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14 Mar 2024

Elly Tanaka to become Scientific Director of IMBA

After more than seven highly successful years as IMP Senior Group Leader, Elly Tanaka will leave the institute to become Scientific Director of the…
12 Mar 2024

FWF Emerging Fields grant in search of immunotherapy for childhood cancer

The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has awarded a grant from its new Emerging Fields funding scheme to a project that will seek to develop a personalised…
11 Mar 2024

"Heart" of the spliceosome: putting together a molecular machine

Splicing is a fundamental process in the expression of our genetic information. It requires a complex molecular machinery, which needs to be made and…
01 Mar 2024

Celebration of female groundbreakers through science-art crossover at IMP

In a collaboration between artist Anya Vero, the IMP, IMBA, and GMI, an event at the IMP this week will mark International Women
09 Feb 2024

Expanding the narrative of women in science

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Officers at IMBA, IMP, and GMI discuss the…
08 Feb 2024

Next-level proteomics pipeline improves protein analysis

Proteomics studies the structure and function of proteins involved in cellular processes in great detail. However, technical limitations hamper this…
17 Jan 2024

Researchers at the Vienna BioCenter and in Ghana team up to advance diagnostics in Africa

Last April, Vienna BioCenter scientists embarked on a field trip to Ghana to help local researchers validate the innovative molecule detection…
15 Jan 2024

Prestigious EMBO Fellowships for two IMP postdocs

EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support early-career researchers for up to two years. Vytaute Boreikaite, postdoc with Clemens Plaschka, and Andreea…
21 Dec 2023

Sperm's creative approach to genome packing

A team of researchers around IMP Scientific Director Jan-Michael Peters investigated DNA folding in a highly specialised cell type: sperm. Their…