Anna Kicheva was promoted to Professor at ISTA

SFB F78 consortium member Anna Kicheva has been promoted to Professor at ISTA. Well done to Ani and her lab on this big career achievement!
SFB F78 consortium member Anna Kicheva has been promoted to Professor at ISTA. Well done to Ani and her lab on this big career achievement!
We are excited to announce that our SFB F78 consortium has been extended for a second round! The FWF has decided to fund our consortium through to the second phase. The Arndt group will be retiring from the consortium in this round. Still, we are grateful for their excellent contributions in the first funding round…
Welcome, Lora Sweeney, Sofia Grade and Igor Adameyko! Lora Sweeney The Sweeney Lab uses frog metamorphosis to unpack the molecular, cellular and behavioral aspects of swim-to-walk transition, define the common/divergent circuit features, and the mechanism that drives their specification. Sofia Grade The Grade Lab investigates the functional integration of transplanted neurons and rescue of injury…
Are we that short on news that I’m writing a post about myself? Yes. Moving from his postdoc position in Anna Kicheva’s lab, Tom will take over Emmanouella’s responsibilities as project manager in the SFB F78 consortium.
The Edenhofer lab was recently featured in the Austrian news outlet Der Standard. This article helps explain the complex work that Frank’s group undertakes on modelling brain ageing in organoids as part of his FWF 1000 Ideas grant: “A fountain of youth for the human brain”. Check out the full article here: https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000264105/kann-man-das-gehirn-verjuengen
Gaia Novarino becomes Executive Vice President at ISTA
After seven years at the IMP, SFB F78 member Elly became the Scientific Director of IMBA. Congratulations, and we wish you luck in your new role!