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28 Mar 2024

FWF and ÖAW award "Disruptive Innovation Grant" to Johannes Schmoellerl

Johannes Schmoellerl, postdoctoral researcher with Johannes Zuber, is awarded one of 30 "Disruptive Innovation Grants" to study therapy resistance of...
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 for search of immunotherapy against 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...
29 Feb 2024

Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship for Rupert Faraway to study mRNA selection mechanism

The EU’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions will support Rupert Faraway, joint postdoc with Clemens Plaschka (IMP) and Stefan Ameres (Max Perutz Labs), to...
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...