The doctoral program 'Chromosome dynamics' is one of the excellent graduate programs located in the biotechnological cluster 'Campus Vienna Biocenter' (VBC ) that is comprised of renowned institutes like the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL) and several biotech companies. The VBC hosts more than 1400 scientists including many highly motivated graduate students and post-docs.