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At the IMP we’re dedicated to the fun of finding out. Few places in the world let you dive into curiosity-driven science like we do. 📽️Watch what the IMP is all about: youtu.be/mtl5Vod652Q

Register for DevSTEM by May 30: devstem.pages.ist.ac.at

Join us on June 18 at ISTA for a day dedicated to developmental and stem cell biology, with talks, poster sessions, flash talks, and opportunities to connect across the Vienna life science community. More. 👇

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Celebrating success stories is so important! Take the time to nominate your PhD students for awards, it will show how much you appreciate their achievements and help build their careers. The Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in the Molecular Life Sciences now has an open

Just 2 weeks left! The Vienna BioCenter PostDoc Program is still accepting applications. We have 8 fully-funded fellowships available for researchers in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics, and more. Apply now: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vip3… #VBCPostDoc

PhD awards and honours boost not only students' visibility—but that of entire PhD programmes, says Christopher Robinson of the Vienna BioCenter training team. The Birnstiel Award offers an opportunity to enjoy this for yourself: we have an open call until 30 June!

📣 Registration is open for the 20th Microsymposium on RNA Biology! Join in at the Vienna BioCenter for three days of cutting-edge science, discussion & networking. 📅 17-19 June 2026 🧬 Poster abstract deadline: 19 May Info & registration: oeaw.ac.at/imba/seminars-…

📣 Open call: the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in Molecular Life Sciences is now accepting nominations! Do you know an exceptional PhD student whose work deserves recognition? Nominate them by 30 June 👉 imp.ac.at/birnstiel-awar…

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🧬 Inside the cell nucleus, two meters of DNA are folded into shape by cohesin—a protein complex that forms DNA loops. But how is this process controlled? Our Peters’ lab and collaborators have discovered how cells put the brakes on DNA loop formation: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

How do cells respond differently to the same signal? 📽️ 2025 Birnstiel Award laureate Shirsha Saha discovered how certain receptors selectively activate different signalling pathways: youtube.com/watch?v=hCo6Qi…

How do brain cells age over time? 📽️ 2025 Birnstiel Award laureate Eric Sun mapped brain aging at single-cell resolution and showed that some cells can speed up or slow down aging in their neighbours: youtube.com/watch?v=JHhEFB…

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Cells have a built-in cleanup system to remove unwanted proteins, and scientists can hijack it to destroy cancer drivers. Now, researchers from our Haselbach lab and collaborators reveal how this works in near-atomic detail: nature.com/articles/s4146…

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🎉 Congratulations to our Anna Obenauf, IMP Senior Group Leader, who has been elected as a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, for her outstanding contributions to cancer research: imp.ac.at/news/article/a…

Our Spring call is now open with over 30+ positions in the life sciences. Want to know more? Join our Information Session on 26 March at 1600 (CET). Last chance to register: vbcphd.at @IMPvienna @IMBA_Vienna @gmivienna @MaxPerutzLabs @univienna @MedUni_Wien

The IMP community remembers 1989 Nobel laureate J. Michael Bishop, a pioneering immunologist and microbiologist, who served on the IMP Scientific Advisory Board from 1991 to 1999: imp.ac.at/news/article/i…