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How to correctly generate a brain
During brain development, stem cells generate neurons of different type and function at distinct points in time | IST Austria researchers contribute key experiment to identify essential protein controlling stem cell behavior

May 9, 2019

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How the cytoplasm separates from the yolk
Cooperation of cell biologists and physicists at IST Austria unravels physical basis of yolk-cytoplasm segregation in early fish embryo | Study published in Cell

May 9, 2019

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How plant cells heal wounded neighbors
Already specified root cells are reprogrammed to correctly replace dead neighbor cells in newly discovered process of “restorative patterning” | Study published in Cell

May 2, 2019

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Leonid Sazanov elected Fellow of Royal Society
Sazanov advanced understanding of structure and mechanism of an important respiratory enzyme

April 17, 2019

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Leukocytes use nucleus as ruler to choose path
Mobile cells move around obstacles in dense tissue by selecting for larger pore sizes. Study in Nature.

April 4, 2019

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New mechanism of plant hormone auxin acts opposite way
Auxin accumulation at inner bend of seedling leads to growth inhibition rather than stimulation.

April 4, 2019

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Body height, BMI, disease risk & Co.
New eLife article on limitations of quantitative genetic methods in population research.

March 29, 2019

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Grid cells create “treasure map” in rat brain
Firing pattern of grid cells carries information about goals.

March 28, 2019

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Science Education Day: Bringing Science into Schools
Around 200 participants engaged in lectures, workshops and more

March 28, 2019

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New gene potentially involved in metastasis identified
Immune cells get stuck in the fruit fly’s head

March 26, 2019

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Memories of movement replayed randomly during sleep
Place cells in hippocampus randomly replay memories of movement in open environments.

February 25, 2019

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Most rapidly growing cell in zebrafish egg inhibits neighbours
Scientists at IST Austria discover new mechanism for lateral inhibition of cells—study published in Cell

February 14, 2019

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Famous “sandpile model”moves like traveling sand dune
Researchers at IST Austria find new property of important physical model. Results published in PNAS

February 11, 2019

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Cells find their identity using a mathematically optimal strategy
Study puts into question textbook model of how positional information is conveyed in Drosophila embryo – Study published in Cell

February 1, 2019

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“And the (technical) Oscar goes to…”
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors Austrian researcher with “Technical Achievement Award”

January 28, 2019

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PhD student received Khwarizmi Award
PhD student recognized for role as a co-author in developing innovative new algorithms for static analysis of programs

January 11, 2019

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Description of rotating molecules made easy
Interdisciplinary team of scientists develops a new numerical technique to describe molecules in solvents

December 21, 2018

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AT-CZ project provides open access to research infrastructure
Call for proposals remains open as long as capacity exists

December 19, 2018

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OECD report praises achievements of IST Austria
Institutes of Science and Technology an example of successful promotion of excellence

December 19, 2018

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When a fish becomes fluid
Fluidity transition in zebrafish embryo necessary for development – Study published in Nature Cell Biology

December 17, 2018

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Plant cell inherits up-and-down info from mother cell
At cell division, mother cell passes polarity information on to daughter cells – study published in Nature Plants

December 4, 2018

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Peter Jonas receives Erwin Schrödinger Prize
Erwin Schrödinger Prize in equal parts to IST Austria Professor Peter Jonas and Elly Tanaka from IMP

December 3, 2018

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Reading rats’ minds
Scientists can predict where a rat will go next based on how its hippocampal neurons fire | Study published in Neuron

November 28, 2018

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Set of enzymes to create glowing organisms discovered
Pathway leading to bioluminescence in fungi identified and transferred to another organism – Study published in PNAS

November 28, 2018

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For ants, unity is strength – and health
Ant social networks put a brake on disease spread – Study published in Science

November 22, 2018

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Mutation that causes autism makes brain less flexible
Molecular and behavioral consequences of SETD5 mutation described in mice – Study published in Nature Neuroscience

November 19, 2018

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Joint Vienna-Area Postdoc Meeting
40 postdocs from Vienna area convene at IST Austria for one-day meeting

November 19, 2018

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No cooperation without open communication
Scientists develop new and more realistic model of human interaction | Study published in PNAS

November 12, 2018

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Lateral inhibition keeps similar memories apart
Connectivity in the dentate gyrus supports pattern separation – Study published in Nature Communications

November 2, 2018

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IST Austria at first place at European Research Council
With a success rate of almost 48%, IST Austria is well ahead of all other well-known European institutions when it comes to obtaining ERC grants.

October 23, 2018

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Scientific Board member receives 2019 Breakthrough Prize
Cancer researcher to receive one of seven $3M Breakthrough awards

October 18, 2018

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Johannes Reiter honored with Wissen schaf[f]t Zukunft Preis 2018
Province of Lower Austria honors IST Austria Alumnus Johannes Reiter for his dissertation in the field of cancer research

October 12, 2018

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More research space for the “Rising Star”
On the occasion of the ground-breaking ceremony for the fifth laboratory building, current construction projects and the further development of the IST Austria Campus in Klosterneuburg were presented.

October 11, 2018

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Cocoons protect ant brood during toxic disinfection
Publication in Current Biology

October 9, 2018

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Genes responsible for flower color of snapdragons identified
Two colors of snapdragons separated by sweeps and barriers – study published in PNAS

October 9, 2018

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Johannes Fink honored with Fritz Kohlrausch Award
The Austrian Physical Society has recognized experimental physicist Johannes Fink for his work in quantum electromechanics.

October 3, 2018

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With a little help from my friends
Mathematical model explains why some bacteria can make us sick even in small doses – Study published in PNAS

October 1, 2018

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Austria in the fast line of science
Nature Index identifies Austria as one of six countries globally with the most dynamic development of their research systems

September 21, 2018

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Can you evolve while being robust?
Biophysical constraints on evolvability and robustness uncovered – Study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution

September 11, 2018

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2nd annual “Top Models in Science” excites and engages
Teenagers learn about scientific models at IST Austria

August 30, 2018

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Robots, evolution, rockets, art and more
More than 60 elementary school children took part in IST Austria’s fifth “Sommercampus” and spent a summer week carrying out exciting scientific experiments. Provincial Councilor Martin Eichtinger presented the certificates at the graduation event.

August 28, 2018

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New mathematics professor joins IST Austria
Tim Browning is the Institute’s newest professor of mathematics, increasing the mathematics faculty at IST Austria to 9, and the entire faculty to 49 professors.

August 21, 2018

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Metamolds: Molding a mold
Scientists develop new technique for creating ideal silicone molds faster and cheaper. Their work was presented at the prestigious SIGGRAPH conference

August 20, 2018

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Color effects from transparent 3D-printed nanostructures
New design tool automatically creates nanostructure 3D-print templates for user-given colors | Scientists present work at prestigious SIGGRAPH conference

August 17, 2018

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Interactive software tool makes complex mold design simple
New program allows novice users to create durable injection molds | Work to be presented at top conference SIGGRAPH 2018

August 16, 2018

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New machine learning tool makes car designs more aerodynamic
Scientists develop first tool to use machine learning methods to compute flow around interactively designable 3D objects | Tool will be presented at this year’s prestigious SIGGRAPH conference

August 14, 2018

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New water simulation captures small details even in large scenes
Method bridges gap between efficient computing and realistic water wave simulations | Novel artistic tools simplify and extend capabilities for game and movie effects

August 13, 2018

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New process in root development discovered
Scientists uncover communication at the root tip

July 30, 2018

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ERC Starting Grant for Mikhail Lemeshko
Project to develop the theory of “angulon” quasiparticles supported by prestigious European Research Council funding award | Theoretical physics research with a multitude of potential applications

July 27, 2018

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