Applications for the PhD position must be submitted through the Vienna BioCenter PhD Program portal for the Spring 2026 Call (https://training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program/

We are #hiring! Join the de Groot lab as a PhD student in Computational Biology & Theoretical Modeling. Deadline: April 15. How to apply. 👇

Congratulations to Lucrezia Galli on the completion of her PhD! Galli, a researcher in the Tanaka lab, presented her dissertation titled “Re-establishment of the forelimb sensory innervation upon axolotl limb regeneration” during her PhD defense.

Congratulations to Oisorjo Chakraborty on the completion of his PhD! Chakraborty, a researcher in the Grade lab, presented his dissertation titled “Olfactory neurogenesis after visual impairment: a role in cross-modal enhancement” during his PhD defense.

Congratulations to Manuel Matzinger from the Proteomics Technology Hub of IMP, IMBA and GMI for securing funding from the FWF!

New pre-print from the Grade (IMBA) and Arévalo labs! After traumatic brain injury, astrocytes help clear debris from damaged tissue. Female astrocytes remove myelin debris more efficiently than male astrocytes, helping preserve neuronal activity and memory: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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From IMBA postdoc to group leader at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB)!

Read the interview to learn how Ulrich Hohmann, former IMBA postdoc in the labs of Clemens Plaschka at the IMP and Julius Brennecke at IMBA, is handling this career step: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

SY-Stem 11. - 13. March 2026, Vienna (Austria)

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At SY-Stem today, Lorenz Studer, Sloan Kettering Institute, delivered the closing keynote presentation on “Developing human PSC-based cell therapies for CNS and PNS disorders.”

SY-Stem 11. - 13. March 2026, Vienna (Austria)

Visit www.sy-stem.org for the full program. SY-Stem is a symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers, organized by the IMP and IMP.
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Coffee breaks are an important part of conferences. At SY-Stem today, attendees had time for conversations, to ask questions sparked by presentations, and to connect with researchers they might not otherwise approach.

SY-Stem 11. - 13. March 2026, Vienna (Austria)

Visit www.sy-stem.org for the full program. SY-Stem is a symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers, organized by IMBA and the IMP.
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Today at SY-Stem: Marianne Bronner, California Institute of Technology, presented on “Gene regulatory subcircuits controlling neural crest stem cell fate along the body axis.”

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A consortium of group leaders from IMP, IMBA (Vienna BioCenter) and ISTA has been awarded an FWF Emerging Fields grant to study how germ cells safeguard and pass on genetic information across generations.

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: www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-education/op...

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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