IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Founded

1999

Staff

255

Organization type

research and education institutions

Region

Vienna

Cluster

LISAvienna

Focus R&D

basic research

Research area

biological sciences

IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology is a biomedical research institute founded in 1999 as a 100% subsidiary of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the leading national sponsor of non-university research. IMBA is located at the Vienna BioCenter, the vibrant cluster of universities, research institutes, and biotech companies in Austria. With more than 250 employees and an annual research budget of around € 30 million, IMBA is the largest research unit of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

R&D:IMBA scientists focus on different model organisms, functional genomics and stem cell technologies to investigate fundamental molecular processes and to examine the role of genes in physiology and pathogenesis of human diseases. The major research fields are: Disease modeling and mouse genetics, stem cell and cell biology as well as RNA biology.