Institute of Molecular Biotechnology

Nicolas Rivron, Group Leader at IMBA, received an Honorable Mention for the 2026 ISSCR Early Career Impact Award. The award recognizes his joint work with Naomi Moris on stem cell–based embryo models and their ethical governance: https://imba.science/4rQrqcq

Explore the explainer thread outlining new findings from work led by Max Spicer in the Gerlich lab on chromosome structure and dynamics.

Job Opening: Postdoctoral researcher Join the Jachowicz lab as a postdoctoral researcher and advance understanding of the dynamics of ncRNAs using high-resolution and single-molecule microscopy approaches.

Apply to the posdoctoral researcher position at IMBA.
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We are hiring! Join the Jachowicz lab as a postdoctoral researcher. The project focuses on understanding the dynamics of ncRNAs using high-resolution and single-molecule microscopy approaches. Link below 👇

Two IMBA researchers receive prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

Read more about Osnato’s and Noble’s projects: https://imba.science/4aIYKuI

Congratulations to our Anna Osnato (Rivron lab) and Mark Noble (Knoblich lab), postdocs at IMBA, who have been awarded prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Job Opening: Master's project in environmental and metabolic regulators of embryonic development

Apply to the Master’s project position at IMBA: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-education/open-positions/pos2607-masters-project

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We are hiring! Join the Stapornwongkul lab as a Master's student to develop novel optogenetic tools and investigate how spatiotemporal metabolic dynamics affect patterning and morphogenesis of in vitro human gastrulation. Link below 👇

Register online for SY-Stem: www.sy-stem.org.
SY-Stem – a symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers – is organized by IMBA and the IMP at the Vienna BioCenter.

Final registration reminder for SY-Stem 2026. The deadline is on Monday, February 16.

🚨 New paper alert! Axolotls regrow limbs and tails, but not with the same strategy. Ji-Feng Fei and Elly Tanaka show in Science Advances that muscle stem cells in tail and limb behave differently, revealing a divide between regeneration modes: https://imba.science/4tgMRod

Sven Klumpe, joint Group Leader at IMBA and the IMP has received a grant by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Biohub to support fibsem-os, an open-source software platform for focused ion beam–scanning electron microscopy.

Read more 👉 https://imba.science/4tiwEP9

🎉 Congratulations to Kalki Kukreja, postdoc in Nicolas Rivron’s lab on receiving an APART-USA Fellowship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)!

She will study the earliest stages of human development and explore how early human cells decide what they will become: https://imba.science/4qirJeD

🎉 Congratulations to Olena Kim, postdoc in Jürgen Knoblich’s lab on receiving an APART-MINT Fellowship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)!

Her project explores how genetic mutations disrupt brain development in tuberous sclerosis, a rare childhood epilepsy: https://imba.science/4rojBKf

Job Opening: Technical Assistant

Apply to the technical assistant position at IMBA, IMP, and GMI: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-education/open-positions/pos2601-technical-assistant
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We are hiring! Join our Sterile Processing Unit as a technical assistant and provide scientists at the IMP, IMBA, and GMI with sterile laboratory glass and plastic goods.

IMBA, Daan!

Daan de Groot is joining IMBA as group leader, and he is hiring now! https://imba.science/3M9sfxg

The de Groot Lab will study how cells make fate decisions during embryonic development, a research area with broad implications for both fundamental biology and biomedical applications. Welcome to

IMBA Group Leader Nicolas Rivron has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for his research on human blastoid models of early development: https://imba.science/4t0OUfR

Job Opening: Computational Research Manager We are hiring! Join the de Groot lab as a computational research manager and play a pivotal role in shaping its computational infrastructure and culture.

Apply to the computational research manager position at IMBA: www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-...

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We are hiring! Join the de Groot lab at IMBA as a computational research manager and play a pivotal role in shaping its computational infrastructure and culture. Link below 👇

We are hiring! Join the de Groot lab at IMBA as a computational research manager and play a pivotal role in shaping its computational infrastructure and culture. Link below 👇

Job Opening: Scientific Programmer / Bioinformatician

Apply to the scientific programmer/bioinformatician position at IMBA: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-education/open-positions/scientific-programmer-bioinformatician-gerlich-lab
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We are hiring! Join the Gerlich lab as a scientific programmer/bioinformatician and join an interdisciplinary team studying fundamental mechanisms of chromosome organization, DNA repair, and cell division.

Congratulations to Stela Jelenic on the completion of her PhD! Jelenic presented her dissertation titled “How Germ Granule Localization Shapes Argonaute Specificity and Fidelity in Small RNA Loading” during her PhD defense.

Job Opening: Master’s project in human neuronal network development We are hiring! Join the Knoblich lab as a Master’s student and work on a project in neuronal network development.

Discover this Master’s project in the Knoblich lab at IMBA: www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-...

We are hiring! Join the Knoblich lab as a Master's student and investigate how healthy network activity is established in human brain development and to identify the mechanisms by which genetic perturbations derail this process. #research #vienna #austria #europe #studyabroad #biology

🎉 Congratulations to Jürgen Knoblich and Nicolas Rivron! Both scientists got awarded Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grants for research projects using stem cell-based models to advance our knowledge of cell transplantation therapies and human implantation, respectively. More:

Congratulations to Ines Prlesi on the completion of her PhD! Prlesi presented her dissertation titled “The role of sister chromatid conformation during homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks” during her PhD defense.

Congratulations to Katherina Tavernini on the completion of her PhD! Tavernini presented her dissertation titled “BMP4 induces a quiescent-like state in human radial glia neural stem cells” during her PhD defense.