Organisms are in a constant battle against viruses, or transposable elements, which invade their genomes. Among their most effective weapons are silencing pathways that use small RNAs to selectively target invading nucleic acids for their…

Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna have unravelled how a tiny microRNA molecule controls growth and differentiation of brain cells.

The 2016 VBC PhD Symposium ‘Mind the App’ ended traditionally with the VBC PhD Award ceremony on November 4th. The award is granted to postgraduate students to acknowledge outstanding PhD theses. It was inspired by MFPL group leader Renée Schroeder…

Bridging Biology and Technology

Susan Lindquist was a valuable member of our scientific advisory board (SAB) from 2007 to 2012. With her knowledge in biomedical research, she made numerous, invaluable contributions to the study of protein folding and the consequences of misfolding.…

Kikuë Tachibana-Konwalski and Stefan Ameres, both group leaders at IMBA, passed the highly competitive annual selection to join the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator programme. This programme comprises a three-year tenure in which fellows receive a…

IMBA scientists found genetic and biochemical evidence for cytoplasmic RNA quality control in flies.

This year’s “Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award” was presented to Beata Mierzwa, a PhD student in the lab of Daniel Gerlich at IMBA.

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) and the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL) in Vienna have discovered a new way to turn the immune system’s weapons against fungal invaders. This knowledge could lead to the development of…

Researchers at IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences have identified a protein that disperses chromosomes during cell division, as Nature reports.