Discover just how colorful the spectrum of plant colors can be! Join the GMI on Friday April 24th at the Austrian Academy of Sciences for the Long Night of Research (Lange Nacht der Forschung). More: langenachtderforschung.at/station/1134
🪴This Friday, April 17th, visit the GMI at Rare Plants Day in the Botanikum at the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna to learn more about the fascinating world of plants. More here: botanischergarten.univie.ac.at/veranstaltun...
👉More information and full program here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...
📢 Registration deadline extended to April 12, 2026
While poster and talk slots are already full, a few spots remain for conference attendance—don’t miss the chance to network with peers in plant science.
👉Register here: events.vbc.ac.at/gmi_events/m...
New paper! A study from the Berger lab at the GMI of the ÖAW has been published in PLOS Genetics. Read the publication titled “Chromatin state architecture governs transcription factor accessibility across plant genomes” here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
New paper! A study from the Berger lab at the GMI of the @oeaw.bsky.social has just been published in PLOS Genetics. Read the publication titled "Nucleosome positioning shapes cryptic antisense transcription" here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
⏰Final Reminder! Talk applications for the Mendel Early Career Symposium close tomorrow, March 13.
Join #Mendel_ECR_26 at the GMI, part of the
@viennabiocenter.bsky.social, to discuss the latest in plant science and network across career stages.
👉Register here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...
These results show how TEs shape plant genomes and their genome “security systems” even in plants that clonally propagate. Read the full preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
By combining sequencing, methylation profiling, and RNA analysis, the team found that both species rely on a similar defense toolkit, but W. brasiliensis deploys it differently; its TE-rich genome is associated with an increase in small RNAs and DNA methylation.
Using two species of duckweed - TE-rich Wolffia brasiliensis and TE-poor Spirodela polyrhiza - the researchers asked how an increase in TE number affects these defense systems and whether a larger TE load changes the organization of the genome’s epigenetic landscape.
New preprint! Researchers from the Marí-Ordóñez group at the GMI of the @oeaw.bsky.social studied how genome expansion driven by transposable elements (TEs), or “jumping genes”, is linked to the way plants keep these genomic parasites under control.
Register for the Mendel Early Career Symposium by March 13th to be considered for a talk. Join #Mendel_ECR_26 at the GMI, part of the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social, to discuss the latest in plant science and network with researchers across career stages. Register: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...
Many thanks to Lauren Alteio, Sebastian Seitner, and Florian Mattenberger for sharing their career paths, Phillipp Hainzl for introducing the startup labs, and to Sina Metzler, Emilie Habetzeder, and Elisabeth Karaca for making this visit possible!
It was a pleasure to host Austrian and Czech teachers and students for a second visit to the GMI at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social campus! During the excursion supported by the EU Interreg Austria-Czech project JOBITY, the group explored career paths in science and visited the startup labs.
The new Vienna BioCenter Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Program (VIP³) is here! We have 8 fully-funded positions for scientists with a PhD in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics etc.
The call is open!
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Apply now! @vbcscitraining.bsky.social offers more than 25 fully-funded PhD positions! GMI group leaders are also recruiting new students.
Interested in the most recent developments in plant science? Join the Mendel Early Career Symposium on May 21-22 at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social to exchange with experts about their science and career trajectories. Register by March 13th for a talk. More here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...
This collaboration with the @maxperutzlabs.ac.at located at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social, the researchers demonstrate how this protein degradation process in plants could pave the way for new therapeutic solutions. The study is now published in Developmental Cell. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.de...
While the human version of this protein binds alpha-synuclein but cannot degrade it, the plant version successfully sends it for degradation.
Remarkably, the protein – named MpEDC4 – discovered by @plantophagy.bsky.social and PhD student Alibek Abdrakhmanov does more than help plants recycle unneeded cell components; it also breaks down alpha-synuclein, a neurodegenerative protein involved in Parkinson’s disease.
New paper! Research led by the Dagdas lab at the GMI of the @oeaw.bsky.social has identified a selective autophagy receptor in liverwort Marchantia polymorpha involved in degrading membraneless organelles.
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Congratulations to all researchers involved in this exciting work. Read the published study here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The collaborative team has made the methods and Spirodela strain available to researchers. They also developed a genome browser (agxu.uni-mainz.de/SP162/) where scientists can design components for CRISPR tools to introduce mutations and manipulate gene expression.
Duckweeds are an important plant research model but have been challenging to modify genetically. A study published in @newphyt.bsky.social by the Marí-Ordóñez group at the GMI, presents a new and highly reproducible method for genetic transformation in the duckweed species Spirodela polyrhiza.
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My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
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