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IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology: a leading research institute in Europe, focusing on functional genetics, RNA biology, and stem cell research.
@imbavienna.bsky.socialOur 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:
@imbavienna.bsky.socialApply to the animal caretaker position by 23 October: https://imba.science/pos2618
@imbavienna.bsky.socialWe are hiring! Join the Comparative Medicine Core Facility at IMBA and the IMP as an animal caretaker 👇.
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@imbavienna.bsky.socialCan “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: https://imba.science/4jdMuYQ
@imbavienna.bsky.socialIMBA 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: https://imba.science/4hcY1Vw
@imbavienna.bsky.socialWe often picture replicated chromosomes as perfectly symmetrical Xs. But scientists in the Goloborodko and Gerlich labs at IMBA have discovered that their two copies are consistently offset. The finding could reshape how we understand DNA repair and genome stability: https://bit.ly/4iLa7Yv
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@imbavienna.bsky.socialIMBA introduces a new logo. The letterforms draw inspiration from the structure and boundaries of the cell, the basic unit of life that IMBA’s scientists study every day.
