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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.

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Johannes Zuber
Johannes Zuber
Senior Scientist Finding and understanding cancer dependencies
Rushad Pavri
Rushad Pavri
Group Leader Molecular mechanisms of antibody diversification
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
Manuel Zimmer
Manuel Zimmer
Group Leader Neural Network Dynamics and Behavior
Elly Tanaka
Elly Tanaka
Senior Scientist Molecular mechanisms of vertebrate regeneration
Meinrad Busslinger
Meinrad Busslinger
Deputy Director Science Stem cell commitment in haematopoiesis
David Keays
David Keays
Group Leader Neuronal migration and magnetoreception
Jan-Michael Peters
Jan-Michael Peters
Scientific Director Mitosis and chromosome biology
David Haselbach
David Haselbach
Group Leader Watching molecular machines in action
Joris van der Veeken
Joris van der Veeken
Group Leader T-cell differentiation and function
Francisco Balzarotti
Francisco Balzarotti
Group Leader Advanced light microscopy and biophysics
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
Wulf Haubensak
Wulf Haubensak
Group Leader Circuit mechanics of emotional behaviour
Anna Obenauf
Anna Obenauf
Group Leader Molecular mechanisms of metastasis and drug resistance
Clemens Plaschka
Clemens Plaschka
Group Leader mRNA processing and regulation
Alexander Stark
Alexander Stark
Senior Scientist Understanding transcriptional regulation

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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29
Apr
2021
Zoom
11:00
Visualising the Building Blocks of Life Inside of Cells
Martin Beck
MPI of Biophysics
VBC Regular Seminar
06
May
2021
Zoom
15:00
Allyship and gender intelligence: practical steps towards gender parity
Roshni Mooneeram
EMBL

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. 590(7845):284-289

News

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22 Apr 2021
ERC Advanced Grant for Jan-Michael Peters’ research on genome architecture
The folding of DNA is of fundamental importance for all life, but how the process works is a mystery. IMP Scientific Director Jan-Michael Peters was…
19 Apr 2021
New ventures into the cell’s membraneless compartments
A group of researchers at the Vienna BioCenter including IMP senior scientist Tim Clausen secured a grant from the Austrian Science Fund to explore…
08 Apr 2021
A refined axolotl genome assembly sheds light on basic cellular processes
After the first assembly of an axolotl genome was published in 2018, the lab of Elly Tanaka teamed up with scientists at the University of Kentucky to…