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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 7h

Before Jürgen Knoblich became known for his groundbreaking brain organoid research, he studied asymmetric cell division in Drosophila at the @impvienna.bsky.social.

📖 Read the full milestone essay: https://www.imp.ac.at/achievements/research-milestones/knoblich-asymmetric-cell-division

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 9h

Congratulations to Heidar Heidari Khoei, postdoc in Nicolas Rivron’s lab, who recently received the 2025 Royan International Research Award for his work on stem-cell based models of the human embryo. More: https://imba.science/4q5qjoQ

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to Sakurako Nagumo Wong, former PhD student in Jürgen Knoblich’s lab, who was awarded the 2025 Rabitsch Award for her remarkable contributions to the study of human cortical development and neurodevelopmental disorders. Read more: https://imba.science/4gPHh6l

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 13d

🎉 Congratulations to Max Kellner, former PhD student in the Penninger Lab, who was presented with the ÖGBMT Life Sciences PhD Award Austria. The award recognizes Kellner’s PhD research on how dangerous viruses emerge from natural reservoirs like bats. More: https://imba.science/3KiRYSN

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 13d

Oguzhan Kaya, postdoc in the Knoblich lab, has a research a project that was recently funded with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find out more: https://youtu.be/_WEhll-cirI

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 14d

No research, no answers.
IMBA Scientific Director Elly Tanaka is among five renowned ÖAW scientists acting as ambassadors of the “No research, no answers” campaign in Austria - aimed to highlight the crucial role of science in advancing society.
More about the campaign: http://imba.science/3KgScd7

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 16d

Sara Wighard, postdoc in Alejandro Burga’s lab, has a project that was recently funded with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find out more: https://youtu.be/jzfyZMdqduY

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 20d

🎉 Congratulations to Christos Kyprianou, Postdoc in Nicolas Rivron's lab at IMBA, who received a Seal of Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship to study the causes of implantation failure in human embryonic development. More: http://imba.science/3VUjpop

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 28d

For more job opportunities in scientific, administrative, and technical roles, visit our career site. https://imba.science/careers

IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology: Career & Education

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 28d

Apply to the position: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-education/open-positions/techniker-fuer-prototypenbau-in-der-forschung

Techniker für Prototypenbau in der Forschung

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 28d

We are #hiring! Join the Mechanical Engineering Center as a Technician and contribute to prototype construction in research.

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 29d

📰 New paper alert!

In a collaborative project with the lab of Clemens Plaschka at the IMP, the lab of Julius Brennecke has revealed how PIWI proteins kickstart transposon silencing in reproductive cells.

The findings are published in Molecular Cell: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · Sep 8

How cells lock down “jumping genes”:
Researchers from IMBA and IMP identify the first protein interactions that trigger PIWI–piRNA–mediated transposon silencing, using AlphaFold predictions, genetics, biochemistry and cell biology.
Read more: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/t...

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 19

What powers discovery isn’t just ideas—but the environments, people, and questions behind them. #exploringtheunknown #InsideIMBA

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 19

Carina Seidl in the Tanaka Lab obtained a fascinating microscopy image of an axolotl tail section, showing muscle tissue (grey), neuromuscular junctions (pink), neurons (yellow) and cell nuclei (cyan).

Explore the science behind the image: imba.science/tanaka_lab

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 19

Scientific curiosity at IMBA inspired this year's art series, created from research images. Today's kaleidoscope is based on research from the Tanaka Lab investigating how axolotls can regenerate their tails, rebuilding not only muscle, bone and skin but also complex neuronal networks.

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 12

What powers discovery isn’t just ideas—but the environments, people, and questions behind them. #exploringtheunknown #InsideIMBA

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 12

Anton Goloborodko produced this beautiful artistic rendering of the spiral staircase model of the mitotic chromosome., showing chromatin fibers (white) selected DNA loops (rainbow) and condensins (red) forming a helical backbone.

Explore the science behind the image: imba.science/goloborodko_lab

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 12

Scientific curiosity at IMBA inspired this year's art series, created from research images. Today's kaleidoscope is based on an artistic rendering of the spiral staircase model of the mitotic chromosome, produced by the Goloborodko lab using new tools for analyzing 3D chromosome structure.

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 7

What powers discovery isn’t just ideas—but the environments, people, and questions behind them. #exploringtheunknown #InsideIMBA

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 7

Julian Ross at the Burga Lab imaged the early development of the roundworm C.elegans, using fluorescent labeling to mark the DNA (in red) and microtubules (in green).
Explore the science behind the image: imba.science/burga_lab

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 7

Scientific curiosity at IMBA inspired this year's art series, created from research images. Today's kaleidoscope is based on research from the Burga Lab, which used roundworms to uncover a process for silencing selfish genes that could represent the first step in the evolution of genomic imprinting.

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 6

More: imba.science/MendjanERC

ERC Advanced Grant for Sasha Mendjan

Sasha Mendjan, Senior Group Leader at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, was awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for hi...

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 6

Congratulations to IMBA Senior Group Leader Sasha Mendjan on receiving an ERC Advanced Grant for his research on heart development. The funded project will support research of the Mendjan lab’s cardioid (heart organoid) models to study processes that are key to forming a functional heart.

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 5

What powers discovery isn’t just ideas—but the environments, people, and questions behind them. #exploringtheunknown #InsideIMBA

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · Aug 5

Heidar Heidari Khoei of the Rivron Lab captured this beautiful image of a dormant human blastoid. Fluorescent markers were used to highlight the cell wall (white), trophoblast (cyan), epiblast (yellow) and hypoblast (magenta) cells.

Explore the science behind the image: imba.science/rivron_lab

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