Lab News

FWF emerging fields grant for project GEMINI

10 Mar 2026

We are excited to share that Andi is coordinating an FWF Emerging Fields grant with four other PIs, Julius Brennecke (IMBA), David Haselbach (IMP), Sven Klumpe (IMP/IMBA) and Anđela Šarić (ISTA). Harnessing recent advances in cryo-ET and molecular dynamics approaches, the team is planning to uncover the fascinating yet poorly understood biology of the germline. In their project GEMINI, they will specifically investigate how germ cells protect their genome against genetic parasites, how they package it, and how they pass it on across generations during fertilization.

Congratulations to the whole team for this great achievement!

Follow the links to find out more about the project GEMINI and the FWF Emerging Fields program.

Photo credit: FWF/Knopfdrücker

Welcome to our internship student Gabi

01 Mar 2026

A warm welcome to Gabi, who started her internship in the Pauli lab this week. Gabi is doing her Master’s degree in Molecular Biology at the University of Vienna and will be working with Theresa (Zeisner) over the next three months to investigate protein degradation in the early embryo.

Welcome on board, Gabi!

Ezra awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship fellowship

17 Feb 2026

Congratulations to Ezra who has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. During his postdoc he will investigate how the germplasm changes during early development and how the genetic information stored inside it is activated to guide germline formation. A big round of applause to Ezra for securing this prestigious fellowship!

You can read more about Ezra’s project in the IMP news post.

Photo credit: IMP communications