News
Magnus Nordborg elected Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Dr Magnus Nordborg, Scientific Director of the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology in Vienna, was elected a Corresponding Member of the Mathematics-Natural Sciences Class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Meiotic cyclins identified in Arabidopsis
In PLoS Genetics, Karel Riha et al of the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology describe their discovery of 8 plant cyclins that are expressed in male meiotic cells of A.thaliana. Interestingly, none appear to be essential for meiotic progression.
RdDm pathway required for heat tolerance in Arabidopsis
In a recent Molecular Plant article Claudia Jonak et al provide evidence on how epigenetic pathways can regulate the expression of protein coding genes under environmental stress conditions.
Movie Night at the Gregor Mendel Institute - May 15
Award-winning documentaries on plants … and a comic-horror film on the same theme! Faszinierende Dokumentarfilme über Pflanzen … und ein Horror-Comic-Film zum gleichen Thema!
Post-Doc Position - Greb Group
The Thomas Greb group at the GMI is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on plant shoot development.
