GROUP DORNER | Biochemistry & Biophysics, Genetics, epigenetics & gene regulation
The regulation of gene expression by small ncRNAs
Group Leader
silke.dorner(at)univie.ac.at
Phone: +43-1-4277-54610
Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna | Room: 4.514
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Post-transcriptional processes such as mRNA splicing, mRNA degradation, mRNA surveillance, RNA editing, translational repression, and RNA-mediated gene silencing, play crucial roles in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. In the past decade the finding of small non-coding RNAs has entirely revolutionized the way we think about the regulation of gene expression. The major focus of our research is the RNA-mediated gene silencing by siRNAs (small interfering RNAs) and miRNAs (micro RNAs) in Drosophila.
Sanja Antic 
Elisabeth Jäger 
Aleksandra Plotnikova Selected Publications
Collaboration & Funding
Doctoral Program "RNA Biology"
Associated member of the special Doctoral Program "RNA Biology" reviewed and funded by the Austrian Research Fund FWF.
SFB "RNA regulation of the transcriptome (RNA-REG)"
The Group Dorner is associated member of the Special Research Area (SFB) "RNA regulation of the transcriptome" funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. SFB's are...
Elise-Richter Career Development Grant
FWF-funded grant: "The regulation of gene expression by small RNAs"
Joint GEN-AU Project
"Non-coding RNAs: from identification to functional characterization" - funded by the GEN-AU Genome Research Program of the Federal Ministry of Science and Research
FWF Stand Alone Projects
"RNAs and Proteins associated with P-body components"
"The influence of miRNAs on mRNA degradation"
WWTF Stand Alone Project
"The dynamics of the miRNA effector complex"
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Since 2009 elected member of the "Junge Kurie" (Young Academy) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
