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The Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), affiliated with @UniBasel & @NovartisScience, conducts research at the forefront of biomedicine.
For 50+ years, we've proudly advanced biomedical research & training. As times evolve, so do we: We are now also on #Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/fmisci…. Don't worry, we're staying active here on X, too. Follow us wherever you are for all the latest updates about our institute!
Huge congratulations to Sucheta Ghosh for successfully defending her PhD this week! Her work on dynamic profiling of the Aggresome Processing Pathway is helping us better understand how cells clean up their protein "junk" 🎓
We are happy to announce an opening for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Neuroscience at EPFL. Join our groups working on cellular & circuit neuroscience & neurocomputation - go.epfl.ch/brain. Deadline Oct 1 2025, Apply now - go.epfl.ch/neurofaculty
🇨🇭Swiss Science = Global Health This summer, we're celebrating Swiss innovations that changed the world. First up: health. 🧬 DNA, 💉 insulin, 🤧 antihistamines. Swiss science has long shaped the future of health! Read more: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…
How to explain Switzerland’s top rank in innovation? 🌟 🎙️ In the latest #InnoscapeTalk, Tom Russi, Head of the Project Funding Division at Innosuisse, shares the agency’s vision on innovation funding in Switzerland. 🎧 Watch it here: innoscape.ch/en/publication…
📢Applications for a new Public Affairs Officer are still open! swiss3rcc.org/jobs 🏛️ This new and exciting role offers the opportunity to help shape public discourse around the #3Rs and build strong bridges between our stakeholders and #policymakers
🌟 Applications now open for the 3RCC Culture of Care Award! 🌟 Is your team championing animal welfare, research quality, staff wellbeing, or transparency? Nominate or apply now! 🏆CHF 3,000 + trophy 📅Deadline: Oct 5, 2025 📩funding.swiss3rcc.org #CultureOfCare #3Rs
Huge congratulations to Clara Nuninger for successfully defending her PhD last week! Her research used Hydra—a tiny freshwater creature famous for regrowing its body parts—to reveal how cells decide what to become 🎓🥳
🌈As part of our EDI & Pride Ambassador program, led by Laurent Gelman & Sera Weevers, we're excited to host trans advocate and author Liam Klenk for an open, informal talk on gender, identity and career development as a trans person. 🗓 July 15, 15:00 with Apéro to follow
Thrilled to recently welcome @FionaHMarshall to the FMI! She toured our labs, including the new FMI-Novartis Applied Tissue Models Center, and had engaging conversations with group leaders & senior admin. Thanks for visiting and fostering collaboration!
Novel insights into the silencing of an understudied transposable element - check out our latest preprint by Jakob Schnabl-Baumgartner and colleagues bsky.app/profile/did:pl… biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Huge congratulations to Lisa Frugoli on successfully defending her PhD this week! She developed a lab-grown model of the uterus lining to study endometrial receptivity—the brief window when the uterus is ready to accept an embryo 👏🎓
🚨 Application for #EMBLCRISPRcas is now OPEN! Learn to master CRISPR/Cas9 for genome editing in mammalian cells and mouse embryos. Hands-on training, cutting-edge tools, and expert guidance. ➡️ Apply today: s.embl.org/gee25-01-x 🗺️ EMBL Heidelberg 📅 7 – 12 December 2025 📥…
⌛ Two weeks left to submit your poster abstracts and travel grants for the #BernsteinConference 2025! 🗓️ Deadline: July 15 All information 👉 bernstein-netwerk.de/bernstein-conf…
Ever wondered how a tiny Hydra blob figures out where its head goes? Turns out, it's not just chemistry — it's feeling the stretch! Check out 👉 Mechanochemical patterning localizes the organizer of a luminal epithelium science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #Hydra #morphogenesis #biophysics
Last Friday, we celebrated the scientific legacy of Patrick Matthias at his Farewell Symposium. Colleagues & friends gathered to honor his contributions to science, leadership and mentorship over the years. Thank you, Patrick, for your vision, dedication and lasting inspiration!
Thank you to everyone who joined our inaugural Bridges Over Basel event yesterday! Our panel of Novartis experts shared valuable insights on moving from academia to industry, followed by great conversations over apéro 🚀
We're seeking a Research Associate in stem cell biology to join a global, interdisciplinary team investigating organoids and tissue organization. This unique role is part of a collaboration between the @priscaliberali lab & the @AllenInstitute. Apply at: fmi.ch/education-care…
🚨We're hiring! Join a global team at the @priscaliberali lab & the @AllenInstitute to build cutting-edge image analysis workflows for complex biological datasets, including light-sheet microscopy images. Apply at: fmi.ch/education-care…
🧬✨ Don't miss the chance to submit your abstract for the EMBO Workshop 'Developmental metabolism: flows of energy, matter, and information'! The submission deadline is 17 June 👉 s.embl.org/dmb25-01-x #EMBODevMet will bring together researchers from various backgrounds to…