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 12 Dec 2025

How Genetic Grammar Shapes Antibody Evolution

Our B-cells use somatic hypermutation to fine-tune their DNA code to make better antibodies — but not all DNA sites are treated equally. A new study...
 09 Dec 2025

ERC Consolidator Grant for Clemens Plaschka

Clemens Plaschka, Senior Group Leader at the IMP, has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) under the Horizon...
 27 Nov 2025

Paul Kirchgatterer receives “Out of The Box” Award

At this year’s Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium, Paul Kirchgatterer, PhD student in Moritz Gaidt’s lab, received the “Out of the Box Award”, jointly...
 25 Nov 2025

Collaboration, computation, culture: Jacob Schreiber's year at the IMP

Jacob Schreiber is a computational scientist that uses machine learning to understand gene regulation across the genome. He joined the IMP in 2024 for...
 20 Nov 2025

Elusive sensory organ: Pigeons detect magnetic fields through inner ear

Scientists around former IMP group leader David Keays show that pigeons detect magnetic fields through their inner ear. Their discovery was now...
 20 Nov 2025

Anais Elewaut wins 2025 Denise P. Barlow Award

Anais Elewaut, a recent PhD graduate from Anna Obenauf's lab at the IMP, was presented with the Denise P. Barlow Award for her exceptional doctoral...
 17 Nov 2025

Austrian Decoration of Honour for Jan-Michael Peters

A Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria was presented to IMP Scientific Director Jan-Michael Peters. The recognition, presented...
 12 Nov 2025

Jan-Michael Peters elected External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMP Scientific Director Jan-Michael Peters has been elected an External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried. 
 11 Nov 2025

Boosting Protein Research with New Mass Spectrometry Technology

Researchers at the Proteomics Technology Hub of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology Austria (IMBA), Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), and Research...
 07 Nov 2025

IMP PhD Student Paul Welzl Receives 2025 Lauwers Award

Paul Welzl, PhD student at the IMP with Clemens Plaschka and Francisco Balzarotti, has been recognised with the 2025 Lauwers Award for his outstanding...