2025 marks a special milestone for the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI). Since its founding in 2000, the GMI has established itself globally as a premier research institute and will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year. We warmly invite you to reserve the date for the anniversary celebrations.

 

Evening event: “25 Years of the Gregor Mendel Institute”

Date: May 5, 2025, 5:30 PM

Venue: Festsaal of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Doktor-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna

Program:

· Premiere of “A Musical Portrait of the GMI” (Composed by Cheryl Frances-Hoad)

· Keynote: Prof. Jennifer Doudna (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020, English-language presentation)

 

Scientific symposium: “A Plant-astic Quarter Century“ 

Date: May 23, 2025

Venue: Vienna BioCenter, Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna 

Lectures and discussions with GMI alumni and former group leaders offer an opportunity to network with GMI scientists. 

 

We look forward to marking this anniversary with you, as we celebrate the vital role of plant research in shaping the future. Registration for both events opens in January. Please reach out to Sylvia Weinzettl from our Communications team at gmi25(at)gmi.oeaw.ac.at if you have any queries, require additional information, or wish to be contacted when registration opens.