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The Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), affiliated with @unibas.ch and @novartis.bsky.social, conducts research at the forefront of biomedicine and trains the next leaders in the life sciences.
Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay — a moment to honor the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals in science and to acknowledge the progress still ahead. At the FMI, we remain committed to building an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to succeed.🌈
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay — a moment to honor the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals in science and to acknowledge the progress still ahead. At the FMI, we remain committed to building an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to succeed.🌈
Last week, we hosted the @eu-life.bsky.social Strategy Meeting, bringing together Directors and key representatives of the 17 member institutes to discuss 2026 priorities. Participants also met leaders from the Basel Life Science cluster, heard from FMI group leaders & toured the Novartis Pavillon.
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Last week, we hosted the @eu-life.bsky.social Strategy Meeting, bringing together Directors and key representatives of the 17 member institutes to discuss 2026 priorities. Participants also met leaders from the Basel Life Science cluster, heard from FMI group leaders & toured the Novartis Pavillon.
Excellent news for research in Switzerland — and for institutes like ours that depend on international grants, collaborations and networks. #HorizonEurope
🇨🇭 🇪🇺 Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and EU Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva signed the Swiss-EU Programme Agreement (#EUPA) in Bern. This means that Switzerland is once again definitively associated with #HorizonEurope, the world's largest research programme.
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📷 WBF/DEFR
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November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Excellent news for research in Switzerland — and for institutes like ours that depend on international grants, collaborations and networks. #HorizonEurope
📢 Last days to apply for our #PhD and #MDPhD programs! Become part of Basel, Europe’s #LifeScience hub, and grow in a dynamic, international, and supportive community. Apply by Nov 15: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
📢 Last days to apply for our #PhD and #MDPhD programs! Become part of Basel, Europe’s #LifeScience hub, and grow in a dynamic, international, and supportive community. Apply by Nov 15: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
The FMI, fmiscience.bsky.social, hosted the TriRhena Gene Regulation Club on Nov 5! 80+ researchers from Basel, Strasbourg & Freiburg joined for a half-day of talks on gene regulation, transcription & RNA. Thanks to all speakers — it was a blast! See you at IGBMC, Strasbourg, March 18, 2026!
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The FMI, fmiscience.bsky.social, hosted the TriRhena Gene Regulation Club on Nov 5! 80+ researchers from Basel, Strasbourg & Freiburg joined for a half-day of talks on gene regulation, transcription & RNA. Thanks to all speakers — it was a blast! See you at IGBMC, Strasbourg, March 18, 2026!
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🔒 Strengthening research security through collaboration
Last week, EU-LIFE joined the European Commission @ec.europa.eu and 11 major research & innovation organisations to co-organise the 1st European Flagship Conference on #ResearchSecurity
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Last week, EU-LIFE joined the European Commission @ec.europa.eu and 11 major research & innovation organisations to co-organise the 1st European Flagship Conference on #ResearchSecurity
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November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🔒 Strengthening research security through collaboration
Last week, EU-LIFE joined the European Commission @ec.europa.eu and 11 major research & innovation organisations to co-organise the 1st European Flagship Conference on #ResearchSecurity
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Last week, EU-LIFE joined the European Commission @ec.europa.eu and 11 major research & innovation organisations to co-organise the 1st European Flagship Conference on #ResearchSecurity
Find out more ➡️ eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
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#SwissScienceImage
📷 Submit your best #photos and #videos of your research to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition!
The winning entries will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2026.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 February 2026
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📷 Submit your best #photos and #videos of your research to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition!
The winning entries will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2026.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 February 2026
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November 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#SwissScienceImage
📷 Submit your best #photos and #videos of your research to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition!
The winning entries will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2026.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 February 2026
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📷 Submit your best #photos and #videos of your research to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition!
The winning entries will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2026.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 February 2026
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Now in @embojournal.org: Researchers in @labgrosshans.bsky.social & UCSC found that similar molecular machineries control daily circadian rhythms & developmental timing—showing that evolution can repurpose core timing systems to coordinate both daily cycles & growth. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
One clock, two functions: from daily rhythms to development
Scientists at the FMI and the University of California-Santa Cruz have found that similar molecular machineries control daily circadian rhythms and developmental timing. Their work in worms shows that...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Now in @embojournal.org: Researchers in @labgrosshans.bsky.social & UCSC found that similar molecular machineries control daily circadian rhythms & developmental timing—showing that evolution can repurpose core timing systems to coordinate both daily cycles & growth. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
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#Call for Postdoc.Mobility. Expand your #research experience with a stay abroad. If you would like to find out more about this call, take part in our online information event on 17. November 2025.
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🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026
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🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#Call for Postdoc.Mobility. Expand your #research experience with a stay abroad. If you would like to find out more about this call, take part in our online information event on 17. November 2025.
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🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026
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🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026
Is this a spooky spiderweb? 🕸️Or the veins of a vampire bat’s wing?🦇
Nope! It’s a microscopy image of the mouse barrel cortex—where clusters of brain cells process input from each whisker 🐭 (Image by Gabriele Pumo)
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Nope! It’s a microscopy image of the mouse barrel cortex—where clusters of brain cells process input from each whisker 🐭 (Image by Gabriele Pumo)
Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Is this a spooky spiderweb? 🕸️Or the veins of a vampire bat’s wing?🦇
Nope! It’s a microscopy image of the mouse barrel cortex—where clusters of brain cells process input from each whisker 🐭 (Image by Gabriele Pumo)
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Nope! It’s a microscopy image of the mouse barrel cortex—where clusters of brain cells process input from each whisker 🐭 (Image by Gabriele Pumo)
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Yesterday at the FMI, we paired checkmates with cheddar 🧀♟️ Clever moves, cheesy snacks and lots of laughs made for a fun afternoon!
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Yesterday at the FMI, we paired checkmates with cheddar 🧀♟️ Clever moves, cheesy snacks and lots of laughs made for a fun afternoon!
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We were thrilled to welcome Novartis Chairman Giovanni Caforio to the FMI! He toured our labs and saw the work taking place at the new FMI-Novartis Applied Tissue Models Center. We are grateful for his visit and support in strengthening the collaboration between FMI and Novartis.
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We were thrilled to welcome Novartis Chairman Giovanni Caforio to the FMI! He toured our labs and saw the work taking place at the new FMI-Novartis Applied Tissue Models Center. We are grateful for his visit and support in strengthening the collaboration between FMI and Novartis.
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Here is the schedule for the next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club at the FMI @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭 next week (5 Nov 2025; 14:00-18:45).
Exciting topics ahead & we are looking forward to the #newPI talks by @julianeg.bsky.social (MPI) & Anupama Hemalatha (FMI).
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Exciting topics ahead & we are looking forward to the #newPI talks by @julianeg.bsky.social (MPI) & Anupama Hemalatha (FMI).
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/grc
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Here is the schedule for the next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club at the FMI @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭 next week (5 Nov 2025; 14:00-18:45).
Exciting topics ahead & we are looking forward to the #newPI talks by @julianeg.bsky.social (MPI) & Anupama Hemalatha (FMI).
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/grc
Exciting topics ahead & we are looking forward to the #newPI talks by @julianeg.bsky.social (MPI) & Anupama Hemalatha (FMI).
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/grc
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Nektarios Tavernarakis on why curiosity-driven research, not focusing on application, is fundamental to problem solving and requires government support in @emboreports.org doi.org/10.1038/s443...
For the love of frontier research, or why Elon’s rockets keep blowing up | EMBO reports
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October 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Nektarios Tavernarakis on why curiosity-driven research, not focusing on application, is fundamental to problem solving and requires government support in @emboreports.org doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Three FMI researchers—Nanci Winke, @neuramos.bsky.social & @lukas-anneser.bsky.social—have received @snsf.ch Ambizione Grants! Their projects explore how emotions shape behavior, how the brain responds to anxiety treatments, and how brain states affect learning & memory 🧠 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Three FMI researchers awarded coveted SNSF Ambizione Grants
Three FMI researchers — Nanci Winke, Arnau Ramos Prats, and Lukas Anneser — have been awarded a prestigious Ambizione Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Their work spans from unc...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Three FMI researchers—Nanci Winke, @neuramos.bsky.social & @lukas-anneser.bsky.social—have received @snsf.ch Ambizione Grants! Their projects explore how emotions shape behavior, how the brain responds to anxiety treatments, and how brain states affect learning & memory 🧠 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
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another fascinating collaboration with the Turco lab @fmiscience.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A model of apical-out human first trimester trophoblast organoids to study regeneration after syncytial damage
The villous syncytiotrophoblast in humans is the interface between maternal blood and the placenta and its functions are essential for a successful pregnancy. The syncytium can be damaged in vivo foca...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
another fascinating collaboration with the Turco lab @fmiscience.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Very much looking forward to this collaboration with @georgkeller.bsky.social at @fmiscience.bsky.social, using a cross-species approach in humans and mice to investigate the effects of antipsychotics on cortical circuit function.
FMI’s Prof. @georgkeller.bsky.social and UPK Basel’s Prof. Philip Sterzer have been awarded a 1.5 M CHF @snf-fns.ch grant to study how brain circuit changes underlie schizophrenia — bridging fundamental neuroscience and clinical research from mice to humans 🧠 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Understanding schizophrenia by bridging mouse and human brain circuits
FMI group leader Prof. Georg Keller and Prof. Philip Sterzer from Universitären Psychiatrischen Kliniken (UPK) Basel have jointly been awarded a Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF) grant over 1.5 mill...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Very much looking forward to this collaboration with @georgkeller.bsky.social at @fmiscience.bsky.social, using a cross-species approach in humans and mice to investigate the effects of antipsychotics on cortical circuit function.
FMI’s Prof. @georgkeller.bsky.social and UPK Basel’s Prof. Philip Sterzer have been awarded a 1.5 M CHF @snf-fns.ch grant to study how brain circuit changes underlie schizophrenia — bridging fundamental neuroscience and clinical research from mice to humans 🧠 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Understanding schizophrenia by bridging mouse and human brain circuits
FMI group leader Prof. Georg Keller and Prof. Philip Sterzer from Universitären Psychiatrischen Kliniken (UPK) Basel have jointly been awarded a Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF) grant over 1.5 mill...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
FMI’s Prof. @georgkeller.bsky.social and UPK Basel’s Prof. Philip Sterzer have been awarded a 1.5 M CHF @snf-fns.ch grant to study how brain circuit changes underlie schizophrenia — bridging fundamental neuroscience and clinical research from mice to humans 🧠 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Today at the FMI, we celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Lights! 🪔 A huge thank you to our Indian colleagues for sharing this beautiful tradition that honors the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil 💫
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today at the FMI, we celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Lights! 🪔 A huge thank you to our Indian colleagues for sharing this beautiful tradition that honors the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil 💫
Last week, we hosted an insightful event organised by @twist-basel.bsky.social, highlighting diverse career paths outside of academia. The panel discussion, followed by a lively apéro, was a great reminder of the many opportunities a PhD can open beyond the lab 🎓
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Last week, we hosted an insightful event organised by @twist-basel.bsky.social, highlighting diverse career paths outside of academia. The panel discussion, followed by a lively apéro, was a great reminder of the many opportunities a PhD can open beyond the lab 🎓
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And the next one: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-00585-z . Super-fun collaboration with @partchlab.bsky.social & @gotworms.bsky.social to find similarities between developmental and circadian clocks – supported by @fmiscience.bsky.social Facilities and, financially, @snsf.ch and @erc.europa.eu . 1/n
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
And the next one: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-00585-z . Super-fun collaboration with @partchlab.bsky.social & @gotworms.bsky.social to find similarities between developmental and circadian clocks – supported by @fmiscience.bsky.social Facilities and, financially, @snsf.ch and @erc.europa.eu . 1/n
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Registration closes today. Hurry up. ⌛
👉 The next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club takes place at the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭.
📅 Nov. 5th, 2025 (14:00-20:00)
📌 FMI, Basel
✍️ Registration deadline: Oct. 20th, 2025
👉 The next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club takes place at the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭.
📅 Nov. 5th, 2025 (14:00-20:00)
📌 FMI, Basel
✍️ Registration deadline: Oct. 20th, 2025
TriRhena Gene Regulation Club
The TriRhena Gene Regulation Club is a one-day symposium that brings together researchers from France (IGBMC), Germany (MPI-IE) and Switzerland (FMI) who share a common interest in gene regulation.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Registration closes today. Hurry up. ⌛
👉 The next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club takes place at the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭.
📅 Nov. 5th, 2025 (14:00-20:00)
📌 FMI, Basel
✍️ Registration deadline: Oct. 20th, 2025
👉 The next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club takes place at the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭.
📅 Nov. 5th, 2025 (14:00-20:00)
📌 FMI, Basel
✍️ Registration deadline: Oct. 20th, 2025
Huge congrats to our Marius Mählen for having his image (taken with support from Koen Oost, Prisca Liberali & Laurent Gelman) selected among the top 20 photos in the Nikon Small World Competition—the world’s leading showcase of life under the microscope 🔬 www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
Fluorescently marked mouse colon | 2025 Photomicrography Competition
Marius Mählen - Fluorescently marked mouse colon
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October 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Huge congrats to our Marius Mählen for having his image (taken with support from Koen Oost, Prisca Liberali & Laurent Gelman) selected among the top 20 photos in the Nikon Small World Competition—the world’s leading showcase of life under the microscope 🔬 www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
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And here is a layperson video summary of parts of our recent paper👇
🎥 FMI scientists discovered that thousands of C. elegans genes switch on and off in rhythmic patterns controlled by chromatin, revealing how gene timing shapes development & offering clues to human biological clocks. @labgrosshans.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dibw...
DNA rhythms orchestrate gene activity across development
YouTube video by The Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
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October 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
And here is a layperson video summary of parts of our recent paper👇