Irma Querques

Structural bio(techno)logist | #NewPI at @MaxPerutzLabs | Mobile DNA lover & CRISPR newbie

[Irma Querques @irma_querques]

📢 I have two open @ERC_Research fully funded #postdoc and #PhD positions in my lab at @MaxPerutzLabs on the @viennabiocenter campus. We are looking for structural bio(techno)logists with a passion for nucleic acid binding proteins and genome editing.
Deadline for PhD: Oct 15th

[Sternberg Lab @SternbergLab]

1/9 New preprint from the Sternberg Lab in collaboration with the Nishimasu Lab! We uncover how the DRT3 antiphage immune system pairs two reverse transcriptases, one RNA-templated and one protein-templated, to build a double-stranded DNA effector. https://t.co/KvouqrCWDW

[Irma Querques @irma_querques]

Happy to share the first preprint from our lab now online on bioRxiv!
Congrats to Mateusz, Giada, Seraina, and all authors (BRAVI!). Great collaboration with the Jinek lab and @SternbergLab
https://t.co/xApwG33RD3
@MaxPerutzLabs @univienna

[Nicholas M. I. Taylor Lab @NMITaylorLab]

Congratulations to first author @AritzRoa for his amazing work on how T4 delivers its genome and blocks other phages from injecting theirs 🥳 Check out his beautiful movie📽️ Thanks to all authors and collaborators MLNielsen and @AHarms485 https://t.co/9qcKtAcyPq #cryoEM #phage

[Ernesto Arias-Palomo @EAriasPalomo]

🔴 Great opportunity to perform a PhD in different labs (including ours) 👇

[Indra Roux @IndraRoux]

Excited to share our latest research in @NatureMicrobiol . We uncover hundreds of inhibitory interactions between common chemical pollutants and human gut bacteria. @kiran_r_patil @MRC_TU A thread🧵(1/10) https://t.co/mEJ8UxzPmE

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"In the end, I have come to realize that being authentic at work is not a weakness, but rather a strength." #ScienceWorkingLife https://t.co/aoNnrvLywh

[Irma Querques @irma_querques]

Wooow

[Sam Sternberg @shsternberg]

New work from @stephentang23 et al. that describes a fascinating set of reverse transcriptases involved in antiviral immunity. They synthesize tandem-repeat cDNAs that resemble telomeres, revealing an unexpected bacterial evolutionary origin of telomerase. Check out the thread!

[EMBL @embl]

EMBL’s 2025 Kendrew alumni award recipient may know how to make fairy tales come true.

Irma Querques repurposed the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ transposon as a genetic tool for new therapeutics, particularly against cancer.

https://t.co/cvkj2ExmjR

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Protecting double Holliday junctions ensures crossing over during meiosis

https://t.co/NBc7Z3hbLg

[Patrick Hsu @pdhsu]

in her 1983 nobel lecture, barbara mcclintock presciently described the origins of new species as the aftermath of accidental hybridizations

stay tuned for tomorrow, as we stand on her shoulders

[Irma Querques @irma_querques]

Excited to share my talk at the EMBL John Kendrew Award ceremony about what transposons taught me about science, life, and change along the way.

Big thanks to my mentors, @embl, and my current scientific home @MaxPerutzLabs 💛

https://t.co/rm3LKQ5CLl

[Giorgia Guglielmi (she/her) @GiorgiaWithAnI]

Wrapping up my @ERC_Research-funded @frontiers_media Fellowship at ISTA. In 4.5 months, I gave talks on science journalism, visited Austrian newsrooms, and connected with researchers and journalists from around the world. Grateful for the opportunity and excited for what’s next!

[Sternberg Lab @SternbergLab]

1/16 New pre-print from the Sternberg Lab!
We uncover how temperate phages can use RNA-guided transcription factors to remodel the flagellar composition of their bacterial host and enhance their fitness. Find the preprint and full story here: https://t.co/rh4PoOWn9l

[bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv_micrbio]

Temperate phages enhance host fitness via RNA-guided flagellar remodeling https://t.co/s2wzfo1wo2 #biorxiv_micrbio

[Moreno-Mateos Lab @crisprscan]

Hi there! We are lookig for a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researcher to join our dynamic team starting in 2026. Please see the call for more details! Come on join us! It will be fun! :)

[Florian Hoffmann, PhD @fthoffmann]

Excited to share my last major PhD work from the @SternbergLab. We discovered a mechanism that initiates transcription at programmable sites, without requiring promoter sequences - a novel mode of transcription regulation in bacteria.

[Victor Klein-Sousa @VKleinSousa]

Excited to see our work published in @ScienceAdvances!

We present RBPseg, a method for structural prediction of #phage receptor-binding proteins.

We applied it to diverse tail fibers and validated the predicted structures using #cryoEM.

Read here: https://t.co/4tnb65svpY

[Nicholas M. I. Taylor Lab @NMITaylorLab]

Exited to share that our RBPseg paper has just come out in @ScienceAdvances. Huge cograts to first author @VKleinSousa and co-authors @AritzRoa, @CloudyKielkopf and @sofos112
#phage #cryoEM #ArtificialIntelligence @UCPH_CPR https://t.co/LVCYvYwMEi

[Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @TrainingVbc]

What’s it like to be a postdoc at the Vienna BioCenter? Anna Osnato shares her experience from joining the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology.

The VIP³ PostDoc Program call is open – apply now for this unique opportunity! https://t.co/qoFIRhg7nB

#VBCPostDoc

[Giorgia Guglielmi (she/her) @GiorgiaWithAnI]

Tomorrow I’m joining four amazing colleagues from around the globe to talk about science journalism — how it can offer clarity, hope, and accountability in uncertain times. Don’t miss it! More info at: https://t.co/N8N00RVwaU