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 08 Oct 2026

Sascha Amann wins Rabitsch Award 2026

Sascha Josef Amann has received the 2026 Rabitsch Award for his PhD thesis on the regulation of the 26S proteasome. Amann recently completed his...
 07 Oct 2026

Splicing’s final act: Three molecular hands untying a knot

The correct expression of genes is essential to produce the vast diversity of proteins needed for life. A crucial moment in gene expression is...
 21 Sep 2026

Doris Kaltenecker will join the IMP as group leader in 2027

Doris Kaltenecker is wrapping up her postdoc at Helmholtz Munich, and will join the IMP as a Group Leader in March 2027. Her IMP lab will study how...
 16 Sep 2026

Julia Bubis receives ÖGMBT Life Sciences Research Award Austria

Julia Bubis, postdoc at the Proteomics Technology Hub of the Vienna BioCenter, has been awarded the 2026 Life Sciences Research Award Austria for...
 15 Sep 2026

Six emerging scientists receive the International Birnstiel Award 2026

The 2026 International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences has named its laureates — the eighth cohort since the award was...
 03 Sep 2026

ERC Starting Grant for Elias Adriaenssens to study selective autophagy

IMP postdoc Elias Adriaenssens has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant worth close to €1.5 million to study how cells decide when to dispose of their...
 02 Sep 2026

Tim Clausen's lab part of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network

Tim Clausen, Senior Group Leader at the IMP, is part of a consortium of scientists that received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network grant to...
 25 Aug 2026

AI learns to write code that activates genes in mammals

Could scientists ever write the DNA instructions that tell cells which genes to switch on? Researchers from the lab of Alexander Stark at the IMP have...
 17 Jul 2026

Prestigious DOC Fellowship awarded to Sofia Moysiadou

PhD student Sofia Moysiadou from the lab of Anna Obenauf has been awarded a prestigious DOC Fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The...
 30 Jun 2026

Cracking the pathogen playbook

Viruses, bacteria, and parasites have spent millions of years evolving proteins that manipulate the cells they infect. Genome sequencing has revealed...

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