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.
29
Jan
2026
Exploring the role of protein metabolism in developmental tempo
11:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Teresa Rayon
- Babraham Institute
29
Jan
2026
Dealing with DNA damage during mitosis
11:30
Max Perutz Labs SR 1 (6th floor)
- Marcel van Vugt
- Cancer Research Center, Groningen
29
Jan
2026
Signal-to-Noise: Lessons from an Oncogene and a Tumor Suppressor
14:00
Lecture Hall B, VBC5 & Zoom
- Thomas Leonard
- Medical University of Vienna
29
Jan
2026
Rediscovering a tumor suppressor: NF1 in microtubular damage and repair
14:00
GMI Orange Seminar Room
- Luca Mazzarella
- IEO Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
29
Jan
2026
Statistical genetics elucidates human evolution and disease biology
14:30
HS2 (Hörsaal 2) in the UBB (ground floor)
- Yukinori Okada
- University of Tokyo
30
Jan
2026
Plastids in parasites: spatial proteomics reveal the extremities of chloroplast evolution
11:30
GMI Orange Seminar Room
- Ross Waller
- Cambridge University
30
Jan
2026
RNA therapies for cardiac repair, regeneration and gene editing
13:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Mauro Giacca
- King's College London
02
Feb
2026
Monday Seminar (Internal)
12:30
IMP Lecture Hall
- COSTANTINI Elena (Tanaka)VIOHL Niklas (Köhler)KLEINWAECHTER Ava (Slade)
- Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs
Monday Seminar
05
Feb
2026
"Context is everything” - pan-Expansion and FLASH-PAINT Super-resolution Microscopy Reveal Cell Biological Complexity at the Nanoscale
11:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Joerg Bewersdorf
- Yale University
VBC Regular Seminar
09
Feb
2026
Monday Seminar (Internal)
12:30
IMP Lecture Hall
- BELL Caelan (Gerlich)PRLESI Ines (Gerlich)LEON-RUIZ Jesus (Dolan)
- Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs
Monday Seminar
12
Feb
2026
Early metazoan cell type diversity, evolution and regulation
11:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Arnau Sebe Pedros
- CRG – Centre for Genomic Regulation
VBC Regular Seminar
16
Feb
2026
Comparative regulatory genomics
9:30
GMI Orange Seminar Room
- Arnau Sebe Pedros
- CRG – Centre for Genomic Regulation
16
Feb
2026
From Worms to Cancer: tuft cells and mast cells in the intestine
11:00
IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall
- Jakob von Moltke
- University of Washington
16
Feb
2026
Monday Seminar (Internal)
12:30
IMP Lecture Hall
- HOFMANN Maura (Van der Veeken)SEN Zeynep Begüm (Ma)ZEN PETISCO FIORE Ana Paula (Urban)
- Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs
Monday Seminar
17
Feb
2026
Anterior-Posterior Assymetry Adds a New Layer of Positional Information in Regenerating Limbs
15:00
GMI Orange Seminar Room
- Catherine McCusker
- University of Massachusetts