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PhD Program & VIP2 Postdoc Program

Both the Vienna BioCenter PhD Program and the VIP2 Postdoc Program have opened calls - apply via the link below.

Vienna BioCenter Training

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Johannes Zuber
Johannes Zuber
Senior Scientist Finding and understanding cancer dependencies
Manuel Zimmer
Manuel Zimmer
Group Leader Neural Network Dynamics and Behavior
Wulf Haubensak
Wulf Haubensak
Group Leader Circuit mechanics of emotional behaviour
Elly Tanaka
Elly Tanaka
Senior Scientist Molecular mechanisms of vertebrate regeneration
Clemens Plaschka
Clemens Plaschka
Group Leader mRNA processing and regulation
Alexander Stark
Alexander Stark
Senior Scientist Understanding transcriptional regulation
David Keays
David Keays
Group Leader Neuronal migration and magnetoreception
Meinrad Busslinger
Meinrad Busslinger
Deputy Director Science Stem cell commitment in haematopoiesis
Jan-Michael Peters
Jan-Michael Peters
Scientific Director Mitosis and chromosome biology
Andrea Pauli
Andrea Pauli
Group Leader Fertilisation and cellular remodelling – from egg to embryo
Alipasha Vaziri
Alipasha Vaziri
Adjunct Investigator Dynamics of coupled biological systems – methods and phenomena
David Haselbach
David Haselbach
Group Leader Watching molecular machines in action
Tim Clausen
Tim Clausen
Senior Scientist Molecular mechanisms of protein quality control
Luisa Cochella
Luisa Cochella
Group Leader Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms of cell-type specification
Rushad Pavri
Rushad Pavri
Group Leader Molecular mechanisms of antibody diversification
Francisco Balzarotti
Francisco Balzarotti
Group Leader Advanced light microscopy and biophysics
Anna Obenauf
Anna Obenauf
Group Leader Molecular mechanisms of metastasis and drug resistance

Career

Develop your research project with a world-leading research group.
Summer
School
Find out about opportunities to join a lab for master's research.
Master &
Internship
Join one of the most prestigious international PhD programmes in molecular biology.
PhD
Programme
Grow in a stimulating research environment with world-class scientists and outstanding facilities.

Postdocs

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11
Mar
2021
Zoom
11:00
Following neuronal trajectories in developing brain
Silvia Cappello
MPI of Psychiatry Munich
VBC Regular Seminar
16
Mar
2021
Zoom
11:00
Haven’t got a glue?
Nicolas Thomä
FMI Basel

Featured Publications

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Michlits, G., Jude, J., Hinterndorfer, M., de Almeida, M., Vainorius, G., Hubmann, M., Neumann, T., Schleiffer, A., Burkard, TR., Fellner, M., Gijsbertsen, M., Traunbauer, A., Zuber, J., Elling, U. (2020)

Multilayered VBC score predicts sgRNAs that efficiently generate loss-of-function alleles.

 Nat Methods. 17(7):708-716
Meyer, A., Schloissnig, S., Franchini, P., Du, K., Woltering, JM., Irisarri, I., Wong, WY., Nowoshilow, S., Kneitz, S., Kawaguchi, A., Fabrizius, A., Xiong, P., Dechaud, C., Spaink, HP., Volff, JN., Simakov, O., Burmester, T., Tanaka, EM., Schartl, M. (2021)

Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates.

 Nature.

News

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26 Feb 2021
IMP PhD students win the President’s Prize of the Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology

Pauline Jung and Lukas Leiendecker from the Obenauf Lab won the very first edition of the President’s Prize of the Austrian Society of Dermatology and…

25 Feb 2021
Reaching out – the IMP on social media

Social media can be a very effective tool to connect to the scientific community in all its diversity. To expand the IMP’s reach, we are reviving the…

24 Feb 2021
IMP postdocs sweep Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships

Seven postdoctoral researchers at the IMP received Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships this year: Elad Bassat, Sebastian Isbaner, Katharina Lust, Daria…