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Max Spicer @mfdspicer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dream labmates, dream lab, dream institute - thank you for a wonderful time @gerlichlab.bsky.social @imbavienna.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social

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Haselbach Lab @haselbachlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I am so proud of this achievement for Sascha. If you want to know about his amazing work that led to this award check out his two preprints: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Structural basis for the ubiquitin chain recognition of the human 26S proteasome

Proteasomal degradation is a fundamental process for all eukaryotic life. A protein destined for degradation is first tagged with a polyubiquitin chain, which is selected by the proteasome. Different ...

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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Master students from BOKU University visited our campus, getting insights on the possibilities Vienna BioCenter has to offer for their future scientific careers, including facility & lab tours at @maxperutzlabs.ac.at It was a pleasure! #viennabiocenter

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knoblich-lab.bsky.social @knoblich-lab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New preprint! 🧠🧬 Can cerebral organoids reveal intrinsic rules of circuit assembly? We think yes! COSCO maps >10,000 networks and reveals cell-type intrinsic wiring, reproducible network formation, recurrent motifs, molecular signatures of wiring and aberrant connectivity in TSC. bit.ly/47CryUl

Graphical abstract for Connectomics by Sequencing Reveals Self-Organizing Principles of Neuronal Networks in Cerebral Organoids

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Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Autumn PhD call is OPEN! 30 fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Gene Regulation, RNA, Epigenetics 👉 www.vbcphd.at Apply by 10 October Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Max Perutz Labs Vienna, IMP, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH-0...

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HEAS Seminar - Palesa Madupe

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mark Foundation for Cancer Research funds BOLTS: Locking Down “Undruggable” Cancer Drivers – a collaboration of #AITHYRA, #EPFL and #StanfordUniversity. Congrats to @georgwinter.bsky.social and colleagues for expanding the therapeutic landscape for treatment-resistant cancers. flyn.im/hqV2nfL

Georg Winter (AITHYRA), Bruno Correia (EPFL/AITHYRA), Nico Thomä (EPFL), Nathanael Gray (Stanford University)

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Our Knoblich lab has just published a preprint about how brain cells wire themselves into networks, and how this wiring can go awry, using lab-grown brain organoids. Check it out:

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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet paper in Advanced Science! Study from the lab of CoE Key Researcher Peter Hinterdorfer @JKU Linz show that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants balance spike flexibility, strong receptor binding and immune escape. doi.org/10.1002/advs...

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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The GMI of @oeaw.bsky.social welcomed curious minds to explore plant pigments at the ORF Lange Nacht der Museen at the @tmwpress.bsky.social. Through experiments, microscopy & games, guests discovered how plants use colors for photosynthesis and protection. Thank you to all visitors and volunteers!

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sascha Amann won the 2026 Rabitsch Award! 🏆 A recent PhD graduate from the CryoEM Technology Platform, Amann received the award for his research on how the proteasome recognises and degrades proteins tagged with ubiquitin: bit.ly/4hQTCs1

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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The annual Cryo-EM Symposium took place on Campus this year! It is collaboratively organized by the Vienna BioCenter & ISTA (@istaresearch.bsky.social) and aims to explore & celebrate the latest advancements in Cryo-EM research & its impact on biological studies. Thank you to everyone joining!

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are hiring! Join the Comparative Medicine Core Facility at IMBA and the IMP as an animal caretaker 👇.

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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Going to Lange Nacht der Museen (Long Night of Museums) this weekend? Make sure to stop by Technisches Museum Wien and visit GMI & IMBA who are part of the "Science for Everyone" program! @gmivienna.bsky.social @imbavienna.bsky.social Find the full program in English here: lnkd.in/dqU5hiHz

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 01/10/2026

#univie Microbiologists demonstrate in a new study that Asgard archaea, our closest known microbial relatives, move through their environment in a surprisingly dynamic manner. These new findings enable the empirical testing of models for the origin of complex life for the first time.🧬 Read more ⤵️

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Unexpected dynamics of ancient microbes discovered

New study provides insights into the evolution of complex cells: Crawling motility may be far older than previously thought.

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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 · 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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Archaea Biology Vienna @archaea-vienna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our paper on the dynamics of Asgard archaea (Promethearchaeota) is now out in Nature! Huge thanks to the reviewers for helping make the manuscript stronger. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Two “Lokis” stained for Lokiactin (FastAct, magenta), reaching toward each other to celebrate 🎉 #archaea

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📢 Workshop Speaker Announcement | Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 Audrey Crousilles is a Staff Scientist in the ProTech Facility at VBCF, where she uses her expertise to address biophysical problems. We look forward to hearing about her experiences. ✨Stay tuned for more workshops announcement!

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Maya Voichek @mayavoichek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Super excited to share my postdoctoral work at @imbavienna.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social - We discovered that some retrotransposons, or "jumping genes" 🧬, are able to spread from cell to cell via a new viral infectivity route. A short thread: 🧵👇 (1/7)

AI-generated illustration of the soma-to-germline transmission of retrotransposons described in our work

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Pauli Group (posts by Andi Pauli) @pauligroup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Is it a virus, or a retrotransposon? Amazing story how an endogenous retrotransposon uses a small, FAST-like protein to cause soma-to-oocyte transfer in Drosophila. Kudos to @mayavoichek.bsky.social, Kirsten Senti, @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social plus the entire team for this exciting discovery!

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Very excited to see my HFSP Long-Term Postdoc Fellowship featured in HFSP’s recent review! Thank you @hfspo.bsky.social for funding the coolest frontier science and for supporting my postdoc research @pauligroup.bsky.social and professional development. Check out their full report ⬇️

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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

7th interview episode of “The World of Microbes” is now available: “Sequencing, Science & Snake Oil" with @ppjevac.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at. Behind-the-scenes looks at microbiome sequencing and how to separate evidence-based research from hype and pseudoscience. Link 👇

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Gerlich Lab @gerlichlab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Neos @neoscruz.bsky.social is on a roll! Last week, he gave his second Monday Seminar, presenting his PhD research to the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social community. Another big milestone in his PhD. Good job, Neos! 👏🧬

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Impromptu Seminars at AITHYRA: Thanks to Mihaela Peycheva, Postdoc at CeMM “Tertiary Lymphoid Structures as a Tool to Dissect Antitumor Immunity”, and Moritz Schaefer, Postdoc at Stanford University “Multimodal Agentic AI for Precision Medicine” for visiting AITHYRA. aithyra.at/news

Georg Winter, Mihaela Peycheva, Moritz Schaefer, Michael Bronstein at AITHYRA (c) Patrycja Johansson

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Pauli Group (posts by Andi Pauli) @pauligroup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Seven stories of 'Frontier Science', including our own led by @vdeneke.bsky.social & Andreas Blaha, on the discovery of a trimeric complex bridging sperm and eggs in vertebrates. Thank you @hfspo.bsky.social for supporting out-of-the-box science & allowing us to push the boundaries of what is known!

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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Apply to the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social PhD Program by Oct. 10th! One of the exciting PhD opportunities is available in @sramundo.bsky.social's research group at the GMI, where the team investigates chloroplast biogenesis and protein quality control. 👉www.vbcphd.at

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Silvia Ramundo

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can “jumping genes” spread like viruses? New research from the Brennecke lab at IMBA shows that, in fruit flies, certain transposable elements can break out of their own cell and slip into developing eggs—securing their passage to the next generation. Published in Cell: imba.science/4jdMuYQ

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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Congratulations to our member aitiologic on closing a significantly oversubscribed €6.4 million (approx. $7.4 million) seed financing to Advance Tissue-Resolved Liquid Biopsy Platform and Preeclampsia Lead Program Read more: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/a...

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We are so excited to have @dorie00.bsky.social Doris Kaltenecker join the @impvienna.bsky.social soon. Doris is using cutting edge technologies to study cancer cachexia. I can highly recommend joining a junior lab and can't wait to have her around!

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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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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Looking to be part of the Vienna BioCenter Community? The Career section on our website offers numerous opportunities to join companies and institutions on campus! lnkd.in/gdu75fH

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Doris Kaltenecker @dorie00.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

💫 Thrilled to share that I’ll join the IMP in Vienna as a Group Leader in March 2027! My lab will study systemic disease across biological scales, from molecular mechanisms to organism-wide dynamics, with a focus on cancer cachexia. www.imp.ac.at/groups/doris...

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

IMBA has a new faculty member! Peter Kharchenko joins in October 2026, and he’s recruiting. His lab will use computational biology, single-cell genomics and epigenetics to investigate cellular states in health and disease: imba.science/4hcY1Vw

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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join FÄKT in Sasha Mendjan's lab at IMBA (@imbavienna.bsky.social) here at Vienna BioCenter, and learn how a single skin cell develops into a beating heart, why this could revolutionize cardiology, and how robots are helping in this process. Full video (in German): lnkd.in/d6Qfg5Je

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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New paper! A team of researchers led by Pamela Vetrano and group leader @sramundo.bsky.social at the GMI of the @oeaw.bsky.social identified conserved protein VIA1 as an important factor in protecting chloroplast membranes under high light conditions. More here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/detail/n...

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

She’s coming to the IMP, and she’s recruiting! 🔬 Doris Kaltenecker will join the IMP as a Group Leader in March 2027. Her lab will study organ-to-organ communication in systemic diseases, with a focus on cancer cachexia:

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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We recently welcomed a Korean Regional R&D delegation of senior leaders, center directors, and team leaders from major regional Technoparks & partner institutions - including the KAIST & HCMI. It was a pleasure exchanging insights and giving our guests some glimpses of our campus and it's structure.

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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Two early-career scientists who earned their PhD at Vienna BioCenter were awarded with the Life Sciences PhD Award Austria at the 18th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting in Vienna. Congratulations to Trinh Phan-Canh & Spencer D. Balay! Read more: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/s...

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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Julia Bubis, a postdoc at the Proteomics Technology Hub received the Life Sciences Award Austria 2026 for her work on a highly sensitive single-cell proteomics workflow that can quantify up to 5,300 proteins in an individual cell with unprecedented accuracy. www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/j...

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Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences has 30+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open: www.vbcphd.at IMP Institute of Molecular Biotechnology Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology Max Perutz Labs Vienna Universität Wien / University of Vienna

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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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Myllia Biotechnology @mylliabio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Registration for Perturb 2027: High-Content CRISPR Screening Conference in NYC is now open! Acquire your ticket at an unbeatable price – and don’t wait too long! Early bird tier tickets are limited until December 15th or to the existing stock (120 tickets). Visit www.perturb2027.bio to learn more.

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah, PI at #CeMM, gave an Impromptu Seminar at #AITHYRA. Thank you Abel, for sharing your knowledge on how to build new bioengineering tools, profiling transcriptomic landscapes, and bridging the multicellular and molecular dimensions of mechanoregulation. aithyra.at/news

Georg Winter, Scientific Director Life Sciences AITHYRA and Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah, Principal Investigator CeMM (c) Patrycja Johansson/AITHYRA

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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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MS Proteomics @mspcf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

(1/2) Great 2nd Deep Visual Proteomics Workshop and inspiring 7th European Single-Cell Proteomics Symposium #ESCP2026 at the Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social! A fantastic opportunity to learn, connect and share ideas as we expand into #SingleCell and #SpatialProteomics technologies.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're pleased to introduce Amedeo Caflisch (University of Zurich) as one of the speakers in our Molecular Architecture session. His research focuses on epitranscriptomics and in particular a group of enzymes that methylate RNA. We look forward to his talk at the VBC PhD symposium.

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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New CoE Microplanet paper in @nature.com Communications! CoE Key Researcher Thilo Hofmann @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at contributed to a new study on tire wear particles and pollution across China’s road network. Non-exhaust emissions are becoming more important as exhaust pollution decreases 👇

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