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Scientists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Vienna have discovered iron balls in sensory neurons of birds' ears. These cells might be associated with the magnetic sense of birds.
4/26/2013 4:00 AM EDT
A Molecular Assembly Line Brings Muscles Into Shape
Scientists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, Austria and at the University of Cologne, Germany have discovered the molecular basis underlying the patterned folding and assembly of muscle proteins. They describe the...
1/18/2013 8:00 AM EST
Scientists Shed Light on the “Dark Matter” of DNA
In each cell, thousands of regulatory regions control which genes are active at any time. Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna developed a method that reliably detects these regions and measures their activity. The new...
1/17/2013 9:00 AM EST
A Key Gene for Brain Development
Neurobiologists at the Research institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna have discovered one of the key genes required to make a brain. Mutations in this gene, called TUBB5, cause neurodevelopmental disease in children.
12/13/2012 2:00 PM EST
How the Brain Forms Categories
Neurobiologists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna investigated how the brain is able to group external stimuli into stable categories. They found the answer in the discrete dynamics of neuronal circuits. The journal...
10/19/2012 8:05 AM EDT
The Biology of Emotions
Neurobiologist Wulf Haubensak, Group Leader at the IMP in Vienna, has been awarded one of the prestigious Starting Grants by the European Research Council ERC. The grant is worth 1.5 Million Euros and will support an ambitious project to explore the...
9/18/2012 3:00 AM EDT
The Art of Cell Division
The Integrating EU-project “MitoSys” is a major, multi-national research effort that aims to deepen our understanding of how cells divide. To make this project more accessible to the public, the scientists will be joined by artists of various...
6/14/2012 7:55 AM EDT
Of Yeast and Men: An Evolutionary Tale
Scientists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Vienna discover and elucidate the function of conserved cell division proteins in yeast.
5/7/2012 6:00 AM EDT
