05.05.2023

Scientific Research Career Paths Are Not Always Direct, Researchers Share At Vienna Daughter Day

During a region-wide event on April 27, IMBA welcomed a cohort of female secondary school students from Vienna to learn about career…

18.04.2023

Proteome Pioneer Award for Karl Mechtler

Karl Mechtler, Head of the Proteomics Tech Hub at IMP, IMBA, and GMI, is the first Austrian scientist to receive the prestigious Juan…

20.03.2023

Muscle health depends on lipid synthesis

Muscle degeneration, the most prevalent cause of frailty in hereditary diseases and aging, could be caused by a deficiency in one key…

17.03.2023

Alfred Hauptmann Prize for research on Tuberous Sclerosis at IMBA

Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences will be awarded the Alfred…

14.02.2023

Embryos gaining independence

After fertilization, the genome of the embryo is transcriptionally inactive and maternally deposited RNA and proteins perform…

05.01.2023

Weiss-Kruszka syndrome and the failure to establish neuronal identity

Weiss-Kruszka syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by craniofacial anomalies, developmental delay, and…

24.11.2022

Awakening the genome

Researchers from the Tachibana lab show that the pioneer factor Nr5a2 can awaken the inactive genome in the early embryo. Part of…

22.11.2022

ERC Starting Grant for Joanna Jachowicz

IMBA researcher Joanna Jachowicz to investigate how the dark genome regulates early mammalian development

09.11.2022

Awards of the 2022 Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium

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

04.11.2022

HUSHing repetitive-like elements contributes to normal brain development and function

The gene-silencing complex HUSH might be involved in complex disorders affecting the brain and neurons. However, its mechanism of…