• JOIN US — We are constantly looking for people with big ideas, who would enjoy and augment the intellectual freedom we provide. If this appeals to you, get in touch — contact any group leader.

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  • JOIN US — We are constantly looking for people with big ideas, who would enjoy and augment the intellectual freedom we provide. If this appeals to you, get in touch — contact any group leader.

    Open Positions
  • JOIN US — We are constantly looking for people with big ideas, who would enjoy and augment the intellectual freedom we provide. If this appeals to you, get in touch — contact any group leader.

    Open Positions

JOIN US — We are constantly looking for people with big ideas, who would enjoy and augment the intellectual freedom we provide. If this appeals to you, get in touch — contact any group leader.

Open Positions

Our Mission

The GMI is a research institute devoted to plant biology. Plants created our atmosphere and sustain life on earth. Our goal is to make fundamental discoveries that help us understand how plants function — discoveries that may be essential to address global challenges like climate change. Our research ranges from molecules to ecosystems, involving a wide variety of plants — all depending on the question. We study photosynthesis in unicellular alga, and climate adaptation in coniferous trees. We believe in enabling researchers at all levels to pursue big questions in an intellectually stimulating, diverse, and collaborative environment. Key to our success is minimal hierarchy and bureaucracy, outstanding facilities, and core funding.

About us

The GMI is part of the Vienna BioCenter, a leading life science cluster, comprising several research institutes, universities, and start-up companies, located close to the center of Vienna. The institute is owned and funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). Research topics include basic mechanisms of epigenetics, cell biology, plant-pathogen interactions, developmental biology, and population genetics. The GMI provides a lively, international working environment with around 130 people, embedded in a campus with over 1700 people from more than 70 countries. The working language is English. We strive for a friendly, inclusive environment, and provide an on-campus child care center.

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Lorkovic ZJ, Klingenbrunner M, Cho CH, et al. (2024) Identification of plants' functional counterpart of the metazoan mediator of DNA Damage checkpoint 1. EMBO Rep [epub] preprint bioRxiv:2023.05.19.541430.

Attrill ST and Dolan L (2024) Microtubules and actin filaments direct nuclear movement during the polarisation of Marchantia spore cells. bioRxiv:2024.02.23.581750.

Matzinger M, Schmücker A, Yelagandula R, et al. (2024) Micropillar arrays, wide window acquisition and AI-based data analysis improve comprehensiveness in multiple proteomic applications. Nat Commun 15(1):1019.

Bubis JA, Arrey TN, Damoc E, et al. (2024) Challenging the Astral™ mass analyzer — going beyond 5200 proteins per single-cell at unseen quantitative accuracy to study cellular heterogeneity. bioRxiv:2024.02.01.578358.

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Merai Z, Graeber K, Xu F, et al. (2024) Long days induce adaptive secondary dormancy in seed of the Mediterranean plant Aethionema arabicum. bioRxiv:2024.01.08.574645.

Ellis TJ, Luke D, Barton NH (2024) Joint estimation of paternity, sibships and pollen dispersal in a snapdragon hybrid zone. bioRxiv:2024.01.05.574354.

Attrill ST and Dolan L (2024) KATANIN-mediated microtubule severing is required for MTOC formation and function in Marchantia polymorpha. bioRxiv:2024.01.04.574198.

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Sammarco I, Díez Rodríguez B, Galanti D, et al. (2023) DNA methylation in the wild: epigenetic transgenerational inheritance can mediate adaptation in clones of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca). New Phytol 241(4):1621-35.

Bradamante G, Nguyen VH, Incarbone M, et al. (2023) Two ARG ONAUTE proteins loaded with transposon-derived small RNAs are associated with the reproductive cell lineage in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell [epub] preprint bioRxiv:2022.01.25.477718.

Mulvey H and Dolan L (2023) RHO of plant signaling was established early in streptophyte evolution. Curr Biol 33(24):5515-25.

Hisanaga T and Berger F (2023) Plant reproduction: Ancient origins of male germline differentiation. Curr Biol 33(22):R1190-2


The GMI is part of the Vienna BioCenter, one of the leading international life science research centers worldwide that has established itself as the premier location for life sciences in Central Europe.

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