The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) is a new institute dedicated to basic research and graduate education in the natural and mathematical sciences, located in the Vienna Woods.

IST Austria is committed to become a world-class research center. By 2016, up to 500 scientists and doctoral students will conduct research in an international state-of-the-art environment.

January 17, 2012

Swiss delegation visits IST

Ambassador and attache for science deeply impressed

December 01, 2011

2 new professors to join IST

Simon Hippenmeyer and Ryuichi Shigemoto strengthen neuroscience

November 30, 2011

IST introduces Donor Club

So far the research institute received donations worth 17 million Euro

January 30, 2012

Valentina Emiliani / Paris Descartes University

"Two-photon optogenetics"