Gaia Novarino becomes Executive Vice President at ISTA

Gaia Novarino becomes Executive Vice President at ISTA

Gaia Novarino becomes Executive Vice President at ISTA
One of our outstanding PhD students, Angeliki Spathopoulou (Edenhofer Lab), has received the L’Oréal For Women In Science fellowship. The researchers who receive this award have been shown to set new standards in their field through exceptional contributions and significant advances in knowledge. Congratulations Angeliki! Links to further coverage: https://www.loreal.com/de-at/austria/pages/commitments/preistraegerinnen/ https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000293019/auf-der-suche-nach-den-puzzlestuecken-um-schizophrenie-zu-verstehen
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.
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!
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
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!
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…