The Special Research Program “Stem cell modulation in neural development and regeneration” consortium coordinated by IMBA’s Scientific Director Juergen Knoblich, will receive further support by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for the next four years.…

Alejandro Burga, group leader at IMBA, has been selected by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) to be part of the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator Programme. EMBO will support Burga’s research for the next four years, and welcomes…

Breakthrough organoid model replicates essential neural network

Heart disease kills 18 million people each year, but the development of new therapies faces a bottleneck: no physiological model of the entire human heart exists – so far. A new multi-chamber organoid that mirrors the heart’s intricate structure…

Stem cells can differentiate to replace dead and damaged cells. But how do stem cells decide which type of cell to become in a given situation? Using intestinal organoids, the group of Bon-Kyoung Koo at IMBA and the Institute for Basic Science…

Catarina Martins Costa, a recent graduate from the Knoblich group, was recently honored by the Vienna BioCenter for research that advances an understanding of human brain development and corpus callosum agenesis.

Grant funds research on neurofibromatosis type 1 and associated glioma

Johanna Gassler, a former IMBA student, was awarded the 2023 ÖGMBT Life Science Research Award in the category Basic Science for her publication “Zygotic genome activation by the totipotency pioneer factor Nr5a2”.

Does the human brain have an Achilles heel that ultimately leads to Autism? With a revolutionizing novel system that combines brain organoid technology and intricate genetics, researchers can now comprehensively test the effect of multiple mutations…

Two paths can diverge… and still lead to the same outcome. In their latest publication, researchers from the Elling lab at IMBA show that two closely related transcription factors kickstart distinct developmental paths to reprogram mouse embryonic…