GMI

Welcome to the GMI
JOIN US — We are constantly looking for people with big ideas, who would enjoy and augment the intellectual freedom we provide. If this appeals to you, get in touch — contact any group leader.
Open Positions
Welcome to the GMI
JOIN US — We are constantly looking for people with big ideas, who would enjoy and augment the intellectual freedom we provide. If this appeals to you, get in touch — contact any group leader.
Open Positions
Welcome to the GMI
JOIN US — We are constantly looking for people with big ideas, who would enjoy and augment the intellectual freedom we provide. If this appeals to you, get in touch — contact any group leader.
Open Positions

JOIN US — We are constantly looking for people with big ideas, who would enjoy and augment the intellectual freedom we provide. If this appeals to you, get in touch — contact any group leader.

Open Positions

Our Mission

The GMI is a research institute devoted to plant biology. Plants created our atmosphere and sustain life on earth. Our goal is to make fundamental discoveries that help us understand how plants function — discoveries that may be essential to address global challenges like climate change. Our research ranges from molecules to ecosystems, involving a wide variety of plants — all depending on the question. We study photosynthesis in unicellular alga, and climate adaptation in coniferous trees. We believe in enabling researchers at all levels to pursue big questions in an intellectually stimulating, diverse, and collaborative environment. Key to our success is minimal hierarchy and bureaucracy, outstanding facilities, and core funding.

Microscopy image of an Arabidopsis flower bud. In green, stem cell nuclei. In magenta, a cytoplasmic marker for the epidermal layer. ©Bradamante/Mittelsten Scheid/GMI

About us

The GMI is part of the Vienna BioCenter, a leading life science cluster, comprising several research institutes, universities, and start-up companies, located close to the center of Vienna. The institute is owned and funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). Research topics include basic mechanisms of epigenetics, cell biology, plant-pathogen interactions, developmental biology, and population genetics. The GMI provides a lively, international working environment with around 130 people, embedded in a campus with over 1700 people from more than 70 countries. The working language is English. We strive for a friendly, inclusive environment, and provide an on-campus child care center.

Latest Research

In humans, and many other species, both genes inherited from the mother and from the father influence how embryos develop. In the…

The fungus Ustilago maydis attacks corn and can cause significant damage to its host. To do this, it first ensures that the plant…

The journal The Plant Cell joins the celebrations of the 200th birthday anniversary of the “Father of genetics” with a series of…

A plant fossil from a geological formation in Scotland sheds light on the development of the earliest known form of roots. A team led…

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics goes to former ÖAW President Anton Zeilinger as well as Alain Aspect and John F. Clauser “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”. Congratulations!

Program interns highlight the importance of minimal hierarchy, human connection, and purpose-driven work.

GMI celebrates Gregor Mendel Bicentennial with Lecture by Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse

The Future of Biology on View at the Austrian Academy of Sciences

The Gregor Mendel Institute now portrays its Early Career Researchers (ECRs) on the website.

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