In 2002 researchers from the University of Vienna and the Medical University, together with the support of policy makers, agreed to establish a new research institute to foster competitive basic research in molecular biology. Since then the Max Perutz Labs has evolved to become an internationally respected research institution making an important contribution to mechanistic biomedicine.
To honour an extraordinary teacher and scientist, the Max Perutz Labs were named after Max Ferdinand Perutz, who, together with John C. Kendrew, was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies on the structure of globular proteins ...
The Max Perutz Labs were founded in 2005 as a joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna.
The Max Perutz Labs are part of the Vienna BioCenter, one of Europe's hotspots for life sciences.
Research Groups and their relation to Research Areas
Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology
Chromatin, RNA and Chromosome Biology
Infection and Immunity
Structural and Computational Biology
Identifying and exploiting cell-state dependent metabolic programs
Chromatin as a gatekeeper of chromosome replication
Mind matters. VBC mental health awareness
The multiple facets of Hop1 during meiotic prophase
Chromosomes as Mechanical Objects: from E.coli to Meiosis to Mammalian cells
Convergent evolution of CO2-fixing liquid-liquid phase separation
Viral envelope engineering for cell type specific delivery
New ways of leading: inclusive leadership and revising academic hierarchies
How an opportunistic human pathogen colonizes surfaces - From pathogen behavior to new drugs
Title to be announced
Decoding Molecular Plasticity in the Dark Proteome of the Nuclear Pore Complex
Probing the 3D genome architectural basis of neurodevelopment and aging in vivo
How to tango with four - the evolution of meiotic chromosome segregation after genome duplication
Multidimensional approach to decoding the mysteries of animal development
Membrane remodeling proteins at the junction between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Connecting mitotic chromosomes to dynamic microtubules - insight from biochemical reconstitution
Neurodiversity in academia: strengths and challenges of neurodivergence
Gene expression dynamics during the awakening of the zygotic genome
When all is lost? Measuring historical signals
Suckers and segments of the octopus arm
Using the house mouse radiation to study the rapid evolution of genes and genetic processes
CRISPR jumps ahead: mechanistic insights into CRISPR-associated transposons
Title to be announced
Enigmatic evolutionary origin and multipotency of the neural crest cells - major drivers of vertebrate evolution
Visualising mitotic chromosomes and nuclear dynamics by correlative light and electron microscopy
Bacterial cell envelope homeostasis at the (post)transcriptional level
Polyploidy and rediploidisation in stressful times
Prdm9 control of meiotic synapsis of homologs in intersubspecific hybrids
RNA virus from museum specimens
Programmed DNA double-strand breaks during meiosis: Mechanism and evolution
Title to be announced