the lead as Scientific Director of the IMP. | | | 1998 | The biotech company Intercell is founded at the first commercial spin-off. | 
| | 2002 | Researchers of the newly founded Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) start working preliminary in the IMP building. | 
| | 2004 | A Shared-Services agreement ("IMP-IMBA Research Center") with the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) is set up. | 
| | 2005 | Together, four life science departments of the University of Vienna and the Department of Medical Biochemistry of the Medical University of Vienna found the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL). | 
| | 2006 | Dr. Barry Dickson takes over the position of the Scientific Director of the IMP.
(for press release see press archive/year 2005)
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| | 2006 | Official Opening of the "Austrian Academy of Sciences - Life Sciences Center Vienna" next door, home to the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI), the Vienna Open Lab and the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA). | 
| | 2008 | The IMP celebrates its 20th Anniversary. The highlight of the anniversary was a scientific conference in the Hofburg Conference Centre with outstanding speakers and personalities from the IMP both past and present. |
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