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News from the Jachowicz Lab

Joanna Jachowicz secures FWF Principal Investigator Project grant

IMBA Group Leader Joanna Jachowicz was awarded a Principal Investigator Project grant from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Together with her team, she will study how RNA molecules produced by LINE-1 elements — repetitive DNA sequences once…

Žiga Vičič and Felix Haslhofer receive “Out of the Box” Award

At this year’s Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium, Žiga Vičič, PhD student in Joanna Jachowicz’s lab, received the “Out of the Box Award”, jointly with Felix Haslhofer, PhD student in the group of Christa Bücker at the Max Perutz Labs.

Better leadership, better science

Daniel Gerlich and Joanna Jachowicz lead their teams to new discoveries by training better scientists – with help from the Vienna BioCenter Leadership Program.

BIF Fellowship for Jeanne Couturier

Jeanne Couturier, PhD student in the lab of Joanna Jachowicz, was awarded a competitive fellowship of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds. The BIF Fellowship will support Jeanne Couturier’s doctoral research and welcomes her into a network of young…

Science Outreach

Our lab is commited to communicating science to the general public. Our team members often take part in science outreach activities in Vienna:

Daughter's Day

Members of the Jachowicz Lab welcomed teenage girls to the institute, and told them about our research and what it's like to be a scientist.

Family Day

Scientists from the Jachowicz Lab organised the workshop "Dark genome and beginning of life" at the IMBA Family Day 2024, where relatives and friends of IMBA employees visited the institute and learned about our research.

Vienna Science Festival

Agnieszka Gacek-Matthews and Agastya Singh volunteered at the Vienna Science Festival, where they introduced visitors of all ages to IMBA's research.

Lab Fun

Pizza Parties

With the Brennecke Lab
With the Burga Lab
With the Gerlich Lab
With the Grade Lab
With the Rivron Lab
With the Urban Lab