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After a first successful year of “Molecules of Life”, the second retreat was held in Sopron, Hungary.
About 80 PhD students, postdocs and group leaders from institutes across Vienna were among the attendees. The VDS’s main philosophy of promoting interdisciplinary research was reflected in the presence of both students and group leaders from...

A new layer of transcription regulation in bacteria has been discovered by the Schroeder group at the MFPL/University of Vienna, in collaboration with the laboratory of Evgeny Nudler at the New York University School of Medicine. Their results are published in the journal Molecular Cell.

Inspired by the RNA world hypothesis, the Schroeder team...

We congratulate Raffaela, PhD student in the Kraft lab at MFPL, to the OEAW DOC Fellowship supporting her PhD project.

Raffaela is working on a process called autophagy, the cell’s own waste disposal system. Autophagy protects the cells by degrading harmful cytoplasmic components. When autophagy is defective, these elements accumulate in the...

Pavel Kovarik, group leader at the MFPL, has deflected an attractive offer from a university abroad. 
At the MFPL, fostering existing talents is as important as recruiting new ones. Therefore, keeping promising group leaders is a top priority. We are delighted to announce that Pavel Kovarik, group leader at the MFPL since 2003, has declined an...