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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

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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…

Our Spring PhD call is OPEN! English is the program language and open to all nationalities. 30+ fully funded positions & diverse life science subjects. 👉 vbcphd.at Apply by 9 April 2025 @IMPvienna @IMBA_Vienna @gmivienna @MaxPerutzLabs @univienna @MedUni_Wien

Congratulations to Alessandro Passera on the completion of his PhD! Passera, a researcher in the Balzarotti lab, presented his dissertation titled “Development of combinatorially-multiplexed DNA-PAINT and application to super-resolved RNA-FISH imaging” during his PhD defense.

Congratulations to Jingyi Shen on the completion of her PhD! Shen, a researcher in the Obenauf lab, presented her dissertation titled “Exploring the immunogenicity of cell death through the induction of GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis in cancer cells” during her PhD defense.

An FWF grant will support a new method to study gene activity and proteins at single-cell resolution. The funding is awarded to a collaborative project led by Manuel Matzinger (Proteomics Technology Hub of IMP, IMBA, GMI) & Viktoria Dorfer (Research Center Hagenberg).

Securing two group leader positions at the same institute is no small feat.  From IMP postdocs to group leaders: Laura Lorenzo-Orts and Ulrich Hohmann started their labs at IMB Mainz this year: imp.ac.at/news/article/f…

Our Spring PhD call is OPEN! 30+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Computational Biology + more 👉 vbcphd.at Apply by 9 April 2025 @IMPvienna @IMBA_Vienna @gmivienna @MaxPerutzLabs @univienna @MedUni_Wien

Can we engineer proteins that switch on and off inside living cells? 📽️ 2025 Birnstiel Award laureate Vojislav Gligorovski developed a light-controlled evolution system to do exactly that: youtu.be/ShHa1eEWFvk

Visit sy-stem.org soon to see all the event highlights. SY-Stem is a symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers, organized by the IMP and IMBA. #SYStem2026

At SY-Stem today, Francesco Boccelatto (University of Oxford), who earlier presented a talk titled “A YAP1–DKK1–Wnt mechanochemical circuit defines the human gastric regenerative niche,” contributes to the discussion following another presentation.

Learn more about the collaboration possibilities offered at Vienna BioCenter as Victoria Deneke shares her insights as a Postdoc at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology. The VIP³ PostDoc Program call is open – apply now! training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vip3… #VBCPostDoc

Visit sy-stem.org for the full program. SY-Stem is a symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers, organized by the IMP and IMP. #SYStem2026

Coffee breaks are an important part of conferences. At SY-Stem today, attendees had time for conversations, to ask questions sparked by presentations, and to connect with researchers they might not otherwise approach.

Why do some BRCA1-mutant cancers resist therapy? 📽️ 2025 Birnstiel Award laureate Sarah Moser identified a new DNA repair protein and discovered how cancer cells develop resistance to PARP inhibitors: youtu.be/vb1E3W9PvRQ

Visit sy-stem.org for the full program. SY-Stem is a symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers, organized by the IMP and IMP. #SYStem2026

Today at SY-Stem: Marianne Bronner, California Institute of Technology, presented on “Gene regulatory subcircuits controlling neural crest stem cell fate along the body axis.”