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Group Leader positions

The IMP is continuously looking for outstanding group leaders and is particularly interested in recruiting faculty members who will study mechanistic aspects of development, regeneration, disease and gene regulation at the organismal level, by using genetic and other molecular approaches. The next deadline for group leader applications is 15 February 2021.

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

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2021
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Mechanics of Intracellular Phase Separation
Clifford Brangwynne
Princeton University
VBC Regular Seminar
28
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2021
Zoom
11:00
Histone variants and their chaperones a network in action
Genevieve Almouzni
Institute Curie
VBC Regular Seminar

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
Hill, L., Ebert, A., Jaritz, M., Wutz, G., Nagasaka, K., Tagoh, H., Kostanova-Poliakova, D., Schindler, K., Sun, Q., Bönelt, P., Fischer, M., Peters, JM., Busslinger, M. (2020)

Wapl repression by Pax5 promotes V gene recombination by Igh loop extrusion.

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News

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19 Jan 2021
Denise P. Barlow Award for Matthias Muhar

The Denise P. Barlow Award of 2019 was presented to Matthias Muhar in recognition of his doctoral research with Johannes Zuber at the IMP. He shares…

18 Jan 2021
Record-breaking lungfish genome reveals how vertebrates conquered land

380 million years ago, fish started to crawl out of the water to colonise land. The Australian lungfish – an endangered, air-breathing fish – is one…

21 Dec 2020
Lauwers Award for Paula Gutiérrez Pérez

Despite the exceptional circumstances of 2020, the Lauwers Award for the best Monday Seminar talk has remained a constant. This year’s awardee is…