The second call of the Denise P. Barlow Award for best thesis on biological mechanisms is now open. Denise was a CeMM Principal Investigator for ten years until her passing and was also associated with other three research institutions in Vienna: as a group leader in IMP, a professor in Max Perutz Labs and she was also provided with laboratory space at IMBA.

These four institutions decided to launch a yearly academic talent award in Denise’s name, highlighting her figure as a formidable researcher who inspired the whole molecular biology community in Austria and beyond. This award aims at promoting the academic career of young scientists, strategically addressing the transition of graduated PhD students to postdocs, by offering a small financial help that will alleviate the costs associated with relocation or career development.

Candidates must have performed their PhD in one of the four institutes and have submitted their thesis. The topic of the thesis can vary and cover basic cell biological, biochemical, molecular biological, structural, and computational work, with an emphasis on insight on new biological mechanisms, something Denise P. Barlow was fond of. After reviewing applications, each institute can propose up to 2 candidates per call. Deadline for applications is 28 February 2021.

Find out more and apply now: https://cemm.at/phd-program/barlow-award/

Congratulations to the 2019 winners

We would like to congratulate the two winners of the 2019 Denise P. Barlow Award:

• Julia Batki, supervised by Julius Brennecke (IMBA), and her doctoral thesis entitled: “Nuclear small RNA-guided silencing of transposable elements in Drosophila melanogaster”.
  
  
• Matthias Muhar, supervised by Johannes Zuber (IMP), and his doctoral thesis entitled: “Systematic dissection of gene-regulatory programs in leukemia”.