Weiss-Kruszka syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by craniofacial anomalies, developmental delay, and autistic features. Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and…

Researchers from the Tachibana lab show that the pioneer factor Nr5a2 can awaken the inactive genome in the early embryo. Part of this work was carried out at IMBA before the Tachibana lab moved to the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB). The…

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

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

The gene-silencing complex HUSH might be involved in complex disorders affecting the brain and neurons. However, its mechanism of action remains unclear. Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences…

A large part of our DNA is made up of selfish repetitive DNA elements, some of which can jump from one site in the genome to another, potentially damaging the genome. Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy…

Pain is an important alarm system that alerts us to tissue damage and prompts us to withdraw from harmful situations. Pain is expected to subside as injuries heal, but many patients experience persistent pain long after recovery. Now, a new study…

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 entanglement with microtubules of the spindle. In this…

A multidisciplinary study led by Vanja Nagy (LBI-RUD/CeMM/Medical University of Vienna) and Josef Penninger (UBC/IMBA) characterized a novel gene, known as FIBCD1, to be likely causative of a new and rare neurodevelopmental disorder. Using data from…

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