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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 13d

Paper alert! 📢 How do cells strike the perfect balance during meiosis? ⚖️ A new study from the Matos lab in @natureportfolio.nature.com uncovers how Holliday junctions and the synaptonemal complex safeguard crossovers ➡️ tinyurl.com/2k4mmpzu

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you Yogesh! Hope you are well!

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks Sarah!

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you! Looking forward to catching up in Leuven soon!

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you my dear 🥰

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you my dear. Colleagues like you make all the difference 🥰.

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you ☺️

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 26d

I feel deeply honored to receive the 2025 Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award for our work on decoding and rewiring the immune-evasive TME. It truly is a recognition of the entire team past and present as well as our collaborators and mentors.🙌 Thank you for your trust!

IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 26d

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...

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 29d

🔥Trio Fatale: Neutrophils, NETs and Necrosis
👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lk-k3qNrU...

We summarized for @cp-immunity.bsky.social
"Neutrophils drive vascular occlusion, tumour necrosis and metastasis" published in @nature.com by @megeblad.bsky.social @adrover.bsky.social rdcu.be/eFdau

Congrats!

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to be in Paris this week for a joint seminar at @institutcurie.bsky.social and @institutpasteur.bsky.social . Looking forward to connecting with colleagues—and to showing my 👧 the city!

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Sep 4

I am perhaps not the best person to answer this, since I work at the IMP, a research institute at the VBC with no formal teaching 🙂

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Sep 4

Exciting FULL PROFESSORSHIP at the Vienna BioCenter - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Mechanisms: www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at/news/open-po... Come be our colleague!

Full Professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

The Max Perutz Labs - one of Europe’s leading institutes for basic research in the life sciences - invite applications for a Full Professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. We are seeking outst...

www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Aug 28

Anyone working in metastasis research – the BEUG Foundation has once again opened the call for their Metastasis Research Prize.
This prize is a wonderful recognition of innovative contributions and supports excellence in metastasis research across Europe.
www.beugstiftung-metastase.de/apply-now/

Apply now – Beugstiftung

www.beugstiftung-metastase.de

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Aug 28

As an academic editor: THANK YOU to anyone who declines a review but suggests alternative reviewers. Those suggestions are often spot on — especially junior scientists with the right expertise who give outstanding, detailed reviews. So helpful!

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Jul 13

Inspirational indeed! Congratulations @marvintanenbaum.bsky.social and my dear friend @leilaakkari.bsky.social.

René Medema @renemedema.bsky.social · May 7

Very proud of Marvin Tanenbaum and Leila Akkari both receiving an Ammodo Award today! Well deserved award for 2 inspirational scientist.

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Jul 13

Big congratulations to Karin on this well-deserved recognition! @nkinl.bsky.social

Netherlands Cancer Institute @nkinl.bsky.social · Jul 11

Cancer researcher Karin de Visser is to receive the Josephine Nefkens Prize 2025 on November 4. This triennial award recognizes exceptional cancer researchers who combine scientific excellence with societal engagement. Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Jul 2

Big congratulations to all the newly elected @embo.org Members!
A special shoutout to @impvienna.bsky.social #ClemensPlaschka for this well-deserved recognition.
Your contributions to life sciences continue to inspire and I count myself lucky to work with you!

Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO

Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond

www.embo.org

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · May 20

🇦🇹 Scientists in Austria: Don’t miss this chance to hear directly from @embo.org Director Fiona Watt about funding opportunities available. A great way to learn and connect with the community! @vbcscitraining.bsky.social @impvienna.bsky.social

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · May 4

⭐ Faculty for the Future Fellows ⭐ Interesting opportunity for women scientists from the world’s developing and emerging economies schlumbergerfoundation.com/eligibility-...

Eligibility Criteria - Schlumberger Foundation

schlumbergerfoundation.com

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Apr 23

Are you looking for a postdoc position? Interesting opportunity with Kristian Pietras in Lund working with a PhD student on our Marie Curie ADAPTMET ITN project

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Postdoc in Experimental Oncology - Lund (Stad), Skåne (SE) job with Lund University | 12838990

Lunds universitet, 009999 LUNDS UNIVERSITET, 310000 MED Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universi...

www.nature.com

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Keystone Symposia @keystonesymposia.bsky.social · Mar 20

🎉 Huge congratulations to our incredible scholarship recipients at the Cancer Immunotherapy/Immune Cell Therapies joint meeting! We hope your time in Banff was as inspiring and productive as you are. 🌟https://keysym.us/scholarshipssms.

#KSCancerImmune25 #KSCellTherapy25 @obenaufa.bsky.social

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Mar 14

So excited about @georgwinter.bsky.social being appointed as the new life science director of the Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence, established with generous funding/support from @boehringerglobal.bsky.social and OeAW.
A truly fantastic choice! Welcome to the VBC Georg!

Georg Winter @georgwinter.bsky.social · Mar 13

Something that qualifies as big news from my side:
I am very happy and excited to announce that I have been appointed as Life Science Director at AITHYRA, a new Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence.

Find out more in the link and 🧵 below

lnkd.in/d_HaGuSE

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Feb 16

So proud of you @aelewaut.bsky.social and big thank you to the ADF and @abbvie.bsky.social. This 💶 will help ease the start in the US #postdoc #newadventures

IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · Feb 14

🎉Congratulations to @aelewaut.bsky.social, recent PhD graduate from the @obenaufa.bsky.social’s lab, who won the Egon Macher Award for her research on how cancer evades the immune system!

Read more: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

@viennabiocenter.bsky.social

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · Feb 14

🎉Congratulations to @aelewaut.bsky.social, recent PhD graduate from the @obenaufa.bsky.social’s lab, who won the Egon Macher Award for her research on how cancer evades the immune system!

Read more: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

@viennabiocenter.bsky.social

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · Feb 13

Excited to be back at my home turf. Big thanks for inviting me to the 2025 DocDay at the MedUni Graz. It’s been a while since I attended the 1st Doc Day #blastfromthepast

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