The IMP is a busy focal point for many academic events: seminars, conferences, lectures and symposia attract world-class speakers to present their work to the Vienna Biocenter community on a weekly basis. Such stimulating occasions are often starting points for idea-provoking discussions. Find more information in our calendar or events below.
09
Oct
2026
What grass flowers can teach us about morphological evolution over deep time
11:30
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Madelaine Bartlett
- The Sainsbury Laboratory
12
Oct
2026
Monday Seminar (Internal)
12:30
IMP Lecture Hall
- CHO Chung Hyun (Berger)MATHUR Varsha (Technau)DOSA Anna (Clausen)
- Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs
Monday Seminar
12
Oct
2026
Immunopeptidomics beyond target discovery - from cross-dressing to TCR(mimic) characterization
15:00
GMI Orange Seminar Room
- Martin Klatt
- Charite
13
Oct
2026
Meiosis in plants – Towards Mixing it up
11:30
Max Perutz Labs SR 1 (6.501)
- Stefan Heckman
- IPK Gatersleben
13
Oct
2026
The regulatory switches that made us human
13:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- David Gokhman
- Weizmann Institute of Science
13
Oct
2026
What´s wrong with evolutionary theory
13:15
UBB - Lecture Hall 1
- Ralf Sommer
- Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen
14
Oct
2026
Global declines in mRNA synthesis and RNA Pol II disequilibrium in aging
14:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Nicholas Stroustrup
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
15
Oct
2026
Inspired by nature: from metabolic stress responses to new therapeutic modalities
11:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Michael Rape
- UC Berkeley
VBC Regular Seminar
19
Oct
2026
Monday Seminar (Internal)
12:30
IMP Lecture Hall
- THEMANN Jan (Knoblich)KIM Hyosang (Knoblich)CHAKRABORTY Ronit (Kovarik)
- Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs
Monday Seminar
20
Oct
2026
Snails, Snapdragons and the genomic basis of adaption and speciation
13:15
UBB - Lecture Hall 1
- Sean Stankowski
- UCL
27
Oct
2026
Beyond sequence motifs - how meiotic recombination utilizes G-quadruplex DNA structures for hotspot targeting
11:30
Max Perutz Labs SR 1 (6.501)
- Angelika Lahnsteiner
- Universität Salzburg
27
Oct
2026
Towards in situ structural biology of the germline: imaging cells and tissues at molecular resolution by cryo-ET
13:15
UBB - Lecture Hall 1
- Sven Klumpe
- IMP/IMBA
29
Oct
2026
Systems limiting transposon mobilization and transposon-mediated gene disruption in animals
11:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Scott Kennedy
- Harvard Medical School
VBC Regular Seminar
30
Oct
2026
Regeneration of the cardiac conduction system
14:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Paul Riley
- Institute of Developmental & Regenerative Medicine
02
Nov
2026
Monday Seminar (Internal)
12:30
IMP Lecture Hall
- CHAO Victor (Huis in 't Veld)CRETTI Stefano (Goloborodko/Jachowicz)WELZL Paul (Balzarotti/Plaschka)
- Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs
Monday Seminar