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FWF funding advances immune cell and imaging research

Mar 18, 2026

Two new research projects at the Perutz have been awarded funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Led by group leaders Pavel Kovarik and Jonas Ries, the projects explore two very different but equally fundamental aspects of biology: how immune cells in the lungs rapidly adapt to infections and tissue damage, and how proteins move and change shape inside living cells. Together, the two grants provide more than €1.1 million in funding over three years.
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FWF ESPRIT fellowship for postdoc Zach Marin to capture subcellular motion

Mar 16, 2026

Postdoctoral researcher Zach Marin (Ries lab) has been awarded an FWF ESPRIT Fellowship from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) to pursue an innovative microscopy project at the Perutz. Providing funding over three years, Zach’s project ‘Live-Cell Imaging of Clathrin Dynamics at the Nanoscale’ aims to develop faster super-resolution imaging approaches to visualize structural dynamics inside living cells at unprecedented resolution. The ESPRIT Postdoc fellowship supports early career researchers in preparing to establish their own research group in the future.
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Rethinking stem cell culture

Mar 13, 2026

Studying the earliest stages of human development depends on stem cell models that are both biologically faithful and technically practicable. In a new study published in EMBO Journal, PhD student Michael Oberhuemer (Leeb lab) reports a simpler way to culture human naïve pluripotent stem cells – without relying on mouse feeder cells. By replacing these animal-derived support cells with a serum-based substrate and validating the approach together with multiple European collaborators, the team delivers a scalable and developmentally accurate culture system that lowers the barriers to human stem cell research.
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Elif Karagöz leads FWF Emerging Fields research consortium

Mar 09, 2026

Perutz group leader Elif Karagöz will coordinate the prestigious FWF Emerging Fields consortium project ‘Translating the Ribosome Code of Pediatric Cancers’. Funded with nearly €6 million by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the initiative brings together researchers from leading Vienna-based institutions, combining expertise that spans basic, translational, and patient-focused research. The collaborative project aims to uncover how ribosomes regulate protein production in childhood cancers and to explore whether this hidden layer of gene regulation can be harnessed to develop novel therapeutic strategies.
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The Perutz welcomes new group leader Danny Nedialkova

Mar 02, 2026

Danny Nedialkova will launch her lab at the Max Perutz Labs this April. Danny joins the Perutz from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, where she has been leading a research group focused on the ‘Mechanisms of Protein Biogenesis’ since 2017. With her internationally recognized expertise in RNA biology and translation regulation, she strengthens the institute’s research focus on the fundamental mechanisms controlling cellular physiology and their perturbation in disease settings.
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License to kill

Jan 30, 2026

Cells rely on DNA-mutating enzymes to fight viral infections, yet these same factors can threaten genomic integrity if left unchecked. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the Versteeg lab, led by first authors and former PhD students Irene Schwartz and Valentina Budroni, identify and characterize a previously unknown cellular mechanism that protects cells from their own endogenous mutators, revealing how beneficial antiviral activity is balanced against the risk of cancer-promoting DNA damage.
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Neurobiology meets RNA processing

Jan 23, 2026

The year 2026 is off to a strong start for Erinc Hallacli, who has secured new funding from the Herzfelder’sche Familienstiftung to pursue an ambitious research project at the interface of neurobiology and RNA metabolism. The grant supports his project ‘Impact of aSyn Fibrils on Human Neuronal RNA Metabolism’, which investigates how pathogenic protein aggregates influence RNA decay in neurons – an underexplored aspect of neurodegenerative disease biology.
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Nell Saunders receives EMBO Fellowship

Jan 12, 2026

Nell Saunders from the Hein lab has been awarded a prestigious EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her work on innovative CRISPR-based approaches to study viral infections. The fellowship funds up to two years of research, promotes international mobility, and provides access to EMBO’s global network as well as advanced training opportunities. The award highlights the strength of the research environment at the Perutz and its ability to attract and support exceptional postdoctoral researchers from across Europe and beyond.
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Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium 2026

Apr 29 - Apr 30, 2026 at Van Swieten-hall

The Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium is an annual international meeting in Vienna, aiming to bring together scholars from various fields studying ubiquitin/Ubl biology and protein degradation in a personal, family-like atmosphere, as suggested by the name.

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