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Our PhD program offers many training activities and courses for your future career. Check out the range of fully-funded PhD positions in our Autumn call before 10 October 2025: www.vbcphd.at

Congratulations to Sakurako Nagumo Wong, former PhD student in the @knoblich-lab.bsky.social at @imbavienna.bsky.social, who was awarded the 2025 Rabitsch Award for her remarkable contributions to the study of human cortical development and neurodevelopmental disorders. Read more: bit.ly/4ntgI9r

Manuel Matzinger, Senior Core Scientist & Deputy Head of the Proteomics Tech Hub of IMP, IMBA and GMI, received the Society Medal of the Austrian Proteomics and Metabolomics Association (APMA) for his pioneering contributions to single-cell proteomics. More:
www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/m...

🎉Congrats to our @vdeneke.bsky.social, postdoc in the @pauligroup.bsky.social, who has received the 2025 Life Sciences Research Award Austria from the ÖGMBT!

She's recognised for her groundbreaking work on the molecular mechanisms of fertilisation: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

Explore projects in Stem Cells, development + more in our Autumn PhD call which is OPEN!
20+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. 👉 www.vbcphd.at
Apply by 10 Oct 2025

Congratulations to our @obenaufa.bsky.social on receiving the highly prestigious Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award 2025! 🎉

Read more in this interview with Anna: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

Erez Yirmiya (Weizmann Institute of Science), Nell Saunders (Université Paris Cité & Institut Pasteur), Ervin Ascić (Lund University). Congratulations! 🎉 10/

And as honourable mentions: Lukas Teoman Henneberg (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry), Rebeka Butković (University of Bristol), Shiyi Lin (Westlake University), 9/

We look forward to welcoming all of them at the Vienna BioCenter for the award ceremony in November! Thanks to the 87 institutions & PhD programmes that nominated their star students. 8/

Eric Sun from the labs of Anne Brunet and James Zou, Stanford University. 👏🏾 7/

Shirsha Saha from the lab of Arun Kumar Shukla, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. 👏🏾 6/

Sarah Moser ( @sarahmoser.bsky.social) from the lab of Jos Jonkers, Netherlands Cancer Institute (@nkinl.bsky.social) & Oncode Institute (@oncodeinstitute.bsky.social). 👏🏾 5/

Jimmy Ly (@jimmy-ly.bsky.social) from the lab of Iain Cheeseman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Whitehead Institute (@whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social). 👏🏾 4/

Vojislav Gligorovski (@vojislav-glig.bsky.social) from the lab of Sahand Jamal Rahi, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. 👏🏾 3/

Marleen Bérouti (@marleenberouti.bsky.social) from the lab of Veit Hornung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 👏🏾 2/

Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce the six outstanding laureates of the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences 2025!

🏆Congratulations to all awardees and honourable mentions! 🎉 1/ ➡️ www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

David Baltimore, Nobel laureate, pioneering biologist, and friend of the IMP since its foundation, passed away at the age of 87. Obituary: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

New paper by our Plaschka lab with Brennecke’s lab at IMBA!

Researchers at the Vienna BioCenter have solved a 20-year-old mystery in genome biology, revealing how PIWI proteins engage partner molecules to silence “jumping genes” that threaten genetic stability.

The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Have a look at what our campus has to offer: www.vbcphd.at

The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Please share. Further details: www.vbcphd.at

Collaborators included @mrclmb.bsky.social, @meduniwien.ac.at, @univie.ac.at, @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social, Korea University.
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Inside the cell’s recycling hub: unveiling the architecture of UBR4 Researchers from the lab of Tim Clausen and collaborators have unveiled the three-dimensional structure of UBR4, a giant protein complex that safeguards cells by targeting defective proteins for destr...

Their findings were now published in the journal Science - one day after the Clausen lab had a groundbreaking publication in the journal Cell! Full story: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

Inside the cell’s recycling hub: unveiling the architecture of UBR4 Researchers from the lab of Tim Clausen and collaborators have unveiled the three-dimensional structure of UBR4, a giant protein complex that safeguards cells by targeting defective proteins for destr...

Researchers around @clausenlab.bsky.social & @dangrabarczyk.bsky.social have unveiled the three-dimensional structure of UBR4, a giant protein complex that safeguards cells by targeting defective proteins for destruction—offering fresh insights into health & disease. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A split-site E3 ligase mechanism enables ZNFX1 to ubiquitinate and cluster single-stranded RNA into ubiquitin-coated nucleoprotein particles Grabarczyk et al. show the structure and mechanism of a non-canonical ubiquitin ligase, which is activated through nucleic-acid-induced oligomerization and is critical for cell survival during immune ...

Happy to share our work on the structure and function of the unusual E3 ligase ZNFX1 @cp-cell.bsky.social. It uses a nucleic acid-activated transthiolation mechanism, ubiquitinating and clustering RNA to protect cells in an immune response. @clausenlab.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

@clausenlab.bsky.social, @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social

ZNFX1 compacts and tags RNA to keep immunity in check Tim Clausen’s lab at the IMP and collaborators have uncovered how the ancient immune protein ZNFX1 enables cells to walk the fine line between fighting infection and avoiding autoimmune damage. The te...

Scientists uncovered how the immune protein ZNFX1 enables cells to walk the fine line between fighting infection & avoiding autoimmune damage. ZNFX1 can ubiquitinate & compact host & viral RNA into molecular condensates, extending ubiquitin biology to RNA itself. More: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

Only 5 days to go!

The Vienna BioCenter PostDoc Program (VIP³) is closing soon. Don’t miss your chance to apply for one of 16 fully-funded postdoctoral positions in a leading interdisciplinary research hub.

Apply here: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi...

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DIY innate immune sensing: Crafting fresh DNA to detect viruses The innate immune receptor cGAS is geared toward detecting DNA from pathogens. In a recent Cell publication, Lahaye et al. discovered that viral infection triggers de novo synthesis of self-DNA-activa...

Erika Valeri & Moriz Gaidt @impvienna.bsky.social put together a very nice "Spotlights" piece in the latest issue of Molecular Cell @cp-molcell.bsky.social about the antiviral defense system VICAR and some of the avenues of research it opens.
🙏 to the authors

www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Moritz Gaidt, a group leader at the IMP, plans to further understand how to help others achieve their goals during the 2025 edition of our #leadership program. @impvienna.bsky.social

Just 2 weeks left!

The Vienna BioCenter PostDoc Program is still accepting applications. We have 16 fully-funded fellowships available for researchers in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics, and more.

Apply now: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi...

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