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 31 Oct 2016

Researchers watch in 3D as neurons talk to each other in a living mouse brain

No single neuron produces a thought or a behavior; anything the brain accomplishes is a vast collaborative effort between cells. When at work, neurons...
21 Oct 2016

Elly Tanaka joins the IMP as Senior Scientist

The internationally recognized biologist Elly Tanaka has taken up a position as Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology...
07 Oct 2016

How cells take out the trash: the “phospho-kiss of death” deciphered

Cells never forget to take out the trash. It has long been known that cells tag proteins for degradation by labelling them with ubiquitin, a signal...
06 Oct 2016

Beata Mierzwa receives “Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award” 2016

This year’s “Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award” was presented to Beata Mierzwa, a PhD student in the lab of Daniel Gerlich at IMBA....
03 Oct 2016

Novel mechanism to steer cell identities gives clue on how organisms develop

Scientists discovered a new way in which microRNAs can determine the fate of cells in the course of their development. This could be a key to...
30 Sep 2016

WWTF-grant supports cancer research by Anna Obenauf

IMP-Group Leader Anna Obenauf was successful in securing one of five grants within the project call "Precision Medicine" by the Vienna Science and...
05 Sep 2016

Neuroscientist Wolf Singer to give Max Birnstiel Lecture at the IMP

The IMP - Research Institute of Molecular Pathology cordially invites you to attend the talk "The cerebral cortex, a substrate for computing in high...
16 Aug 2016

Thomas Wiesner receives award for advances in dermatology research

Thomas Wiesner is breaking new ground to find novel mechanism-based cancer therapies....
11 Aug 2016

Watching Molecular Machines at Work

An international team of scientists from Austria, Germany and the US has combined newly developed techniques in electron microscopy and protein...
20 Jul 2016

Identifying Brain Regions Automatically

Biologists develop a new method for analyzing brain images and demonstrate it with a study on fruit flies....