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Current news and developments from the IMP. For frequent updates, also consider following us on mastodon or twitter. 

 29 Jan 2015

IMP to receive a new research building

Boehringer Ingelheim will invest around 50 million Euros for the construction of a new research premises for the Research Institute of Molecular...
14 Jan 2015

Boosting the Immune System to Fight Cancer: James Allison at the IMP

Professor James Allison of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, is a giant in the field of immunology and a pioneer of modern cancer...
04 Dec 2014

Barry Dickson receives award of the City of Vienna

On 3rd of December 2014, City Councillor Andreas Mailath-Pokorny presented this year’s Awards of the City of Vienna. Among the awardees are two...
20 Nov 2014

Cohesin: a cherry-shaped molecule safeguards cell-division

The cohesin molecule ensures the proper distribution of DNA during cell division. Scientists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in...
17 Nov 2014

Max Birnstiel (1933-2014)

We are deeply saddened by the unexpected death of our founding director Max L. Birnstiel, who passed away peacefully on 15th of November at the age...
12 Nov 2014

Johannes Zuber selected as EMBO Young Investigator

IMP Group Leader Johannes Zuber has been appointed to join the distinct group of Young Investigators identified this year by the European Molecular...
22 Oct 2014

IMP Scientist Ursula Schöberl receives L’ORÉAL-Award 2014

IMP Scientist Ursula Schöberl receives L’ORÉAL-Award 2014. The young molecular biologist is one of four women who have been elected into the program...
02 Oct 2014

Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award 2014 for Elif Eroglu

On October 2, leading up to the second day of the annual “IMP-IMBA Recess”, this year’s Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award was presented to Elif Eroglu, a...
08 Sep 2014

VBC PhD Symposium, 6-7 November 2014

For the twelfth time, PhD-students of the IMP and partner-institutions at the Vienna Biocenter have organised their own scientific symposium....
08 Jul 2014

"Lens on Life” - Artists and Scientists Explore Cell Division

The exhibition “Lens on Life” will be on view at the Federica Schiavo Gallery in Rome from 10 July to 28 August 2014. The art-project complements...