Austrian Academy of Sciences GMI - GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY
Logo of the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant BiologyLogo of the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
    • DE
    • EN
  • Research
    • Research Groups
    • Publications
    • PhD Students
    • Postdocs
    • Awards, Grants & Fellowships
    • Scientific Facilities
    • Scientific Advisory Board
  • Join us
    • Information for students and postdocs
    • Currently listed positions
    • Working at the GMI
  • Administration & Services
  • Staff Directory
  • News & Events
    • Latest Research
    • News & Press
    • Events
    • Past Events
    • Deutschsprachige Pressemitteilungen
    • Downloads
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
    • DE
    • EN

News & Events

  • Latest Research
  • News & Press
  • Events
  • Past Events
    • Mendel Early Career Symposium 2023
      • Photo Album
      • Program
      • Registration
      • Location / Travel
      • Safety Measures
      • General Terms and Conditions for Events
    • Mendel Early Career Symposium 2022
      • Program
      • Registration
      • Location / Travel
      • Safety Measures
      • General Terms and Conditions for Events
  • Deutschsprachige Pressemitteilungen
  • Downloads
  • GMI
  • News & Events
    • Latest Research
    • Latest Research
    • News & Press
    • Events
    • Past Events
    • Deutschsprachige Pressemitteilungen
    • Downloads

Latest Research

Thu, 21.09.2023

New origin story for key regulatory gene

The key protein complex PRC2 was discovered decades ago to silence genes, but new findings by Frederic Berger and his group at the Gregor Mendel Institute show that PRC2 represses transposons in a range of eukaryotes and only gradually evolved to silence genes. The study was published on…

Mon, 11.09.2023

Unearthing the hidden trove of long non-coding RNAs in plants

Long non-coding RNAs, an enigmatic class of genes that do not encode proteins, exhibit greater variability and are subject to more silencing mechanisms than previously known, a new study in Arabidopsis shows. Some lncRNAs even resemble transposons and are controlled by transposon silencing…

Thu, 27.07.2023

Histone variants shape the Arabidopsis epigenome

A new eLife paper by Fred Berger uncovers the key role histone variants play in establishing chromatin states in Arabidopsis.

Thu, 13.07.2023

A CRISPR-based lab tool for lineage tracing in vivo

How do individual cells give rise to the range of cellular lineages in multicellular organisms? Now, researchers from Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid’s lab at GMI present a CRISPR-Cas9-based technique for lineage tracing within living plants, which can help answer this question. The technique’s…

Thu, 29.06.2023

How land plants regulate tissue development and organogenesis

Conserved signaling molecules, called RHO GTPases, define where growth occurs on the surface of eukaryotic cells. Researchers from the Dolan group at GMI discovered how “RHO GTPase of plants” – called ROP proteins for short – coordinate cell growth and division during tissue development and…

Thu, 11.05.2023

Dissecting the forces that govern epigenetic memory

The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana shows a striking natural variation in a key epigenetic marker. Researchers from the Nordborg group at the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences sought to uncover what causes this variation. In a new study, the researchers…

Fri, 03.03.2023

The dual face of photoreceptors during seed germination

Seed germination depends on light in many plants. But not always: Aethionema arabicum, a plant adapted to challenging environmental conditions, does it its own way. Here, the phytochromes, the receptors for red and far-red light, play an unexpected role in seed germination and time this…

Fri, 10.02.2023

Autophagy: The molecular regulation of self-eating

Autophagy, or “self-eating”, is an essential cellular quality control mechanism that clears the cell of protein aggregates and damaged organelles. This mechanism is inactive under normal conditions and only triggered upon persistent cellular stress. Researchers from the Gregor Mendel…

Tue, 24.01.2023

Bryophytes branch differently… also at the molecular level

Non-vascular bryophytes live in colonies that cover the ground and resemble tiny forests. In a real forest, plants compete for light in different layers of the canopy. If a plant does not receive enough sunlight, it stops lateral branching and instead grows vertically to reach the sunlight.…

Wed, 19.10.2022

New stop along the cellular journey of recycling organelles in plants

A “hub and spoke” system enables plant cells to efficiently coordinate cellular trafficking, particularly for cellular recycling, the so-called autophagy process. Specialized vesicles, the autophagosomes, engulf harmful molecules and carry them to the vacuole, where they are degraded. During…

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • next
  • 5
Back
share

Contact

Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
Austrian Academy of Sciences

Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3
1030 Vienna, Austria
T: +43 1 79044-9000
F: +43 1 79044-9001
E: office@gmi.oeaw.ac.at

Travel Directions

Terms & Conditions

Social Media

Vienna BioCenter

© Copyright OEAW Imprint Data Protection
Notice about cookies

This site uses cookies. They ensure essential functionalities of the website and enable us to continuously optimize content. Help us by agreeing to the collection of statistical data and the presentation of external multimedia content. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Further information can be found in the privacy settings and by clicking the Data Protection Link.

Necessary

These cookies are required for the smooth functioning of our website.

NamePurposeStorage durationTypeProvider
CookieConsent Remembers your consent to the use of cookies. 1 year HTML Web Consent
fe_typo_user Assigns your browser to a session on the server. This only affects the content you see and is not evaluated or processed by us - HTTP Web User
Statistics

With the help of these cookies, we strive to make our offer even more attractive for you. The user flow can be analyzed and assessed using pseudonymised data from website users. This gives us the opportunity to optimize website content.

NamePurposeStorage durationTypeProvider
_pk_id Used to store a few details about the user like unique visitor ID. 13 months HTML Matomo-id
_pk_ref Used to store information about the user's referring website. 6 months HTML Matomo-ref
_pk_ses Short-term cookie to save temporary data from the visit. 30 minutes HTML Matomo-ses
_pk_cvar Short-term cookie to save temporary data from the visit. 30 minutes HTML Matomo-cvar
_pk_hsr Short lived cookie used to temporarily store data for the visit. 30 minutes HTML Matomo
Multimedia

With the help of these cookies, we strive to improve the information we offer users by providing multimedia or interactive content such as videos.

NamePurposeStorage durationTypeProvider
YouTube A connection to YouTube will be established to view videos. - Connection YouTube
SoundCloud A connection to SoundCloud will be established to play audio files. - Connection SoundCloud
Twitter A connection to Twitter will be established to display tweets. - missing translation: type. Twitter