A key role for hedgehog signalling in controlling fat.

The grant is worth just under 2.5 Million Euro and will be paid out over a period of five years. By awarding the grant, the European Research Council has chosen to support the project NeuroSyStem led by Jürgen Knoblich. Using a systems level…

The collaboration aims to employ modern stem cell research to find new ways of treating the currently incurable disease called “Epidermolysis bullosa (short: EB)”

The mammalian system for controlling bone remodelling also regulates fever.

The molecular biologist is honored for his groundbreaking findings in the field of stem cell biology.

The European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI) dedicated this year’s conference in Glasgow, Scotland, in part to the work of J. Victor Small, a founding member of ELMI and a pioneer in the use of light microscopy, especially correlated with electron…

For the second time this year, the Alumni Association of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has selected a young scientist to receive the John Kendrew Award. The Alumni Association board chose IMBA Group Leader Julius Brennecke to…

A paper by Shane Cronin et al., published online in Science Express on June 11, describes the first genome-wide in vivo Drosophila RNAi screen to isolate genes which control the fly’s response to ingested pathogenic bacteria. It took more than five…

The ASMR Medical Research Week is the annual flagship event of the Australian Society for Medical Research. It is held at the beginning of June and comprises a vast number of scientific meetings and public outreach events all over the continent.