Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)
An Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Founded

2000

Staff

137

Organization type

research and education institutions

Region

Vienna

Cluster

LISAvienna

Focus R&D

basic research

Research area

environmental biotechnology
agricultural biotechnology
bioinformatics
biological sciences

The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)was founded to promote research excellence in plant molecular biology. It's the only international center for basic plant research in Austria, one of few worldwide. Plants are the primary producers of the world's ecosystems, thus central to life on earth. Basic plant research can find solutions for today's big questions: providing food for a growing population and a rapidly changing climate

R&D:Research at the GMI covers many aspects of molecular biology, including basic mechanisms of epigenetics, cell biology, plant-pathogen interactions, developmental biology, and population genetics. While Arabidopsis thaliana is the primary model organism in most groups, the focus is on basic biology and a wide range of organisms are studied.