CeMM
@cemm.oeaw.ac.at
International, independent, interdisciplinary research institute. Integrates basic research and clinical expertise for innovative diagnostics and therapeutics.
🔗 http://www.cemm.oeaw.ac.at/
🔗 http://www.cemm.oeaw.ac.at/
🎉 Congrats to @aelewaut.bsky.social for winning the 2024 #DenisePBarlowAward! 🎖️
She carried out her PhD thesis in @obenaufa.bsky.social's lab (@impvienna.bsky.social), work published in @nature.com.
📄 Paper: rdcu.be/eQv1f
➡️ About the award: bit.ly/3iFbafP
She carried out her PhD thesis in @obenaufa.bsky.social's lab (@impvienna.bsky.social), work published in @nature.com.
📄 Paper: rdcu.be/eQv1f
➡️ About the award: bit.ly/3iFbafP
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🎉 Congrats to @aelewaut.bsky.social for winning the 2024 #DenisePBarlowAward! 🎖️
She carried out her PhD thesis in @obenaufa.bsky.social's lab (@impvienna.bsky.social), work published in @nature.com.
📄 Paper: rdcu.be/eQv1f
➡️ About the award: bit.ly/3iFbafP
She carried out her PhD thesis in @obenaufa.bsky.social's lab (@impvienna.bsky.social), work published in @nature.com.
📄 Paper: rdcu.be/eQv1f
➡️ About the award: bit.ly/3iFbafP
Curiosity & innovation aren’t uniquely human after all! Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming @auersperga.bsky.social (Vetmeduni) for a mind-opening 15th #SMARTlecture, revealing the remarkable problem-solving & tool-using abilities of birds & primates.
🔗 bit.ly/47NpSbG
📽️ bit.ly/4oluxGV
🔗 bit.ly/47NpSbG
📽️ bit.ly/4oluxGV
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Curiosity & innovation aren’t uniquely human after all! Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming @auersperga.bsky.social (Vetmeduni) for a mind-opening 15th #SMARTlecture, revealing the remarkable problem-solving & tool-using abilities of birds & primates.
🔗 bit.ly/47NpSbG
📽️ bit.ly/4oluxGV
🔗 bit.ly/47NpSbG
📽️ bit.ly/4oluxGV
Happy #PrideinSTEM Day 2025! 🏳️🌈🔬 #CeMM fosters an inclusive environment for all scientists & admin staff, built on respect & mutual support. We celebrate diversity as a driver of scientific creativity & innovation, working hand in hand to improve healthcare through excellent #research! #LGBTQSTEMDAY
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Happy #PrideinSTEM Day 2025! 🏳️🌈🔬 #CeMM fosters an inclusive environment for all scientists & admin staff, built on respect & mutual support. We celebrate diversity as a driver of scientific creativity & innovation, working hand in hand to improve healthcare through excellent #research! #LGBTQSTEMDAY
We kicked off the week with an Impromptu Seminar by Dominik Wolf (@i-med.ac.at), who shared insights on deconvoluting myeloid inflammation through deep fingerprinting. Thank you, Dominik, and our co-hosts CeMM PI Christoph Bock & Postdoc Adele Nicolas (@bocklab.bsky.social)
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We kicked off the week with an Impromptu Seminar by Dominik Wolf (@i-med.ac.at), who shared insights on deconvoluting myeloid inflammation through deep fingerprinting. Thank you, Dominik, and our co-hosts CeMM PI Christoph Bock & Postdoc Adele Nicolas (@bocklab.bsky.social)
CeMM Directors Giulio Superti-Furga and Anita Ender served as #EULIFE co-chair (2022–2023) and chair (2024–2025), being supported by EU-LIFE Executive Director Marta Agostinho and her team. The EU-LIFE partnership is stronger than ever. https://cemm.at/news/detail/an-exciting-journey-comes-to-an-end
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
CeMM Directors Giulio Superti-Furga and Anita Ender served as #EULIFE co-chair (2022–2023) and chair (2024–2025), being supported by EU-LIFE Executive Director Marta Agostinho and her team. The EU-LIFE partnership is stronger than ever. https://cemm.at/news/detail/an-exciting-journey-comes-to-an-end
🎉Congratulations to CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) & Senior Postdoc Thomas Krausgruber for being named among @clarivate.com's #HighlyCited2025, featuring the world's most influential scientists! 🔬
🔗Full list: bit.ly/3gdF2if
🔬 More about the Bock Group: bit.ly/47BpwEU
🔗Full list: bit.ly/3gdF2if
🔬 More about the Bock Group: bit.ly/47BpwEU
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🎉Congratulations to CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) & Senior Postdoc Thomas Krausgruber for being named among @clarivate.com's #HighlyCited2025, featuring the world's most influential scientists! 🔬
🔗Full list: bit.ly/3gdF2if
🔬 More about the Bock Group: bit.ly/47BpwEU
🔗Full list: bit.ly/3gdF2if
🔬 More about the Bock Group: bit.ly/47BpwEU
Take a look at this video made by @moritzbaio.bsky.social for a preview of how to use #CellWhisperer 👇
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Take a look at this video made by @moritzbaio.bsky.social for a preview of how to use #CellWhisperer 👇
🗨️Chat with your cells, explore #CellWhisperer!
CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) together with @meduniwien.ac.at & @stanna-ccri.bsky.social have developed a new #AI tool that lets scientists explore single-cell data using plain English.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3JQqe87
📄 https://bit.ly/3WJCxGi
CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) together with @meduniwien.ac.at & @stanna-ccri.bsky.social have developed a new #AI tool that lets scientists explore single-cell data using plain English.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3JQqe87
📄 https://bit.ly/3WJCxGi
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🗨️Chat with your cells, explore #CellWhisperer!
CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) together with @meduniwien.ac.at & @stanna-ccri.bsky.social have developed a new #AI tool that lets scientists explore single-cell data using plain English.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3JQqe87
📄 https://bit.ly/3WJCxGi
CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) together with @meduniwien.ac.at & @stanna-ccri.bsky.social have developed a new #AI tool that lets scientists explore single-cell data using plain English.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3JQqe87
📄 https://bit.ly/3WJCxGi
Thank you, Marco Demaria (UMCG), for a great #CeMMinar on heterogeneity in cellular #senescence! He shared how senescent cells can both aid tissue repair & drive aging & dysfunction, & how targeting them could support healthy aging. Thanks to our hosts @lderooij.bsky.social & @andre-rendeiro.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thank you, Marco Demaria (UMCG), for a great #CeMMinar on heterogeneity in cellular #senescence! He shared how senescent cells can both aid tissue repair & drive aging & dysfunction, & how targeting them could support healthy aging. Thanks to our hosts @lderooij.bsky.social & @andre-rendeiro.com
CeMM & ÖAW warmly welcome Maria Rescigno as the new CeMM Director. Maria is a highly accomplished researcher specialized in the understanding of the gut–liver–brain axis.
Press info: https://cemm.at/news
Photo Gallery: https://cemm.at/about-cemm/picture-galleries/2025
#CeMMLife #Director #ÖAW
Press info: https://cemm.at/news
Photo Gallery: https://cemm.at/about-cemm/picture-galleries/2025
#CeMMLife #Director #ÖAW
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
CeMM & ÖAW warmly welcome Maria Rescigno as the new CeMM Director. Maria is a highly accomplished researcher specialized in the understanding of the gut–liver–brain axis.
Press info: https://cemm.at/news
Photo Gallery: https://cemm.at/about-cemm/picture-galleries/2025
#CeMMLife #Director #ÖAW
Press info: https://cemm.at/news
Photo Gallery: https://cemm.at/about-cemm/picture-galleries/2025
#CeMMLife #Director #ÖAW
🚀 From Eureka to Enterprise! Today, we hosted the CeMM #PhD Career Symposium 2025, exploring inspiring journeys from academic discovery to entrepreneurial leadership.
Big thanks to our PhD reps for organising, & to our speakers from academia, biotech & industry for inspiring our community!👏
Big thanks to our PhD reps for organising, & to our speakers from academia, biotech & industry for inspiring our community!👏
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🚀 From Eureka to Enterprise! Today, we hosted the CeMM #PhD Career Symposium 2025, exploring inspiring journeys from academic discovery to entrepreneurial leadership.
Big thanks to our PhD reps for organising, & to our speakers from academia, biotech & industry for inspiring our community!👏
Big thanks to our PhD reps for organising, & to our speakers from academia, biotech & industry for inspiring our community!👏
A new @science.org study by CeMM PI Stefan Kubicek's group & @ox.ac.uk collaborators reveals that the #NUDT5 enzyme regulates purine synthesis, acting as a scaffold to stop DNA building block production when levels are high.
➡️Read more: https://bit.ly/4hLMpJ5
📄Publication: https://bit.ly/4qJogXN
➡️Read more: https://bit.ly/4hLMpJ5
📄Publication: https://bit.ly/4qJogXN
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A new @science.org study by CeMM PI Stefan Kubicek's group & @ox.ac.uk collaborators reveals that the #NUDT5 enzyme regulates purine synthesis, acting as a scaffold to stop DNA building block production when levels are high.
➡️Read more: https://bit.ly/4hLMpJ5
📄Publication: https://bit.ly/4qJogXN
➡️Read more: https://bit.ly/4hLMpJ5
📄Publication: https://bit.ly/4qJogXN
🎃Last Friday, CeMM turned into a spooky crime scene for our annual #Halloween Party!💀 This year’s theme, “Dumb ways to die,” featured creative performances, costumes, & even a comic karaoke! Big thanks to our 1st-year #PhD students for organizing such a fun evening for everyone!
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🎃Last Friday, CeMM turned into a spooky crime scene for our annual #Halloween Party!💀 This year’s theme, “Dumb ways to die,” featured creative performances, costumes, & even a comic karaoke! Big thanks to our 1st-year #PhD students for organizing such a fun evening for everyone!
🎓 Congratulations to Chrysanthi Kagiou, from the group of CeMM Adjunct PI @georgwinter.bsky.social (@aithyra.bsky.social), who has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Hijacking novel non-PROTACable E3 ligases for targeted protein degradation." Well done!! 👏 🎉 #phdlife #phdhat
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🎓 Congratulations to Chrysanthi Kagiou, from the group of CeMM Adjunct PI @georgwinter.bsky.social (@aithyra.bsky.social), who has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Hijacking novel non-PROTACable E3 ligases for targeted protein degradation." Well done!! 👏 🎉 #phdlife #phdhat
🧯Safety first! Yesterday we held the CeMM Safety Day 2025, covering from fire & spill response to PPE, waste management & reanimation skills. A hands-on event to refresh our shared knowledge of lab safety!👩🔬👨🏿🔬
Big thanks to all CeMM volunteers & our partners for making it possible! 🙌
Big thanks to all CeMM volunteers & our partners for making it possible! 🙌
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🧯Safety first! Yesterday we held the CeMM Safety Day 2025, covering from fire & spill response to PPE, waste management & reanimation skills. A hands-on event to refresh our shared knowledge of lab safety!👩🔬👨🏿🔬
Big thanks to all CeMM volunteers & our partners for making it possible! 🙌
Big thanks to all CeMM volunteers & our partners for making it possible! 🙌
2️⃣ Matthias Brand (Proxygen Co-founder & CTO) discussed with Lilly Bremer (Busslinger lab) what it takes to start a biotech company, from spotting practical applications of your work to asking for help & learning from others along the way. 🧬
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
2️⃣ Matthias Brand (Proxygen Co-founder & CTO) discussed with Lilly Bremer (Busslinger lab) what it takes to start a biotech company, from spotting practical applications of your work to asking for help & learning from others along the way. 🧬
1️⃣ Ivan Bilic (Takeda Senior Director R&D) spoke with Aljaž Simonič (Kubicek lab) about the journey from academic research to drug discovery & how thinking broadly during a PhD can reveal surprising real-world applications. 💊
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
1️⃣ Ivan Bilic (Takeda Senior Director R&D) spoke with Aljaž Simonič (Kubicek lab) about the journey from academic research to drug discovery & how thinking broadly during a PhD can reveal surprising real-world applications. 💊
A truly captivating #CeMMinar today with @kimbakjensen.bsky.social (@ucph.bsky.social)! He shared his lab's work on intestinal #StemCell fate & regeneration. Thank you, Kim, for a very insightful lecture & to hosts Georg Busslinger & Christoph Bock @bocklab.bsky.social!
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A truly captivating #CeMMinar today with @kimbakjensen.bsky.social (@ucph.bsky.social)! He shared his lab's work on intestinal #StemCell fate & regeneration. Thank you, Kim, for a very insightful lecture & to hosts Georg Busslinger & Christoph Bock @bocklab.bsky.social!
🧬A new Science Immunology study by CeMM, @stanna-ccri.bsky.social, @meduniwien.ac.at, @medunigraz.at & @unibonn.bsky.social uncovers a surprising link between lipid biology & immune defense, with insights for rare immune disorders & cancer immunotherapy.
➡️ tinyurl.com/2ant228p
📄 tinyurl.com/yrbzt7st
➡️ tinyurl.com/2ant228p
📄 tinyurl.com/yrbzt7st
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🧬A new Science Immunology study by CeMM, @stanna-ccri.bsky.social, @meduniwien.ac.at, @medunigraz.at & @unibonn.bsky.social uncovers a surprising link between lipid biology & immune defense, with insights for rare immune disorders & cancer immunotherapy.
➡️ tinyurl.com/2ant228p
📄 tinyurl.com/yrbzt7st
➡️ tinyurl.com/2ant228p
📄 tinyurl.com/yrbzt7st
🙏 Thank you, Eva, for sharing your expertise and insights with our PhD students!
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🙏 Thank you, Eva, for sharing your expertise and insights with our PhD students!
“If there is an opportunity, grasp it. Certain really good opportunities don’t come that often. Realize this could be it and go for it if you can. But also keep your family and friends in focus to not lose sight.”
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“If there is an opportunity, grasp it. Certain really good opportunities don’t come that often. Realize this could be it and go for it if you can. But also keep your family and friends in focus to not lose sight.”
🔬 We welcomed Eva Schernhammer (@ meduniwien.ac.at) today at CeMM for the latest #PhDProgram Intro Lecture, hosted by CeMM PI Stefan Kubicek. She spoke about the circadian system and its role in human health.
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🔬 We welcomed Eva Schernhammer (@ meduniwien.ac.at) today at CeMM for the latest #PhDProgram Intro Lecture, hosted by CeMM PI Stefan Kubicek. She spoke about the circadian system and its role in human health.
Congrats to @alercher.bsky.social, former CeMM PhD student at @bergthalerlab.bsky.social, on receiving one of the #ASciNA Young Scientist Awards 2025!👏 The prize honors his 2024 @cp-immunity.bsky.social paper revealing how the innate immune system can develop antiviral memory.
🔗Paper: bit.ly/4ohYJ5S
🔗Paper: bit.ly/4ohYJ5S
October 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Congrats to @alercher.bsky.social, former CeMM PhD student at @bergthalerlab.bsky.social, on receiving one of the #ASciNA Young Scientist Awards 2025!👏 The prize honors his 2024 @cp-immunity.bsky.social paper revealing how the innate immune system can develop antiviral memory.
🔗Paper: bit.ly/4ohYJ5S
🔗Paper: bit.ly/4ohYJ5S
Great start to the week with an Impromptu Seminar by @romansarott.bsky.social (@mpi-mr.bsky.social) at CeMM! He presented how bifunctional molecules & chemically induced proximity can drive targeted cell death in #lymphoma. Thanks Roman & our host Adjunct PI @georgwinter.bsky.social!
October 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Great start to the week with an Impromptu Seminar by @romansarott.bsky.social (@mpi-mr.bsky.social) at CeMM! He presented how bifunctional molecules & chemically induced proximity can drive targeted cell death in #lymphoma. Thanks Roman & our host Adjunct PI @georgwinter.bsky.social!
2️⃣Florian Krammer is Professor at @meduniwien.ac.at & Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Science Outreach & Pandemic Preparedness. He’s also Professor of Vaccinology (Mount Sinai NYC), where he focuses on developing universal influenza vaccines & countermeasures against RNA viruses.
October 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
2️⃣Florian Krammer is Professor at @meduniwien.ac.at & Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Science Outreach & Pandemic Preparedness. He’s also Professor of Vaccinology (Mount Sinai NYC), where he focuses on developing universal influenza vaccines & countermeasures against RNA viruses.