Max Perutz Labs Vienna

Hands-on research meets lab management! 🤝 The Nedialkova lab is looking for a motivated Research Technician / Lab Manager to combine experimental work with laboratory organization and coordination, helping keep science running smoothly behind the scenes ➡️ tinyurl.com/yz5fpjwh

🎉 Congratulations to Rachel Anderson (Hallacli lab) and Harsh Ranawat (Köhler lab) on receiving VIP³ Fellowships! 🙌 Their interdisciplinary projects will explore how alpha-synuclein disrupts RNA metabolism in Parkinson’s disease and how tardigrade cells survive extreme stress ➡️ tinyurl.com/3sy9xy3s

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💻 Tech-savvy and love solving IT challenges? The Perutz is looking for a 1st Level IT Supporter to be the first point of contact for hardware, software and network issues, keeping IT running smoothly across the institute ➡️ tinyurl.com/572s2suw

Open position! ❄️ The @irmaquerques.bsky.social Lab is looking for an experienced researcher with a strong practical background in cryo-EM ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr22fkty

One frame. Many voices. 🔀 From research group member to supporting scientists across the Perutz: Irmgard Fischer, Head of the Histology Facility, has embraced quite a few changes since joining the institute in 1997 💪 #WomenInScience

Two open Master's projects in the Bachmair lab! 🌱🔬 Explore how plants respond to environmental stress by investigating either 1️⃣ SUMO-mediated protein modifications or 2️⃣ protein degradation signals that help plants adapt to flooding and pathogens ➡️ tinyurl.com/5refmbut and tinyurl.com/ypxr64ar

🧬 Ready to crack the ribosome code? Join the FWF Emerging Fields Consortium as a postdoc and explore how translational regulation drives pediatric cancer and therapy resistance, working alongside six research groups across Vienna to uncover new therapeutic opportunities ➡️ tinyurl.com/jfcrya2p

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🏃‍♀️ Running for a good cause, together and from afar! 💪 Perutz runners joined the Cancer Research Run organized by the @meduniwien.ac.at, putting in kilometers for cancer research with plenty of team spirit and some spectacular mountain views along the way ⛰️

🎉 The Perutz is delighted to announce that Alba Diz-Muñoz will join the institute as a new group leader in 2027! Currently at @embl.org Heidelberg, Alba investigates how mechanical forces at the cell surface shape cell division, migration and differentiation ➡️ tinyurl.com/6mvhj8n5

🧬 cisCODE-ing with @chribue.bsky.social! As part of a new MSCA Doctoral Network, the Perutz group leader will help decode how non-coding DNA regulates gene activity ➡️ tinyurl.com/96p8xnpc @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

How does skin stand up to stress? 🧬 With new funding from @fwf-at.bsky.social, Perutz group leader Peter Fuchs will investigate how the protein epiplakin protects skin cells during UV exposure and bacterial challenges, helping maintain their structure and barrier function ➡️ tinyurl.com/24pey7df

From lecture halls to lab life: Last week, BOKU Master’s students visited the Perutz and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes look at research, facilities and PhD opportunities, with plenty of science and new perspectives along the way 🧬✨ @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

📑 First first-author paper, brand-new journal, and quite the journey to publication! In this #SuccessStory, Eva Krötenheerdt (Leonard lab) shares how a long submission process helped the project grow into a stronger, more focused study and, ultimately, a collaborative effort 🤝

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Looking boldly into the future while keeping the lessons of history in mind. Celebrating the opening of @meduniwien.ac.at‘s two new institutes: the Center for Translational Medicine and the Eric Kandel Institute - Center for Precision Medicine, together with my @maxperutzlabs.ac.at colleagues.

Congratulations to Sophie Koller (Campbell Lab), who defended her PhD work titled “Combinatorial effects of multiple genes drive strong aneuploidy phenotypes”! 🥳 Well done! 🤩 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

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

🧬 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 💭

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 🦠

18 Sept

🆕 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

18 Sept

16 Sept

🏃‍♀️ Weekend well spent! Leonie, Iana and Olivia from the Querques lab swapped the lab for running shoes and joined the Wachau Marathon 👟💪 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

15 Sept

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 🤝

15 Sept

11 Sept

🙌 New funding for Perutz group leader @ameressl.bsky.social! With the SALVAGE project funded by the FFG, lab aims to make RNA labelling more reliable across different cell types and time-resolved transcriptomics more broadly applicable 🧫 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

9 Sept

🎥 A new #SuccessStory with group leader Marco Hein! He reflects on being named Researcher of the Month by the Medical University of Vienna for his study in Cell, which introduced a high-throughput method to map protein localization across cellular compartments 🤩 Full story ➡️ tinyurl.com/y9beeumw

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9 Sept

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Virginia Busetto

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8 Sept

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I’m also grateful to @fwf-at.bsky.social -especially the ESPRIT programme- for supporting me, and to @maxperutzlabs.ac.at, @univie.ac.at and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social.

8 Sept

🎉 New funding for Perutz group leader Bojan Žagrović! As part of the MSCA Doctoral Network 'PhaseCat', his group will help explore the catalytic potential of protein-RNA condensates while training the next generation of researchers across Europe ➡️ tinyurl.com/bd49mk9t

8 Sept

7 Sept

Congrats, Milica Mihailović from the Karagöz lab, on successfully defending her thesis titled "Dissecting the role of UFMylation in endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein quality control"! 🤩🎉 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

2 Sept

🚨 Out now! Special delivery for autophagy: A new @natcomms.nature.com study from the Martens lab, led by first author Elisabeth Holzer, reveals how ATG2A and ATG8-like proteins deliver key lipids to build and expand autophagosomes ➡️ tinyurl.com/ycx9v759 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

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1 Sept

Júlia Garcia Baucells from the Dammermann lab defended her thesis “Centrosome mechanical properties in C. elegans cell division”! Well done, congratulations 👏🤩 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at #phdone

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30 Aug

And it’s a wrap! Impressive finish to our 2026 #ViennaBioCenterSummerSchool with the Summer School Symposium, where our 19 international Fellows presented the results of their 2-3 months of research conducted in their host labs. Congratulations to all Fellows! training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/

28 Aug

🔬 Two months of hands-on science, new connections and plenty of experiences to take home! On their last day at the Perutz, this year’s summer school students reflect on the science and the people and international community that shaped their summer in Vienna 🌍✨

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24 Aug

Paper alert! 📢 The @irmaquerques.bsky.social lab, with Mateusz Walter as co-first author, reveals in @natcomms.nature.com the molecular checkpoints that control how and when CRISPR-associated transposons move DNA ➡️ tinyurl.com/4mzkhwz6 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

21 Aug

🎉 Erinc Hallacli received a grant to join the Collaborative Research Network (CRN), becoming part of Anna Krichevsky's team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA)! Support from @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org, in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation ➡️ tinyurl.com/5xjn555b

21 Aug

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18 Aug

Espresso, cornetti, panini – benvenuti al Max Bar! 🇮🇹☕️ Get a glimpse of the new Italian-inspired meeting spot at the Perutz and meet the team behind the bar: Naeem, Flo, Connor and Chris (from left to right) ✨