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Today we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Alwin Köhler from @maxperutzlabs.ac.at at our #SeminarsIN with his talk: “Fat Matters: How Nuclear Envelope Lipids Regulate Cell Function”.
A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏
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A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏
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February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Today we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Alwin Köhler from @maxperutzlabs.ac.at at our #SeminarsIN with his talk: “Fat Matters: How Nuclear Envelope Lipids Regulate Cell Function”.
A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏
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A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏
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🌱 2025 was a big year for sustainability at the Perutz! From reducing energy use in the labs and promoting green mobility to many climate-focused lectures events – here’s a snapshot of how the Climate@MaxPerutzLabs initiative and the Perutz community turned ideas into action 💚♻️ #MaxPerutzLabsGoGreen
February 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM
🌱 2025 was a big year for sustainability at the Perutz! From reducing energy use in the labs and promoting green mobility to many climate-focused lectures events – here’s a snapshot of how the Climate@MaxPerutzLabs initiative and the Perutz community turned ideas into action 💚♻️ #MaxPerutzLabsGoGreen
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🔬 Our Research Milestones essays are back!
This feature highlights Alipasha Vaziri, former Group Leader at the IMP and Max Perutz Labs.
At the IMP, he developed imaging technologies that enabled large-scale recording of neuronal activity at single-cell resolution:
This feature highlights Alipasha Vaziri, former Group Leader at the IMP and Max Perutz Labs.
At the IMP, he developed imaging technologies that enabled large-scale recording of neuronal activity at single-cell resolution:
February 2, 2026 at 1:05 PM
🔬 Our Research Milestones essays are back!
This feature highlights Alipasha Vaziri, former Group Leader at the IMP and Max Perutz Labs.
At the IMP, he developed imaging technologies that enabled large-scale recording of neuronal activity at single-cell resolution:
This feature highlights Alipasha Vaziri, former Group Leader at the IMP and Max Perutz Labs.
At the IMP, he developed imaging technologies that enabled large-scale recording of neuronal activity at single-cell resolution:
Paper alert! 📢 How do cells fight viruses without harming themselves? 🧬 In @natcomms.nature.com, the @versteegga.bsky.social lab uncover a previously unknown safeguard that keeps DNA-mutating antiviral enzymes in check, protecting the genome while preserving antiviral defense ➡️ tinyurl.com/4xbxz9e8
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Paper alert! 📢 How do cells fight viruses without harming themselves? 🧬 In @natcomms.nature.com, the @versteegga.bsky.social lab uncover a previously unknown safeguard that keeps DNA-mutating antiviral enzymes in check, protecting the genome while preserving antiviral defense ➡️ tinyurl.com/4xbxz9e8
🤩 Lucija Orlic from the Matos lab defended her thesis titled "Protection and processing of meiotic double Holliday junctions" - congratulations! 💪
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January 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
🤩 Lucija Orlic from the Matos lab defended her thesis titled "Protection and processing of meiotic double Holliday junctions" - congratulations! 💪
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Congratulations, Maurizio Forte (Kovarik lab)! 🎉 Maurizio successfully defended his thesis "Pathway-specific regulation of macrophage antimicrobial responses by Mediator kinase"! 🎓 #phdone
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January 26, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Congratulations, Maurizio Forte (Kovarik lab)! 🎉 Maurizio successfully defended his thesis "Pathway-specific regulation of macrophage antimicrobial responses by Mediator kinase"! 🎓 #phdone
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2026 is off to a strong start! 🎉 Erinc Hallacli has secured funding from the Herzfelder’sche Familienstiftung to explore how pathogenic protein aggregates disrupt RNA metabolism in human neurons ➡️ tinyurl.com/yrx9mhm5
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January 23, 2026 at 1:20 PM
2026 is off to a strong start! 🎉 Erinc Hallacli has secured funding from the Herzfelder’sche Familienstiftung to explore how pathogenic protein aggregates disrupt RNA metabolism in human neurons ➡️ tinyurl.com/yrx9mhm5
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Great work! Congrats to all authors and the Ries lab! 👏
#Research
1/📦 Scientists uncover the tiny machine that delivers essential molecular packages to the cell surface
This fundamental activity for maintaining healthy cells has been revealed by combining cutting-edge microscopy techniques and artificial intelligence
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1/📦 Scientists uncover the tiny machine that delivers essential molecular packages to the cell surface
This fundamental activity for maintaining healthy cells has been revealed by combining cutting-edge microscopy techniques and artificial intelligence
www.upf.edu/web/focus/w/...
Descobreixen el nanomissatger que manté les cèl·lules en funcionament
Es tracta d’una petita màquina que lliura paquets moleculars essencials a la superfície cel·lular, una activitat fonamental per mantenir la salut de les cèl·lules. Aquest enigmàtic mecanisme s'ha pogu...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Great work! Congrats to all authors and the Ries lab! 👏
Looking for your next lab role? 🧪 The Hallacli lab is recruiting a lab manager to support daily lab activities and experimental research in human neuronal biology, with flexibility and long-term prospects ➡️ tinyurl.com/76u92r63
January 14, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Looking for your next lab role? 🧪 The Hallacli lab is recruiting a lab manager to support daily lab activities and experimental research in human neuronal biology, with flexibility and long-term prospects ➡️ tinyurl.com/76u92r63
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The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has awarded no less than 14 grants to researchers affiliated to the Vienna BioCenter. Congratulations on this achievement!
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January 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has awarded no less than 14 grants to researchers affiliated to the Vienna BioCenter. Congratulations on this achievement!
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Adrian Söderholm from the Versteeg lab defended his thesis "Regulation and function of key RNA processing factors in innate immunity" and earned his hat! 🎓 Congrats, well deserved! 🎉💪
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January 13, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Adrian Söderholm from the Versteeg lab defended his thesis "Regulation and function of key RNA processing factors in innate immunity" and earned his hat! 🎓 Congrats, well deserved! 🎉💪
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🎉 Big congratulations to Nell Saunders from the @heinlab.org on receiving a prestigious @embo.org Postdoctoral Fellowship! Her work explores innovative CRISPR-based approaches to study viral infections ➡️ tinyurl.com/53syw2ws
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January 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
🎉 Big congratulations to Nell Saunders from the @heinlab.org on receiving a prestigious @embo.org Postdoctoral Fellowship! Her work explores innovative CRISPR-based approaches to study viral infections ➡️ tinyurl.com/53syw2ws
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🎓 Congrats to Songjie Feng (Bücker lab), who successfully defended his thesis titled “Enhancer cooperativity can compensate for loss of activity over large genomic distances" - well done! 🤩🙌
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January 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
🎓 Congrats to Songjie Feng (Bücker lab), who successfully defended his thesis titled “Enhancer cooperativity can compensate for loss of activity over large genomic distances" - well done! 🤩🙌
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The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Pim Huis in 't Veld from Max Perutz Labs Vienna is recruiting! Please share
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
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December 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Pim Huis in 't Veld from Max Perutz Labs Vienna is recruiting! Please share
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
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December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Marco Hein from Max Perutz Labs Vienna is recruiting! Please share
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
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December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Marco Hein from Max Perutz Labs Vienna is recruiting! Please share
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
🎄🎁✨ Sending science-powered holiday wishes and lots of curiosity for the year ahead – Santa Max approves!
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December 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🎄🎁✨ Sending science-powered holiday wishes and lots of curiosity for the year ahead – Santa Max approves!
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🔬 Love science and keeping a lab running smoothly? Join the @leeboratory.bsky.social as a lab manager/research technician and help uncover how cells choose and maintain their identity 🧫 More information ➡️ tinyurl.com/y7a8he88
December 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🔬 Love science and keeping a lab running smoothly? Join the @leeboratory.bsky.social as a lab manager/research technician and help uncover how cells choose and maintain their identity 🧫 More information ➡️ tinyurl.com/y7a8he88
🎉 Ending 2025 on a high note! Perutz group leaders Gang Dong and Javier Martinez have secured PI grants from the @fwf-at.bsky.social, pushing the total FWF funding this year to nearly €6 million – one of the strongest years in Perutz history ➡️ tinyurl.com/3k883x2n
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December 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🎉 Ending 2025 on a high note! Perutz group leaders Gang Dong and Javier Martinez have secured PI grants from the @fwf-at.bsky.social, pushing the total FWF funding this year to nearly €6 million – one of the strongest years in Perutz history ➡️ tinyurl.com/3k883x2n
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🎄✨ From lab coats to dance moves: watch scientists turn into party people – and Max on the wall turn into Santa 🎅 This was our Perutz Christmas Party 2025!
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December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🎄✨ From lab coats to dance moves: watch scientists turn into party people – and Max on the wall turn into Santa 🎅 This was our Perutz Christmas Party 2025!
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PhD defended 🎓
#PhDone and discussed in detail
Big shoutout to all colleagues who supported me throughout the journey, and especially to Elif @gekaragoz.bsky.social. Proud and excited to continue our scientific adventures!
#PhDone and discussed in detail
Big shoutout to all colleagues who supported me throughout the journey, and especially to Elif @gekaragoz.bsky.social. Proud and excited to continue our scientific adventures!
Congratulations! 🥳 Aleksandra Anisimova from the @gekaragoz.bsky.social lab successfully defended her thesis: "Dual regulation of the unfolded protein response by IGF2BP3"! 🎓
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#phdone
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#phdone
December 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
PhD defended 🎓
#PhDone and discussed in detail
Big shoutout to all colleagues who supported me throughout the journey, and especially to Elif @gekaragoz.bsky.social. Proud and excited to continue our scientific adventures!
#PhDone and discussed in detail
Big shoutout to all colleagues who supported me throughout the journey, and especially to Elif @gekaragoz.bsky.social. Proud and excited to continue our scientific adventures!
🎉 Great news! The @fwf-at.bsky.social has approved the extension of the SFB Meiosis. Bringing together nine groups from the Perutz, the @vbcscitraining.bsky.social, and others, this collaboration keeps uncovering the fundamentals of meiotic recombination ➡️ tinyurl.com/3uxb5v49
December 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🎉 Great news! The @fwf-at.bsky.social has approved the extension of the SFB Meiosis. Bringing together nine groups from the Perutz, the @vbcscitraining.bsky.social, and others, this collaboration keeps uncovering the fundamentals of meiotic recombination ➡️ tinyurl.com/3uxb5v49
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The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Erinc Hallacli from Max Perutz Labs Vienna is recruiting! Please share
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Erinc Hallacli from Max Perutz Labs Vienna is recruiting! Please share
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
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A proud moment for me and our lab. Sanya defended her thesis with flying colors. Thanks to the reviewers for the fruitful discussion and their feedback.
Congratulations! 🥳 Aleksandra Anisimova from the @gekaragoz.bsky.social lab successfully defended her thesis: "Dual regulation of the unfolded protein response by IGF2BP3"! 🎓
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#phdone
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#phdone
December 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A proud moment for me and our lab. Sanya defended her thesis with flying colors. Thanks to the reviewers for the fruitful discussion and their feedback.
Congratulations! 🥳 Aleksandra Anisimova from the @gekaragoz.bsky.social lab successfully defended her thesis: "Dual regulation of the unfolded protein response by IGF2BP3"! 🎓
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#phdone
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#phdone
December 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Congratulations! 🥳 Aleksandra Anisimova from the @gekaragoz.bsky.social lab successfully defended her thesis: "Dual regulation of the unfolded protein response by IGF2BP3"! 🎓
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#phdone
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#phdone