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Vienna, Austria
Joined November 2016
At the IMP we’re dedicated to the fun of finding out. Few places in the world let you dive into curiosity-driven science like we do. 📽️Watch what the IMP is all about: youtu.be/mtl5Vod652Q
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🎉 Congratulations to our postdoc Tomas Pachano (Stark lab) on joining the FWF’s ESPRIT programme! With support from the FWF, Pachano will study how pathogens manipulate human cells and aims to build the first pan-pathogen functional atlas of effector activity:
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Sascha Amann won the 2026 Rabitsch Award! 🏆 A recent PhD graduate from the CryoEM Technology Platform, Amann received the award for his research on how the proteasome recognises and degrades proteins tagged with ubiquitin: bit.ly/4hQTCs1
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Researchers from our Plaschka lab expected one molecular motor to dismantle the cell’s RNA-editing machine. Instead, they found three. Like three hands untying a knot, the motors act in sequence to take the spliceosome apart: bit.ly/4AQnqNQ
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Would you like to pursue a PhD at the IMP? Then it's a good time to apply! More information at training.vbc.ac.at/phd-progr…
Our Autumn PhD call is OPEN! 30+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Disease Mechanisms & immunology 👉 vbcphd.at Apply by 10 October @IMPvienna @IMBA_Vienna @gmivienna @MaxPerutzLabs @univienna @MedUni_Wien
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During Postdoc Appreciation Week, Vienna BioCenter postdocs hosted the Postdoc Networking Day—a lively day of new connections, shared ideas, and community at the IMP Lecture Hall.
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She’s coming to the IMP, and she’s recruiting! 🔬 Doris Kaltenecker will join the IMP as a Group Leader in March 2027. Her lab will study organ-to-organ communication in systemic diseases, with a focus on cancer cachexia: imp.ac.at/news/article/doris…
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🎉 Congratulations to our Julia Bubis, postdoc at the Proteomics Technology Hub, on receiving the 2026 ÖGMBT Life Sciences Research Award Austria. Her award-winning workflow can quantify up to 5,300 proteins in a single cell: bit.ly/46nTZF9
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Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce the six outstanding laureates of the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences 2026! 🏆Congratulations to all awardees and honourable mentions! 🎉 1/ ➡️ imp.ac.at/news/article/six-e…
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Zhejing Zhang from the lab of Mineko Kengaku at Kyoto University. 👏🏾 7/
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We look forward to welcoming all six laureates to the @viennabiocenter for the award ceremony in November! Congratulations again to these brilliant young scientists! 🎉 8/
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Our Autumn PhD call is OPEN! 30+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Cell & Chromosome Biology 👉 vbcphd.at Apply by 10 October @IMPvienna @IMBA_Vienna @gmivienna @MaxPerutzLabs @univienna @MedUni_Wien
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The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 30+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Have a look at what our campus has to offer: vbcphd.at @IMPvienna @IMBA_Vienna @gmivienna @MaxPerutzLabs @univienna @MedUni_Wien
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