Benedikt Mandl

Researchers from our Plaschka lab expected one molecular motor to dismantle the cell’s RNA-editing machine. Instead, they found three. Like three hands untying a knot, the motors act in sequence to take the spliceosome apart: bit.ly/4AQnqNQ

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: imp.ac.at/news/article/doris…

👨‍🔬 Our IMP Alumni Portrait series is back! From collecting freshwater invertebrates in St. Petersburg to leading a lab at @karolinskainst, Taras Kreslavskiy shares how curiosity—and his years at the IMP—shaped his scientific journey. 👉 Read more: imp.ac.at/career/beyond/alum…

Pathogens have spent millions of years learning how to hijack human cells. Now, researchers from the Stark lab at the IMP and the Taipale lab at the Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, have built a platform to systematically discover how they do it: cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…

How do cells distinguish functional genetic messages from molecular noise? Researchers in Clemens Plaschka's lab at IMP, together with Julius Brennecke's lab at IMBA and collaborators at Aarhus University, reveal a new principle of gene regulation: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

How do cells keep powerful antiviral responses under control—while staying ready to activate them within moments of infection? Researchers from Moritz Gaidt's lab at the IMP discovered that repetitive DNA can act as a powerful immune switch: link.springer.com/article/10…

Ida Jentoft won a Birnstiel Award for her outstanding doctoral research in 2023. Do you know an exceptional PhD student? The Birnstiel Award has an open call! 📅 Nominate by 30 June: imp.ac.at/achievements/birns…

Celebrating success stories is so important! Take the time to nominate your PhD students for awards, it will show how much you appreciate their achievements and help build their careers. The Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in the Molecular Life Sciences now has an open

PhD awards and honours boost not only students' visibility—but that of entire PhD programmes, says Christopher Robinson of the Vienna BioCenter training team. The Birnstiel Award offers an opportunity to enjoy this for yourself: we have an open call until 30 June!

📣 Registration is open for the 20th Microsymposium on RNA Biology! Join in at the Vienna BioCenter for three days of cutting-edge science, discussion & networking. 📅 17-19 June 2026 🧬 Poster abstract deadline: 19 May Info & registration: oeaw.ac.at/imba/seminars-eve…

🎉 Congratulations to our Anna Obenauf, IMP Senior Group Leader, who has been elected as a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, for her outstanding contributions to cancer research: imp.ac.at/news/article/anna-…