Our Curiosity makes science happen.

IMBA is an academic research institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences that conducts basic research in the areas of molecular biology and medicine.

We are located at the Vienna BioCenter in the heart of Europe.

Research Highlights

MORE ARTICLES

#ScienceChatIMBA: How the genome is packed into chromosomes that can be faithfully moved during cell division

In their latest Nature publication, researchers from the Gerlich Group at IMBA determined the molecular mechanisms that confer special physical properties to mitotic chromosomes to prevent their…

Read more

Not all brains are equal: Why the human brain is more vulnerable to disease

With the help of cerebral organoids, IMBA scientists were able to ascertain that Tuberous Sclerosis, a rare neurodevelopmental genetic disorder, arises developmentally rather than only genetically.…

Read more

Breakthrough research on human blastoids and impact on IVF and contraception

The development of human blastoids, human embryo models at IMBA, paves the way for improving in vitro fertilization success rate and new non-hormonal, user-friendly contraception. This breakthrough…

Read more

Twitter

News

MORE ARTICLES

Receptor FIBCD1 newly identified in neuro-developmental disorders

A multidisciplinary study led by Vanja Nagy (LBI-RUD/CeMM/Medical University of Vienna) and Josef Penninger (UBC/IMBA) characterized…

Read more

Daniel Gerlich Elected to Academia Europaea

The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) congratulates Daniel Gerlich on his election to…

Read more

The beginning of life: The early embryo is in the driver's seat

One often thinks that the early embryo is fragile and needs support. However, at the earliest stages of development, it has the power…

Read more

Vatican Welcomes Two Vienna BioCenter Scientists

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences Invites IMBA Director Jürgen Knoblich and IMP Scientist Elly Tanaka to the Vatican for a Meeting…

Read more

Career & Training

Vienna BioCenter PhD Program

The program is among the best postgraduate courses in European life sciences.

Read more

Postdoc oppor­tunities

At IMBA you will find the freedom to pursue your ideas in an encouraging and extremely supportive environment.

Read more

Master Projects

Most labs host Master Students during their thesis or for placements/internships.

Read more

VBC Summer School

The Vienna BioCenter Summer School offers a 9-week fellowship programme for current Bachelor and Master students to develop pertinent…

Read more

Job Offers

Senior Research Assistant (full-time)

Research Assistant for mutational surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

PostDoc Position, Saha Lab

PhD Position, Goloborodko Lab

Master Thesis positions - Elling Lab

Joint postdoctoral position - IMBA-UniVie - Circuit dysfunction in Epilepsy using Human Cerebral Organoids

Seminars & Events

Pushing Boundaries Student Symposium

Each year the PhD students organise a symposium over 2-3 days. The Vienna Biocenter PhD Symposium 2022 ‘Pushing Boundaries’ aims to…

Read more

MORE EVENTS

Aug
12
16:00

Genomic adaptation in red algae

Location:GMI Orange Seminar Room
Speaker: Hwan Su Yoon
Type:GMI Impromptu Seminar
Aug
22
14:30

Monday Seminar (Internal)

Location:IMP Lecture Hall
Speaker: TERIYAPIROM Isaree (Koo), NAVA GARCIA Marintia Mayola (Dagdas), AYALA MUNOZ Farja (Plaschka)
Type:Monday Seminar

IMBA in numbers

The Vienna BioCenter at Neu Marx, located in the third district of Vienna, is today one of the leading international biomedical research centres worldwide and has established itself as the premier location for life sciences in the Central European Region.

viennabiocenter.org