The annual Best Places to Work Survey as chosen by readers of The Scientist magazine, identifies IMBA as second to top international workplace for postdoctoral researchers.

IMBA takes part in the Long Night of Research, Austria’s biggest science event with more than 1.000 stations. The evening is aimed at raising the acceptance of research in the public and motivating younger generations for a...

For the first time, scientists are now able to examine the functions of microRNAs in adult mammals. This breakthrough has been made possible by a new method invented by Stefan Ameres of the IMBA – Institute for Molecular...

A key protein that controls how the deadly plant poison and bioweapon ricin kills, has finally been identified by researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna, Austria. The discovery was made using a...

Stem cells in the human brain produce far more nerve cells than corresponding cells in mice. Jürgen Knoblich, a researcher at the Vienna Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) found out...