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24 Oct 2023

SWISS BRIDGE Award to support lung cancer research

Cancer is predicted to affect one in three people in their lifetime. While treatment options are growing, widespread tumour resistance to treatment...
20 Oct 2023

Award-winning leukaemia research at the IMP receives further support

Johannes Schmoellerl is a postdoc in the lab of Johannes Zuber. His research into the molecular mechanisms of acute myeloid leukaemia now receives...
05 Oct 2023

Rabitsch Award 2023 for Frieda Leesch

The Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award, established in 2006, celebrates the accomplishments of a PhD student at the IMP or at IMBA each autumn. This year,...
02 Oct 2023

David Haselbach heads new IMP technology platform

Structural biologist David Haselbach is becoming the IMP’s first head of a technology platform. This new type of faculty position anchors a research...
28 Sep 2023

International Birnstiel Award 2023 celebrates six outstanding scientists

The fifth edition of the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences has seen a flow of 103 excellent applications,...
21 Sep 2023

Scientists show how cells build protein destruction signals

In an international research effort, scientists have investigated how unwanted proteins in the cell are tagged for degradation. By combining...
21 Sep 2023

Enhancing biodiversity at the Vienna BioCenter

The Vienna BioCenter is flanked by urban green oases, home to many plants, insects, and small vertebrates. Institutes on campus are dedicated to...
20 Sep 2023

Two Life Science Research Awards for IMP PhD graduates

The Austrian Society for Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT) acknowledges the outstanding contribution of young scientists through the...
19 Sep 2023

Immunologists reveal how the Pax5 protein regulates B cell development and commitment

The IMP has a long history of research with Pax5, an essential transcription factor for B cell development: Deputy Scientific Director Meinrad...
18 Sep 2023

Karl Landsteiner Award for Louisa Hill

Louisa Hill, former PhD student in the lab of Meinrad Busslinger, received the Karl Landsteiner Award of the Austrian Society of Allergology and...