Mon, 09.05.2022

Our PhD Candidates and Postdocs are now portrayed on the GMI website

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

Thu, 17.03.2022

ERC Consolidator Grant to Yasin Dagdas

Yasin Dagdas, Group Leader at the Gregor Mendel Institute, is awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This funding will allow Dagdas to decipher the role of Autophagy as a rescue mechanism for stalled, membrane-bound ribosomes. Get to know Dagdas and his…

Thu, 03.03.2022

Weintraub Award to GMI Alumna Kate Parys

Katarzyna (Kate) Parys, who recently obtained her PhD from the Belkhadir Lab, is a recipient of the highly prestigious 2022 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award. We conducted a short interview with Kate to try to find out how the mind of a successful young scientist ticks!

Wed, 02.03.2022

The Gregor Mendel Institute signals solidarity with Ukraine

We back the support program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for Ukrainian researchers in Austria and promote an environment of inclusion, mutual respect, and support.

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Fri, 11.02.2022

Plant research? Martin Moder asks GMI

Have you always been fascinated by plant research and are curious to know how it all happens? You're not alone! Find it all out with Martin Moder! Waren Sie schon immer von der Pflanzenforschung fasziniert und sind neugierig zu erfahren, wie das alles geschieht? Martin Moder hat…

Fri, 17.12.2021

Meet Silvia Ramundo, new GMI group leader

The cornerstone of the Ramundo lab at GMI was set in October 2021. Dr. Ramundo came to us following a postdoctoral position at the University of California, San Francisco, USA. At GMI, the Ramundo lab will investigate chloroplast biogenesis and protein quality control using the model…

Wed, 24.11.2021

GMI Fellows – 2nd Edition

Following the successful launch of “GMI Fellows”, the second edition now portrays the researchers who obtained their fellowships in 2020. This edition’s GMI Fellows are all postdoctoral researchers in various GMI research groups. These include the Berger, Dagdas, Mittelsten Scheid and Swarts…

Tue, 24.08.2021

How the first roots developed more than 400 million years ago

A plant fossil from a geological formation in Scotland sheds light on the development of the earliest known form of roots. A team led by researchers at GMI – the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Edinburgh and the…

Fri, 23.07.2021

GMI Fellows – 1st Edition

GMI recognizes the recipients of fellowships, grants and awards among its PhD candidates and postdocs! The first edition of the “GMI Fellows” series portrays the fellowship holders in 2021 from the Dagdas Lab.

Thu, 24.06.2021

Battle of the Pleiades against plant immunity

Mythological nymphs reincarnate as a group of corn smut proteins to launch a battle on maize immunity. One of these proteins appears to stand out among its sister Pleiades, much like its namesake character in Greek mythology. The research carried out at GMI – Gregor Mendel Institute of…