Gregor Mendel Institute
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI) was founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 2000 to promote research excellence in the area of plant molecular biology. It is the only international center for basic plant research in Austria. Research at the GMI is curiosity driven and covers many aspects of molecular genetics, including basic mechanisms of epigenetics, population genetics, chromosome biology, developmental biology, and stress signal transduction. Arabidopsis thaliana is the primary model organism used although other organisms are also studied. The GMI is located at the Vienna Biocenter Campus within the purpose-built Austrian Academy of Sciences Life Sciences Center Vienna. The institute is named after Gregor Mendel, the ‘father of genetics’, who studied at the University of Vienna in the middle of the 19th century.
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