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.…

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…

GMI researcher Kelly Swarts to investigate how to help prepare forests for the changing climate

Eight students at the Vienna BioCenter were recognized for their outstanding doctoral research during this year’s Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium.

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…

In humans, and many other species, both genes inherited from the mother and from the father influence how embryos develop. In the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, however, the mother has total control, as researchers from the Berger lab at GMI now…

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

The fungus Ustilago maydis attacks corn and can cause significant damage to its host. To do this, it first ensures that the plant offers little resistance to the infection. The surgical precision it applies is shown by a new study, initiated at GMI…

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