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Max Perutz Labs Vienna

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The Max Perutz Labs are a joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna, dedicated to a mechanistic understanding of fundamental biomedical processes.

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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 30/09/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 30/09/2026
Exciting news for the Perutz: @mschuhmacher.bsky.social will join the institute as a new group leader in 2027! 🎉 Currently leading an independent group at EPFL Lausanne, Milena brings an innovative chemical biology approach to lipid research ➡️ tinyurl.com/4x9xm24m
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 29/09/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 29/09/2026
🧬 It started with a school presentation on DNA replication and eventually led to a PhD at the Perutz! In the latest Perutz #SuccessStory, @oeaw.bsky.social DOC Fellow @carlasimon.bsky.social (Slade lab) reflects on what sparked her interest in molecular biology 💭
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 23/09/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 23/09/2026
Aim high and give it your best: in the latest Perutz #SuccessStory, PhD student Leon Schmidt (Hein lab) shares how his @oeaw.bsky.social DOC Fellowship supports his approach to science and ambitious goals 🦠
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 18/09/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 18/09/2026
🆕 publication! A new PNAS study from the Leonard lab, led by first author Sumire Antonioli, uncovers how disease-associated mutations alter MAST1 signaling and points to a potential role in coordinating the neuronal cytoskeleton during development 🧠 ➡️ tinyurl.com/yrxtcvwm
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 16/09/2026
🏃‍♀️ Weekend well spent! Leonie, Iana and Olivia from the Querques lab swapped the lab for running shoes and joined the Wachau Marathon 👟💪 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 15/09/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 15/09/2026
One frame. Many voices. 🔬 Kavya Shetty, PhD student in the Hein lab, brings an important message to our #WomenInScience series: diverse role models matter, especially for the scientists who come next 🤝
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 11/09/2026
🙌 New funding for Perutz group leader @ameressl.bsky.social! With the SALVAGE project funded by the FFG, lab aims to make RNA labelling more reliable across different cell types and time-resolved transcriptomics more broadly applicable 🧫 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 09/09/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 09/09/2026
🎥 A new #SuccessStory with group leader Marco Hein! He reflects on being named Researcher of the Month by the Medical University of Vienna for his study in Cell, which introduced a high-throughput method to map protein localization across cellular compartments 🤩 Full story ➡️ tinyurl.com/y9beeumw
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Virginia Busetto @virginiabusetto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I’m also grateful to @fwf-at.bsky.social -especially the ESPRIT programme- for supporting me, and to @maxperutzlabs.ac.at, @univie.ac.at and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social.
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 08/09/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 08/09/2026
🎉 New funding for Perutz group leader Bojan Žagrović! As part of the MSCA Doctoral Network 'PhaseCat', his group will help explore the catalytic potential of protein-RNA condensates while training the next generation of researchers across Europe ➡️ tinyurl.com/bd49mk9t
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 07/09/2026
Congrats, Milica Mihailović from the Karagöz lab, on successfully defending her thesis titled "Dissecting the role of UFMylation in endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein quality control"! 🤩🎉 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 02/09/2026
🚨 Out now! Special delivery for autophagy: A new @natcomms.nature.com study from the Martens lab, led by first author Elisabeth Holzer, reveals how ATG2A and ATG8-like proteins deliver key lipids to build and expand autophagosomes ➡️ tinyurl.com/ycx9v759 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 01/09/2026
Júlia Garcia Baucells from the Dammermann lab defended her thesis “Centrosome mechanical properties in C. elegans cell division”! Well done, congratulations 👏🤩 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at #phdone
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Pauli Group (posts by Andi Pauli) @pauligroup.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
And it’s a wrap! Impressive finish to our 2026 #ViennaBioCenterSummerSchool with the Summer School Symposium, where our 19 international Fellows presented the results of their 2-3 months of research conducted in their host labs. Congratulations to all Fellows! training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 28/08/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 28/08/2026
🔬 Two months of hands-on science, new connections and plenty of experiences to take home! On their last day at the Perutz, this year’s summer school students reflect on the science and the people and international community that shaped their summer in Vienna 🌍✨
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 24/08/2026
Paper alert! 📢 The @irmaquerques.bsky.social lab, with Mateusz Walter as co-first author, reveals in @natcomms.nature.com the molecular checkpoints that control how and when CRISPR-associated transposons move DNA ➡️ tinyurl.com/4mzkhwz6 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 21/08/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 21/08/2026
🎉 Erinc Hallacli received a grant to join the Collaborative Research Network (CRN), becoming part of Anna Krichevsky's team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA)! Support from @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org, in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation ➡️ tinyurl.com/5xjn555b
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 18/08/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 18/08/2026
Espresso, cornetti, panini – benvenuti al Max Bar! 🇮🇹☕️ Get a glimpse of the new Italian-inspired meeting spot at the Perutz and meet the team behind the bar: Naeem, Flo, Connor and Chris (from left to right) ✨
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Maxim Greenberg @maxvcg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Very excited to host @chribue.bsky.social ( @maxperutzlabs.ac.at ) for double-duty @ijmonod.bsky.social ! Thesis jury on Thursday and a seminar on Friday (with some champagne in between 😜) If you're around Paris on Sept 25, don't hesitate to come listen!
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 14/08/2026
☕️ Coffee is coming home – only three days to go! On August 17, the Max Bar Vienna, an Italian-style bar at the heart of the Perutz oberlooking the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social, opens its doors: a new place to meet, whether for breakfast, lunch, coffee or an aperitivo after work 🇮🇹✨
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 10/08/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 10/08/2026
One frame. Many voices. 🖼️ Science should be a space where curiosity and different perspectives can thrive, regardless of gender – a principle Nellie strongly believes in 🙌 Nellie joined the Huis lab in October last year, where she investigates how topoisomerases enable sister chromatid decatenation.
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 06/08/2026
Congrats to all the researchers! All the best for your projects! 👏
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 05/08/2026
🎓 Congratulations, Eleni Angelopoulou (Ellis lab), on defending your PhD work titled "Cellular and molecular dynamics of the phenotypic progression and resolution in Incontinentia pigmenti"! Well done! 🙌🎉 @meduniwien.ac.at @univie.ac.at #phdone
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 03/08/2026
👀 Keep cutting-edge RNA research running behind the scenes! The @sebastianfalk.bsky.social lab is looking for a Research Technician/Lab Manager to support research on the molecular machines that process RNA using structural biology, biochemistry, and biophysics ➡️ tinyurl.com/nrjj6bvt
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 30/07/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 30/07/2026
🎉 Three Perutz PhD students have been awarded prestigious DOC Fellowships from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)! Congratulations to Carla Simon (Slade lab), Leon Schmidt (Hein lab), and Moritz Becker (Leeb lab) ➡️ tinyurl.com/322yj7t3
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 28/07/2026
🙌 Philipp Galuska (Djinovic lab) defended his thesis titled “From Dynamic Z-Bodies to Ordered Z-Discs: Molecular Mechanisms of Early Myofibrillogenesis” - congratulations! 🎉 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 27/07/2026
🔬 Looking for a Master's project in developmental biology? Join the Ellis lab to investigate how tissues grow, compete, and maintain themselves in one of two exciting projects focused on tissue mechanics or aneuploidy ➡️ tinyurl.com/3cz6p9v4
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 23/07/2026
🚨 The @gekaragoz.bsky.social lab uncovers in @genesdev.bsky.social how the RNA-binding protein IGF2BP3 helps cells cope with stress by fine-tuning unfolded protein response, revealing a layer of regulation that determines if cells adapt or fail➡️ tinyurl.com/3fxhxznz @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 20/07/2026
🎓Congratulations, Luis Miguel Cerrón Alván from the Leeb lab on successfully defending his thesis "Molecular control of formative pluripotency and the emergence of early lineage competence" - well done! 🙌🥳
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 14/07/2026
We're hiring! 💻 Join the Max Perutz Labs as a 1st Level IT Supporter to help keep our research running by providing hands-on support for hardware, software, and network issues ➡️ tinyurl.com/572s2suw
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 13/07/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 13/07/2026
One frame. Many voices. 🙌 Theresia Brennecke's journey reflects how science thrives through different perspectives, backgrounds, and approaches, aiming for new ideas and discoveries 💡
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 10/07/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 10/07/2026
🧠 How do mutations in a single gene alter the developing human brain? With new support from the @fwf-at.bsky.social, Perutz group leader Dea Slade will use stem cell and organoid models to uncover how disease-associated changes in PHF3 disrupt neuronal development ➡️ tinyurl.com/282mj2s8
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 08/07/2026
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 08/07/2026
👏 Congrats to Felix Haslhofer (Bücker lab), this year’s Max Perutz PhD Fellow! 💡 His project combines synthetic genomics, high-throughput screening, and deep learning to uncover how enhancers communicate with genes across large genomic distances ➡️ tinyurl.com/mvtf637y
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 02/07/2026
☀️ A warm welcome to this year’s summer school students! Over the next two months, they will work on their own research projects across our labs, gaining new insights and becoming part of the Perutz community 🙌 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at @vbcscitraining.bsky.social
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 01/07/2026
🎉 Congratulations to Alois Schweighofer on receiving the @univie.ac.at Teaching Award for the Max Perutz Labs! Recognized for his outstanding commitment to teaching and student engagement, Alois creates a learning environment where students are encouraged to try out their ideas 🙌
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