Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
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IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology: a leading research institute in Europe, focusing on functional genetics, RNA biology, and stem cell research.
Congratulations to Žiga Vičič, PhD student in Joanna Jachowicz’s lab, who received the “Out of the Box Award” jointly with Felix Haslhofer (@maxperutzlabs.ac.at) for their project aiming to develop a modular cell-line system to facilitate the study of protein function. More: imba.science/4rjDAe5
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Congratulations to Žiga Vičič, PhD student in Joanna Jachowicz’s lab, who received the “Out of the Box Award” jointly with Felix Haslhofer (@maxperutzlabs.ac.at) for their project aiming to develop a modular cell-line system to facilitate the study of protein function. More: imba.science/4rjDAe5
IMBA is recognized among Austria’s top public, non-university research institutions for its strong contribution to innovation and patent development, according to a new European study: www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/researc...
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
IMBA is recognized among Austria’s top public, non-university research institutions for its strong contribution to innovation and patent development, according to a new European study: www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/researc...
🚨 New paper alert!
Scientists in the Burga lab show for the first time how toxin-antidote elements—selfish genetic elements that perpetuate by poisoning those embryos that don’t inherit them—evolved from normal cellular proteins. More: https://imba.science/3M3fRyq
Scientists in the Burga lab show for the first time how toxin-antidote elements—selfish genetic elements that perpetuate by poisoning those embryos that don’t inherit them—evolved from normal cellular proteins. More: https://imba.science/3M3fRyq
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚨 New paper alert!
Scientists in the Burga lab show for the first time how toxin-antidote elements—selfish genetic elements that perpetuate by poisoning those embryos that don’t inherit them—evolved from normal cellular proteins. More: https://imba.science/3M3fRyq
Scientists in the Burga lab show for the first time how toxin-antidote elements—selfish genetic elements that perpetuate by poisoning those embryos that don’t inherit them—evolved from normal cellular proteins. More: https://imba.science/3M3fRyq
Weekend long read, anyone? The @fwf-at.bsky.social features IMBA Scientific Director Elly Tanaka in a new article that lays out how she pioneered research in regeneration biology, bringing axolotls as a model organism to the molecular era.
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Weekend long read, anyone? The @fwf-at.bsky.social features IMBA Scientific Director Elly Tanaka in a new article that lays out how she pioneered research in regeneration biology, bringing axolotls as a model organism to the molecular era.
New paper alert! Researchers at the Proteomics Tech Hub at the Vienna BioCenter have developed a new cross-linking mass spectrometry workflow that allows scientists to more easily detect and study protein interactions that were previously undetectable. More: https://imba.science/47QaCJA
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New paper alert! Researchers at the Proteomics Tech Hub at the Vienna BioCenter have developed a new cross-linking mass spectrometry workflow that allows scientists to more easily detect and study protein interactions that were previously undetectable. More: https://imba.science/47QaCJA
Great career opportunity at @viennabiocenter.bsky.social: The @impvienna.bsky.social is looking for a new Junior Group Leader in cell and molecular biology, synthetic biology, genomics, gene regulation, development, cancer, immunology or infection biology.
More: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
More: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Great career opportunity at @viennabiocenter.bsky.social: The @impvienna.bsky.social is looking for a new Junior Group Leader in cell and molecular biology, synthetic biology, genomics, gene regulation, development, cancer, immunology or infection biology.
More: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
More: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Congratulations to Max Kellner, former PhD student in Josef Penninger’s lab, who was awarded a Vienna BioCenter PhD Award for his thesis, in which he developed bat-derived organoids to investigate why bats can carry highly pathogenic viruses without falling ill. More: https://imba.science/4r5X0TE
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Congratulations to Max Kellner, former PhD student in Josef Penninger’s lab, who was awarded a Vienna BioCenter PhD Award for his thesis, in which he developed bat-derived organoids to investigate why bats can carry highly pathogenic viruses without falling ill. More: https://imba.science/4r5X0TE
New paper alert! Scientists in Julius Brennecke’s lab at IMBA and Clemens Plaschka’s lab at @impvienna.bsky.social solved a decade-old puzzle, uncovering how the information molecule mRNA travels from the cell’s nucleus to its periphery. More: https://imba.science/3Xl2hJ3
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New paper alert! Scientists in Julius Brennecke’s lab at IMBA and Clemens Plaschka’s lab at @impvienna.bsky.social solved a decade-old puzzle, uncovering how the information molecule mRNA travels from the cell’s nucleus to its periphery. More: https://imba.science/3Xl2hJ3
In our latest interview, Kristina Stapornwongkul, the newest group leader at IMBA, shares her journey to joining the institute, why she chose IMBA as the next step in her career, and her vision for her lab exploring how metabolism shapes embryonic development: https://imba.science/49fCrxl
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In our latest interview, Kristina Stapornwongkul, the newest group leader at IMBA, shares her journey to joining the institute, why she chose IMBA as the next step in her career, and her vision for her lab exploring how metabolism shapes embryonic development: https://imba.science/49fCrxl
IMBA has secured funding from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) to establish a new position that will support data management for cryo-Electron Tomography, one of the newest and most data-intensive research areas on campus. More: https://imba.science/4ngJN7b
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
IMBA has secured funding from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) to establish a new position that will support data management for cryo-Electron Tomography, one of the newest and most data-intensive research areas on campus. More: https://imba.science/4ngJN7b
🎉 Congratulations to Nina Corsini and Oliver Eichmüller, researchers in Jürgen Knoblich’s lab at IMBA, who were recognized with the German Tuberous Sclerosis Foundation’s Award for their research on tuberous sclerosis using cerebral organoids. More: https://imba.science/3Jej5hy
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Nina Corsini and Oliver Eichmüller, researchers in Jürgen Knoblich’s lab at IMBA, who were recognized with the German Tuberous Sclerosis Foundation’s Award for their research on tuberous sclerosis using cerebral organoids. More: https://imba.science/3Jej5hy
🔬 👩🏻🔬 🧪 What’s it like doing a PhD between two labs? In our latest Behind the Science, Júlia Portell i de Montserrat, shared PhD student in the Brennecke lab at IMBA and the Plaschka lab at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, tells us more about her unusual but rewarding journey:
October 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🔬 👩🏻🔬 🧪 What’s it like doing a PhD between two labs? In our latest Behind the Science, Júlia Portell i de Montserrat, shared PhD student in the Brennecke lab at IMBA and the Plaschka lab at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, tells us more about her unusual but rewarding journey:
Before Jürgen Knoblich became known for his groundbreaking brain organoid research, he studied asymmetric cell division in Drosophila at the @impvienna.bsky.social.
📖 Read the full milestone essay: https://www.imp.ac.at/achievements/research-milestones/knoblich-asymmetric-cell-division
📖 Read the full milestone essay: https://www.imp.ac.at/achievements/research-milestones/knoblich-asymmetric-cell-division
October 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Before Jürgen Knoblich became known for his groundbreaking brain organoid research, he studied asymmetric cell division in Drosophila at the @impvienna.bsky.social.
📖 Read the full milestone essay: https://www.imp.ac.at/achievements/research-milestones/knoblich-asymmetric-cell-division
📖 Read the full milestone essay: https://www.imp.ac.at/achievements/research-milestones/knoblich-asymmetric-cell-division
Congratulations to Heidar Heidari Khoei, postdoc in Nicolas Rivron’s lab, who recently received the 2025 Royan International Research Award for his work on stem-cell based models of the human embryo. More: https://imba.science/4q5qjoQ
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Congratulations to Heidar Heidari Khoei, postdoc in Nicolas Rivron’s lab, who recently received the 2025 Royan International Research Award for his work on stem-cell based models of the human embryo. More: https://imba.science/4q5qjoQ
Congratulations to Sakurako Nagumo Wong, former PhD student in Jürgen Knoblich’s lab, who was awarded the 2025 Rabitsch Award for her remarkable contributions to the study of human cortical development and neurodevelopmental disorders. Read more: https://imba.science/4gPHh6l
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Congratulations to Sakurako Nagumo Wong, former PhD student in Jürgen Knoblich’s lab, who was awarded the 2025 Rabitsch Award for her remarkable contributions to the study of human cortical development and neurodevelopmental disorders. Read more: https://imba.science/4gPHh6l
🎉 Congratulations to Max Kellner, former PhD student in the Penninger Lab, who was presented with the ÖGBMT Life Sciences PhD Award Austria. The award recognizes Kellner’s PhD research on how dangerous viruses emerge from natural reservoirs like bats. More: https://imba.science/3KiRYSN
September 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Max Kellner, former PhD student in the Penninger Lab, who was presented with the ÖGBMT Life Sciences PhD Award Austria. The award recognizes Kellner’s PhD research on how dangerous viruses emerge from natural reservoirs like bats. More: https://imba.science/3KiRYSN
Oguzhan Kaya, postdoc in the Knoblich lab, has a research a project that was recently funded with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find out more: https://youtu.be/_WEhll-cirI
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September 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Oguzhan Kaya, postdoc in the Knoblich lab, has a research a project that was recently funded with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find out more: https://youtu.be/_WEhll-cirI
No research, no answers.
IMBA Scientific Director Elly Tanaka is among five renowned ÖAW scientists acting as ambassadors of the “No research, no answers” campaign in Austria - aimed to highlight the crucial role of science in advancing society.
More about the campaign: http://imba.science/3KgScd7
IMBA Scientific Director Elly Tanaka is among five renowned ÖAW scientists acting as ambassadors of the “No research, no answers” campaign in Austria - aimed to highlight the crucial role of science in advancing society.
More about the campaign: http://imba.science/3KgScd7
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
No research, no answers.
IMBA Scientific Director Elly Tanaka is among five renowned ÖAW scientists acting as ambassadors of the “No research, no answers” campaign in Austria - aimed to highlight the crucial role of science in advancing society.
More about the campaign: http://imba.science/3KgScd7
IMBA Scientific Director Elly Tanaka is among five renowned ÖAW scientists acting as ambassadors of the “No research, no answers” campaign in Austria - aimed to highlight the crucial role of science in advancing society.
More about the campaign: http://imba.science/3KgScd7
Sara Wighard, postdoc in Alejandro Burga’s lab, has a project that was recently funded with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find out more: https://youtu.be/jzfyZMdqduY
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September 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sara Wighard, postdoc in Alejandro Burga’s lab, has a project that was recently funded with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find out more: https://youtu.be/jzfyZMdqduY
🎉 Congratulations to Christos Kyprianou, Postdoc in Nicolas Rivron's lab at IMBA, who received a Seal of Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship to study the causes of implantation failure in human embryonic development. More: http://imba.science/3VUjpop
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Christos Kyprianou, Postdoc in Nicolas Rivron's lab at IMBA, who received a Seal of Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship to study the causes of implantation failure in human embryonic development. More: http://imba.science/3VUjpop
📰 New paper alert!
In a collaborative project with the lab of Clemens Plaschka at the IMP, the lab of Julius Brennecke has revealed how PIWI proteins kickstart transposon silencing in reproductive cells.
The findings are published in Molecular Cell: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a collaborative project with the lab of Clemens Plaschka at the IMP, the lab of Julius Brennecke has revealed how PIWI proteins kickstart transposon silencing in reproductive cells.
The findings are published in Molecular Cell: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How cells lock down “jumping genes”:
Researchers from IMBA and IMP identify the first protein interactions that trigger PIWI–piRNA–mediated transposon silencing, using AlphaFold predictions, genetics, biochemistry and cell biology.
Read more: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/t...
Researchers from IMBA and IMP identify the first protein interactions that trigger PIWI–piRNA–mediated transposon silencing, using AlphaFold predictions, genetics, biochemistry and cell biology.
Read more: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/t...
September 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📰 New paper alert!
In a collaborative project with the lab of Clemens Plaschka at the IMP, the lab of Julius Brennecke has revealed how PIWI proteins kickstart transposon silencing in reproductive cells.
The findings are published in Molecular Cell: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a collaborative project with the lab of Clemens Plaschka at the IMP, the lab of Julius Brennecke has revealed how PIWI proteins kickstart transposon silencing in reproductive cells.
The findings are published in Molecular Cell: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Scientific curiosity at IMBA inspired this year's art series, created from research images. Today's kaleidoscope is based on research from the Tanaka Lab investigating how axolotls can regenerate their tails, rebuilding not only muscle, bone and skin but also complex neuronal networks.
August 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Scientific curiosity at IMBA inspired this year's art series, created from research images. Today's kaleidoscope is based on research from the Tanaka Lab investigating how axolotls can regenerate their tails, rebuilding not only muscle, bone and skin but also complex neuronal networks.
Scientific curiosity at IMBA inspired this year's art series, created from research images. Today's kaleidoscope is based on an artistic rendering of the spiral staircase model of the mitotic chromosome, produced by the Goloborodko lab using new tools for analyzing 3D chromosome structure.
August 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Scientific curiosity at IMBA inspired this year's art series, created from research images. Today's kaleidoscope is based on an artistic rendering of the spiral staircase model of the mitotic chromosome, produced by the Goloborodko lab using new tools for analyzing 3D chromosome structure.
Scientific curiosity at IMBA inspired this year's art series, created from research images. Today's kaleidoscope is based on research from the Burga Lab, which used roundworms to uncover a process for silencing selfish genes that could represent the first step in the evolution of genomic imprinting.
August 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Scientific curiosity at IMBA inspired this year's art series, created from research images. Today's kaleidoscope is based on research from the Burga Lab, which used roundworms to uncover a process for silencing selfish genes that could represent the first step in the evolution of genomic imprinting.