New collaborative paper out: “PHLPP2 is a pseudophosphatase that lost activity in the metazoan ancestor” — featuring contributions from two SMICH labs: @leeboratory.bsky.social and the Thomas Leonard Lab 😊 Congratulations to all authors! 🎉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Well done Irene! Your fellow SMICHies are proud 😊

Max Perutz Labs Vienna@maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 2y ago

👏 Congrats to Irene Schwartz from the Versteeg lab on completing her PhD with her project "Protection from endogenous cancer-associated APOBEC3 deaminases through proteasomal degradation"! 🙌 #phdone @univie.ac.at

‪We're excited to announce that registration for the "Tiles of Life" Student Symposium is now open! With a fantastic lineup of guest speakers, complemented by SMICH student talks, we’re set for two inspiring days. Don’t miss out—register now! 🚀🎓✨ #TilesofLife #studentsymposium #SMICH

Two of our faculty members becoming tenured professors! Well deserved Elif and @shotarootsuka.bsky.social 😊

Max Perutz Labs Vienna@maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 2y ago

Congrats to Perutz group leaders Elif Karagöz and @shotarootsuka.bsky.social on becoming tenured professors 🎉 Since 2019, the Karagöz lab has been uncovering how cells maintain protein homeostasis, while the Otsuka lab explores how the ER and nucleus communicate ➡️ tinyurl.com/2phzhprj

Congratulations Annika and co-authors! 😊

Max Perutz Labs Vienna@maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 2y ago

📑 New study out now! The Kovarik lab uncovers a novel mechanism for eliminating pro-inflammatory pre-mRNAs in the nucleus - preventing the overproduction of cytokines published in Molecular Cell ➡️ tinyurl.com/m8p87k6k @univie.ac.at

👀 Exciting Master's project in the Karagöz lab open! The team explores how cells respond to proteotoxic stress and is now diving into a new project to uncover how ER chaperones regulate the unfolded protein response (UPR) 💡 Don't miss the chance ➡️ tinyurl.com/3wjedm5b

🫵 You are interested in recombinant protein purification, quantitative biochemistry and structural biology? Great Master's project ahead! 🤩 The Leonard lab offers a project to elucidate the mechanism(s) by which the ISR kinases specifically recruit eIF2 📶 Read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/238r7rkb

🆕 publication! 🧬 How do enhancers, located far away in the genome, communicate with their target genes? In Molecular Cell, the lab of @chribue.bsky.social shows how different enhancers cooperate to drive gene expression using a novel synthetic platform ➡️ tinyurl.com/yckubbjb @univie.ac.at