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

🔬 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 🌍✨

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

🎉 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

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) ✨

☕️ Coffee is coming home – only three days to go! On August 17, the Max Bar Vienna, an Italian-style bar at the heart of the Perutz oberlooking the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social, opens its doors: a new place to meet, whether for breakfast, lunch, coffee or an aperitivo after work 🇮🇹✨

One frame. Many voices. 🖼️ Science should be a space where curiosity and different perspectives can thrive, regardless of gender – a principle Nellie strongly believes in 🙌 Nellie joined the Huis lab in October last year, where she investigates how topoisomerases enable sister chromatid decatenation.

🎓 Congratulations, Eleni Angelopoulou (Ellis lab), on defending your PhD work titled "Cellular and molecular dynamics of the phenotypic progression and resolution in Incontinentia pigmenti"! Well done! 🙌🎉 @meduniwien.ac.at @univie.ac.at #phdone

👀 Keep cutting-edge RNA research running behind the scenes! The @sebastianfalk.bsky.social lab is looking for a Research Technician/Lab Manager to support research on the molecular machines that process RNA using structural biology, biochemistry, and biophysics ➡️ tinyurl.com/nrjj6bvt

🎉 Three Perutz PhD students have been awarded prestigious DOC Fellowships from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)! Congratulations to Carla Simon (Slade lab), Leon Schmidt (Hein lab), and Moritz Becker (Leeb lab) ➡️ tinyurl.com/322yj7t3

🙌 Philipp Galuska (Djinovic lab) defended his thesis titled “From Dynamic Z-Bodies to Ordered Z-Discs: Molecular Mechanisms of Early Myofibrillogenesis” - congratulations! 🎉 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

🔬 Looking for a Master's project in developmental biology? Join the Ellis lab to investigate how tissues grow, compete, and maintain themselves in one of two exciting projects focused on tissue mechanics or aneuploidy ➡️ tinyurl.com/3cz6p9v4

🚨 The @gekaragoz.bsky.social lab uncovers in @genesdev.bsky.social how the RNA-binding protein IGF2BP3 helps cells cope with stress by fine-tuning unfolded protein response, revealing a layer of regulation that determines if cells adapt or fail➡️ tinyurl.com/3fxhxznz @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

🎓Congratulations, Luis Miguel Cerrón Alván from the Leeb lab on successfully defending his thesis "Molecular control of formative pluripotency and the emergence of early lineage competence" - well done! 🙌🥳

We're hiring! 💻 Join the Max Perutz Labs as a 1st Level IT Supporter to help keep our research running by providing hands-on support for hardware, software, and network issues ➡️ tinyurl.com/572s2suw

One frame. Many voices. 🙌 Theresia Brennecke's journey reflects how science thrives through different perspectives, backgrounds, and approaches, aiming for new ideas and discoveries 💡

👏 Congrats to Felix Haslhofer (Bücker lab), this year’s Max Perutz PhD Fellow! 💡 His project combines synthetic genomics, high-throughput screening, and deep learning to uncover how enhancers communicate with genes across large genomic distances ➡️ tinyurl.com/mvtf637y

☀️ A warm welcome to this year’s summer school students! Over the next two months, they will work on their own research projects across our labs, gaining new insights and becoming part of the Perutz community 🙌 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at @vbcscitraining.bsky.social

🎉 Congratulations to Alois Schweighofer on receiving the @univie.ac.at Teaching Award for the Max Perutz Labs! Recognized for his outstanding commitment to teaching and student engagement, Alois creates a learning environment where students are encouraged to try out their ideas 🙌

🆕 publication! How do cells build their molecular machines? Tsimafei Navalayeu (Ameres lab) in @embojournal.org maps the stepwise assembly of the RNA exosome in mammalian cells, revealing the quality control mechanisms that ensure this essential complex is built correctly ➡️ tinyurl.com/84c2298e

🎉 Congratulations to Émeline Laborie on receiving an E-STEEM Fellowship from the @univie.ac.at! Starting in September in the Dammermann lab, she will use computational biophysics to uncover how centrosomes and microtubules self-organize the spindle apparatus ➡ tinyurl.com/3nxfu4tm

🔎 New #sciencejob opportunity: The Monoclonal Antibody Facility at the Perutz is looking for a motivated research technician to join the team and contribute to the development and production of monoclonal antibodies ➡️ tinyurl.com/mw398bzd

Paper alert! 📢 A surprising new role for the nuclear pore complex: a study from the Matos lab in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social reveals how nuclear architecture helps control crossover formation during meiosis ➡️ tinyurl.com/36jhw4ry

@berndbauer.bsky.social (Martens lab) defended his PhD work "Signed, Sealed, Delivered; I'm Yours Autophagosome: Mechanistic insights into the initiation of aggrephagy" 🎉🎓 - congratulations, well deserved! 💪 @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at

🆕 publication! 🧬 How are genetic traits reshuffled from one generation to the next? In a new @natureportfolio.nature.com Communications study, Lucija Orlić from the Matos lab reveals how DNA repair enzymes work together during meiotic crossing-over ➡️ tinyurl.com/y7zvjhnh

One frame. Many voices. 💪 Ursula Schöberl (Ameres lab) studied Molecular Biology at the University of Vienna. Since joining the Ameres lab in 2024, she has been exploring miRNA biogenesis – bringing the same endurance and persistence to science that she sees in sports 🏃‍♀️

A day full of science and exchange: it was a pleasure to welcome students from @w-u-r.bsky.social to the @vbcscitraining.bsky.social and the Max Perutz Labs! 🙌 From campus and lab tours to scientific talks, facility visits, the visit created many opportunities for discussion and new connections 💡

🍻 Science belongs everywhere – even in the pub! Pint of Science is a science festival bringing researchers into the pubs next door: Tonight, Perutz PI Tom Leonard connected Max Perutz, Artemis II, and kinase research in his talk, while AITHYRA PI Jason Nomburg shared his fascination for viruses 🦠

🎉 New @fwf-at.bsky.social funding for Bojan Žagrović: his project will investigate whether frameshift mutations – long considered harmful – can still produce functional proteins, combining AI-based structure prediction with computational and experimental approaches ➡️ tinyurl.com/2a5s9yaa

🎉 Congratulations to postdoc @pallavideolal.bsky.social (Ries lab) on receiving the WISSEN Award from the Embassy of India at India Science Day, hosted by the @tuwien.at! 🇮🇳🇦🇹 #SuccessStory 🔬✨ @univie.ac.at @meduniwien.ac.at