On October 3, Amalie Dick received this year’s Kirsten Peter Rabitsch Award for her outstanding work on the kinetic framework of spindle assembly checkpoint signalling.

Complex human brain tissue has been successfully developed in a three-dimensional culture system established in an Austrian laboratory. The method described in the current issue of NATURE allows pluripotent stem cells to develop into cerebral…

Josef Penninger receives ERC Advanced Grant, Fumiyo Ikeda receives ERC Consolidator Grant, Stefan Ameres and Kikue Tachibana-Konwalski receive ERC Starting Grants.

IMBA will celebrate “10 Years of Research” on June 27-28, 2013

In the gonads of animals, genome parasites such as transposons pose a serious threat to evolutionary fitness. With their ability to bounce around in the genome, they often cause dangerous mutations. To protect genomic integrity, animals evolved a…

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a severe disease that results in complete kidney failure (end-stage renal disease). If untreated or if a patient does not respond to therapy, dialysis becomes essential 2-3 times per week. While several…

Researchers identify new mechanism in the onset of incurable nerve disease Stephen Hawking, a British astrophysicist, is likely to be the world's most famous person living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.…

The molecular biologist is awarded for his outstanding work in the field of stem cell research.

Genes involved in pain perception show remarkable similarities between flies and humans.