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Francisco Balzarotti
Francisco Balzarotti
Group Leader Advanced light microscopy and biophysics
Jan-Michael Peters
Jan-Michael Peters
Scientific Director Mitosis and chromosome biology
Andrea Pauli
Andrea Pauli
Senior Group Leader Fertilisation and cellular remodelling – from egg to embryo
Johannes Zuber
Johannes Zuber
Senior Group Leader Finding and understanding cancer dependencies
Meinrad Busslinger
Meinrad Busslinger
Emeritus Stem cell commitment in haematopoiesis
Moritz Gaidt
Moritz Gaidt
Group Leader Functional genomics of the innate immune system
Anna Obenauf
Anna Obenauf
Senior Group Leader Molecular mechanisms of metastasis and drug resistance
Sven Klumpe
Sven Klumpe
IMP-IMBA Fellow In situ structural biology and transposons
Alexander Stark
Alexander Stark
Senior Group Leader Understanding transcriptional regulation
Diana Pinheiro
Diana Pinheiro
Group Leader Mechanics and signalling dynamics in embryogenesis
Joris van der Veeken
Joris van der Veeken
Group Leader T-cell differentiation and function
David Haselbach
David Haselbach
Technology Platform Head Watching molecular machines in action
Tim Clausen
Tim Clausen
Senior Group Leader Molecular mechanisms of protein quality control
Clemens Plaschka
Clemens Plaschka
Senior Group Leader mRNA processing and regulation

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Hohmann, U., Graf, M., Tirián, L., Pacheco-Fiallos, B., Schellhaas, U., Fin, L., Handler, D., Phillips, AW., Riabov-Bassat, D., Faraway, R., Pühringer, T., Szalay, MF., Roitinger, E., Brennecke, J., Plaschka, C. (2026)

An ATP-gated molecular switch orchestrates human mRNA export.

 Nature. 649(8098):1042-1050
Groessl, S., Kalis, R., Snaebjornsson, MT., Wambach, L., Haider, J., Andersch, F., Schulze, A., Palm, W., Zuber, J. (2025)

Acidosis orchestrates adaptations of energy metabolism in tumors.

 Science. 390(6769):eadp7603

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Wolfgang Kastenmüller
University of Würzburg
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UC Berkeley
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17 Jul 2026
Prestigious DOC Fellowship awarded to Sofia Moysiadou

PhD student Sofia Moysiadou from the lab of Anna Obenauf has been awarded a prestigious DOC Fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The…

30 Jun 2026
Cracking the pathogen playbook
Viruses, bacteria, and parasites have spent millions of years evolving proteins that manipulate the cells they infect. Genome sequencing has revealed…
26 Jun 2026
IMP key driver of Austrian success with exceptional life science preprints
A new analysis by QED Science identifies Austria as the strongest overperformer in a global assessment of life science preprints. The IMP emerges as…