VBC PhD Symposia
With the help and support of the institutes of Vienna Biocenter, the VBC predoctoral students have been organizing successful PhD symposia for the last 8 years. As part of these symposia, the VBC predoctoral students had the honor to invite some of the most respected members of the scientific community.
Current Symposia
2011 - Think Alternative: Insights from Unconventional Model Organisms

Organizing committee. From Left to Right: Upper row - Envel Kerdaffrec (GMI), Evgeny Kvon (IMP), Daria Shlyueva (IMP), Mark Palfreyman (IMP), Vera Belyaeva (IMP), Miroslav Penchev Ivanov (IMP); Lower row - Benjamin Backfisch (MFPL), Fernando Rabanal (GMI), Cosmas Arnold (IMP), Vinoth Babu Veedin Rajan (MFPL).
Previous Symposia
2010 - Origin of life: Molecular origins-Extinction-Life in Extremes-Species Diversification
2009 - Android & Eve: Bridging Biology, Medicine and Technology
2008 - Life Under (Re)construction
2007 - Molecules To Mind