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Max Haase @maxhaase.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Our paper is now out in Nature: “Ancient co-option of LTR retrotransposons as yeast centromeres” www.nature.com/articles/s41... A short thread on how retrotransposons helped give rise to yeast point centromeres. 1/14

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Ancient co-option of LTR retrotransposons as yeast centromeres - Nature

Evolutionarily related ‘proto-point’ centromeres providing resolution to the evolutionary origins of point centromeres are identified in yeast, and comparison shows they evolved in an ancestor with re...

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Andrea Musacchio @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Two new papers from the lab published in The EMBO Journal! link.springer.com/article/10.1... By Kai Walstein, @louisa-hill.bsky.social and others – On role of M18BP1 in CENP-A loading link.springer.com/article/10.1... By Arianna Esposito Verza and others – On mechanism of activation of PLK1

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Lesly Calderón @lesly-calderon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Our manuscript "In vivo CRISPR/Cas9 screens identify new regulators of B cell activation and plasma cell differentiation" was just published in the @jem.org, @rupress.org!!!

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Plasma cells are the immune system’s antibody factories, and they originate from B-cells. Researchers from our Busslinger lab developed a new CRISPR screening method to find the genes that control this transition inside living mice:

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions! Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery. Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...

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Duccio Conti @duccioconti.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Finally out! Check out our new work on how M18BP1, known so far to be important for the epigenetic maintenance of centromeres, supports chromosome condensation when the cell enters mitosis. We also uncover a regulatory ménage á trois between condensin II, M18BP1 and MCPH1.

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Condensin II activation by M18BP1

Condensin I and II promote the drastic spatial rearrangement of the human genome upon mitotic entry. While condensin II is known to initiate this proc…

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

📢Open call: the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in Molecular Life Sciences is now accepting nominations! Do you know an outstanding PhD student who deserves recognition? Nominate them by 30 June 👉 www.imp.ac.at/achievements... 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghfQ...

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International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in Molecular Life Sciences

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Anton Goloborodko @golobor.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Earnshaw, Goloborodko, Dekker & Mirny labs are excited to present our latest work, "Rules of engagement for condensins and cohesins guide mitotic chromosome formation" - now accepted!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A short clip describing the key results: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmvO...

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Rules of Engagement

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 17/03/2025

Schweighofer, Mulay, @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social et al. reconstitute direct interactions between FAcilitates Chromatin Transcription and the 16-subunit constitutive centromere–associated network core of the chromatin-proximal #kinetochore rupress.org/jcb/article/... #mitosis

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Francesca Maci @francescamaci.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

🌟🚨 Don't miss the opportunity to register! 🚨🌟

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Louisa Hill @louisa-hill.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Congratulations on this well-deserved prize, Meinrad! An outstanding scientist and mentor! 👏 🥳

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

We are diving into 2025 with how we finished 2024: with great research. The lab of Jan-Michael Peters discovered how #cohesin not only drives #chromatin architecture, but also links it to #epigenetics. Now in @embojournal.bsky.social: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

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Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

The Vienna Biocenter Summer School 2025 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great prog. for students who are interested in the life sciences. training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/ @impvienna.bsky.social @imbavienna.bsky.social @gmivienna.bsky.social @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Are you a #postdoc with an innovative vision for starting your own lab in #Syntheticbiology, #Genomics, #GeneRegulation, #Development, #Cancer, #Immunology or #InfectionBiology? @IMPvienna is inviting applications for group leader positions: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-... Pls share!

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