CeMM
International, independent, interdisciplinary research institute. Integrates basic research and clinical expertise for innovative diagnostics and therapeutics.
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- 📢 𝗖𝗲𝗠𝗠’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗘𝗥𝗖 #𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! 👉 Join top researchers pursuing innovative, translational biomedical research at #CeMM & our partners @meduniwien.ac.at, @stanna-ccri.bsky.social & @aithyra.bsky.social! 🔎 Apply by 8 March 2026 ➡️ bit.ly/4rvURjt
- We kicked off 2026 with our first #CeMMinar featuring David Masopust (UMN Medical School), who shared insights on CD8 #TCells surveillance, migration & memory. Thanks to David & our hosts CeMM PI Clarissa Campbell & Adjunct PI @andreasbergthaler.bsky.social! 👏 #Immunology
- CeMM was well represented at the 11th Vienna Ball of Sciences with its current members, and many former CeMMies. We had fun, we danced, we laughed, we met people we had missed, we made new contacts. Thank you again, Oliver Lehmann and team! #SciBall26 Pictures at bit.ly/3NNxH9w
- 📢 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗬𝗥𝗔–𝗖𝗲𝗠𝗠 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹! 15-20 fully funded #PhD fellowships in #𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 & #𝗔𝗜 in Vienna 🇦🇹 📅 Deadline: 30 January 2026 ➡️ https://apply.cemm.at @aithyra.bsky.social #PhDProgram
- 🎓 Congratulations to Katja Knapp from the group of CeMM Adjunct PI & @meduniwien.ac.at Prof. Georg Stary, who has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Preventive strategies and early immune responses in Chlamydia trachomatis infection." Well done!!👏🏻 🎉 #phdlife #phdhat
- 🚀 @eu-life.bsky.social has launched the new #WeAreEULIFE campaign, highlighting voices from across all member institutes & offering first-hand insights into how we collectively embody the alliance’s priorities. The first story highlights #technology, featuring Kateřina Hošková (@ceitec.eu) 👇
- We are highlighting voices from EU-LIFE member institutes that embody the alliance's priorities. Today, we showcase #Technology with Kateřina Hošková, Secretary for Research Infrastructure @ceitec.eu @masarykuniversity.bsky.social ⬇️ #WeAreEULIFE
- Getting into the rhythm for the Vienna #SciBall26! 💃🏽 🕺 CeMMies have kicked off dance practice & are getting ready for the big night. Here’s a sneak preview, great moves, keep it up!👏🏻 @sciball.bsky.social #CeMM #BehindTheScences
- 🔎Curious about the AITHYRA-CeMM Joint International #PhD Call? Join our Online Open Day & chat directly with current PhD students to get a first-hand impression! 🗓 14 Jan 2026 | 10:00 or 17:00 CET 👉 Register now ➡️ bit.ly/4qSsNqf Find out more & apply ➡️ apply.cemm.at @aithyra.bsky.social
- CeMM congratulates the new #EULIFE leadership! 👏 Great to see Marta Miączyńska (@iimcb.bsky.social) & Anders H. Lund (@bric-ucph.bsky.social) take over as Chair & Co-Chair, following CeMM Founding Director @giuliosupertifurga.bsky.social & Admin Director Anita Ender. Wishing them every success! ⭐
- 📣 We are delighted to announce that Marta Miączyńska, Director @iimcb.bsky.social, and Anders H. Lund, Director @bric-ucph.bsky.social, have been appointed the new Chair and Co-Chair of EU-LIFE, as of 1 January 2026. 🔗 Full press release: eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
- 🧬Boosting the cell's own cleanup system A study by CeMM, aithyra.bsky.social & mpi-dortmund.bsky.social shows that iDegs, a new small-molecule class, use natural degradation to eliminate IDO1, a key immune suppressor in tumors & viruses. ➡️More: bit.ly/4sfU6w7 📄Paper: bit.ly/4qtAzq8
- We’ve been testing our singing skills at the @theateranderwien.bsky.social & we’re ready for #Christmas! 🎶🎄 A huge thank you to all our CeMM members, collaborators & friends for an inspiring year of science & collaboration. Happy holidays & a wonderful New Year from all of us at CeMM! ✨
- 📢 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗬𝗥𝗔-𝗖𝗲𝗠𝗠 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹! 15-20 fully funded #PhD fellowships in #𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 & #𝗔𝗜 in Vienna 🇦🇹 📅 Deadline: 30 January 2026 ➡️ https://apply.cemm.at @aithyra.bsky.social #LifeSciences
- 📣 Join the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social #SummerSchool 2026! Check out the opening in CeMM Adjunct PI @dseruggia.bsky.social's lab & work on targeting chromatin regulators in leukemia. Find out more & apply now ➡️ bit.ly/4plpBmI
- The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Davide Serrugia from CeMM is recruiting! Please share training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
- Congratulations to Andreas Reicher, former CeMM PhD student in Stefan Kubicek's group, who has received the Award of Excellence 2025 for his #PhD thesis! He's among the 40 awardees honored by the 🇦🇹 Federal Ministry for Women, Science & Research! 🎉👏 🔗More about his research: bit.ly/4oi20lq
- 🎄✨ A wonderful CeMM #ChristmasParty2025 at the Schönbrunn Orangery last Wednesday! We celebrated a year of scientific achievements & collaboration, challenged our PIs’ knowledge in fun games, & raised funds to support Ukrainian children. Big thanks to our 2nd-year PhD students for making it happen!
- 📣 Join the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social #SummerSchool 2026! Don't miss the opening at CeMM PI @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social's lab to work on bioprinting human development with magnets. Read more & apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3Elyllh
- The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah from CeMM is recruiting! Please share training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
- A week full of science at CeMM! Yesterday, @danielathommen.bsky.social (@nkinl.bsky.social) gave an impromptu seminar on using ex vivo tumor fragments for personalized #immunotherapy. Thank you, Daniela, for the inspiring session & our hosts Christoph Bock & Mihaela Peycheva (@bocklab.bsky.social)!
- 🦠 A study led by Adjunct PI Georg Stary & team at CeMM & @meduniwien.ac.at shows how Ixodes ricinus tick saliva reprograms skin immunity, facilitating the transmission of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi. ➡️ Read more: bit.ly/48pHoBD 📄 Publication: go.nature.com/4pGJ2Gb
- We wrapped up our final #CeMMinar of the year with Amanda Lund at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, who discussed lymphatic transport in peripheral tissue immunity & tumor progression. Thank you, Amanda, & our hosts PIs Barbara Maier & @lderooij.bsky.social for an inspiring session! 👏
- 🧬 New strategy to fight #AML: A study led by @floriangrebien.bsky.social & team at Vetmeduni, @stanna-ccri.bsky.social & CeMM identified the protein SPOP as a direct regulator of the stability of NUP98 fusion oncoproteins, a potential target for new therapies. ➡️ bit.ly/3M2RfWz 📄 bit.ly/4omtZ3x
- 🧬Kinase inhibitors that degrade? New study by CeMM, @aithyra.bsky.social & @irbbarcelona.org reveals that kinase inhibitors can also trigger the degradation of their target proteins, becoming a new tool for drug development & #TDP research. ➡️ More: bit.ly/3LY6jor 📄 Paper: bit.ly/43MffU1
- 📣 Don't miss the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social #SummerSchool 2026! CeMM has 3 participating labs this year. Our Adjunct PI Georg Busslinger has an opening to work on on epithelial cell biology of the human gastrointestinal tract, apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3Elyllh
- The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Georg Busslinger from CeMM is recruiting! Please share training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
- 🎉 Congrats to @aelewaut.bsky.social for winning the 2024 #DenisePBarlowAward! 🎖️ She carried out her PhD thesis in @obenaufa.bsky.social's lab (@impvienna.bsky.social), work published in @nature.com. 📄 Paper: rdcu.be/eQv1f ➡️ About the award: bit.ly/3iFbafP
- Curiosity & innovation aren’t uniquely human after all! Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming @auersperga.bsky.social (Vetmeduni) for a mind-opening 15th #SMARTlecture, revealing the remarkable problem-solving & tool-using abilities of birds & primates. 🔗 bit.ly/47NpSbG 📽️ bit.ly/4oluxGV
- Happy #PrideinSTEM Day 2025! 🏳️🌈🔬 #CeMM fosters an inclusive environment for all scientists & admin staff, built on respect & mutual support. We celebrate diversity as a driver of scientific creativity & innovation, working hand in hand to improve healthcare through excellent #research! #LGBTQSTEMDAY
- We kicked off the week with an Impromptu Seminar by Dominik Wolf (@i-med.ac.at), who shared insights on deconvoluting myeloid inflammation through deep fingerprinting. Thank you, Dominik, and our co-hosts CeMM PI Christoph Bock & Postdoc Adele Nicolas (@bocklab.bsky.social)
- CeMM Directors Giulio Superti-Furga and Anita Ender served as #EULIFE co-chair (2022–2023) and chair (2024–2025), being supported by EU-LIFE Executive Director Marta Agostinho and her team. The EU-LIFE partnership is stronger than ever. cemm.at/news/detail/an-exci…
- 🚀 Yesterday, CeMM joined the #EULIFE Pitching Event 2025! #CELLFIE, cell engineering for immunotherapy enhancement, by Christoph Bock, Eugenia Pankevich & Cosmas Arnold (@bocklab.bsky.social), represented CeMM among 8 innovative pitches from @eu-life.bsky.social institutes 👏
- 🎉Congratulations to CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) & Senior Postdoc Thomas Krausgruber for being named among @clarivate.com's #HighlyCited2025, featuring the world's most influential scientists! 🔬 🔗Full list: bit.ly/3gdF2if 🔬 More about the Bock Group: bit.ly/47BpwEU
- 🗨️Chat with your cells, explore #CellWhisperer! CeMM PI Christoph Bock (@bocklab.bsky.social) together with @meduniwien.ac.at & @stanna-ccri.bsky.social have developed a new #AI tool that lets scientists explore single-cell data using plain English. ➡️ bit.ly/3JQqe87 📄 bit.ly/3WJCxGi
- Take a look at this video made by @moritzbaio.bsky.social for a preview of how to use #CellWhisperer 👇
- Thank you, Marco Demaria (UMCG), for a great #CeMMinar on heterogeneity in cellular #senescence! He shared how senescent cells can both aid tissue repair & drive aging & dysfunction, & how targeting them could support healthy aging. Thanks to our hosts @lderooij.bsky.social & @andre-rendeiro.com
- CeMM & ÖAW warmly welcome Maria Rescigno as the new CeMM Director. Maria is a highly accomplished researcher specialized in the understanding of the gut–liver–brain axis. Press info: cemm.at/news Photo Gallery: cemm.at/about-cemm/picture-… #CeMMLife #Director #ÖAW
- 🚀 From Eureka to Enterprise! Today, we hosted the CeMM #PhD Career Symposium 2025, exploring inspiring journeys from academic discovery to entrepreneurial leadership. Big thanks to our PhD reps for organising, & to our speakers from academia, biotech & industry for inspiring our community!👏
- A new @science.org study by CeMM PI Stefan Kubicek's group & @ox.ac.uk collaborators reveals that the #NUDT5 enzyme regulates purine synthesis, acting as a scaffold to stop DNA building block production when levels are high. ➡️Read more: bit.ly/4hLMpJ5 📄Publication: bit.ly/4qJogXN
- 🎃Last Friday, CeMM turned into a spooky crime scene for our annual #Halloween Party!💀 This year’s theme, “Dumb ways to die,” featured creative performances, costumes, & even a comic karaoke! Big thanks to our 1st-year #PhD students for organizing such a fun evening for everyone!
- 🎓 Congratulations to Chrysanthi Kagiou, from the group of CeMM Adjunct PI @georgwinter.bsky.social (@aithyra.bsky.social), who has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Hijacking novel non-PROTACable E3 ligases for targeted protein degradation." Well done!! 👏 🎉 #phdlife #phdhat
- 🧯Safety first! Yesterday we held the CeMM Safety Day 2025, covering from fire & spill response to PPE, waste management & reanimation skills. A hands-on event to refresh our shared knowledge of lab safety!👩🔬👨🏿🔬 Big thanks to all CeMM volunteers & our partners for making it possible! 🙌
- The 𝗖𝗲𝗠𝗠 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 came to a close this year with the final sessions: from drug discovery to biotech entrepreneurship, here’s a look at their inspiring discussions! 👇
- A truly captivating #CeMMinar today with @kimbakjensen.bsky.social (@ucph.bsky.social)! He shared his lab's work on intestinal #StemCell fate & regeneration. Thank you, Kim, for a very insightful lecture & to hosts Georg Busslinger & Christoph Bock @bocklab.bsky.social!
- Reposted by CeMMThe Starting Principal Investigators at #AITHYRA the Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence of the OeAW in Vienna invite outstanding candidates to apply for postdoctoral positions in the field of AI/ML & Life Sciences. www.oeaw.ac.at/aithyra/post... Please apply by 20 Nov 2025!
