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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.
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📣 Applications are now open for the FMI PhD and MD-PhD Programs!
Train in a collaborative, international environment with cutting-edge technology, courses, scientific retreats and career-development opportunities — in Basel, a leading European life sciences hub.
Apply at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Train in a collaborative, international environment with cutting-edge technology, courses, scientific retreats and career-development opportunities — in Basel, a leading European life sciences hub.
Apply at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Congratulations👏to Botond Roska, a former FMI group leader and now Director of Science at @iobswiss.bsky.social for receiving the 2026 António Champalimaud Vision Award, the world’s largest award in vision research and ophthalmology.
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Former FMI group leader Botond Roska receives world’s largest vision award
Botond Roska, a former FMI group leader and now Director of Science at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), has received the 2026 António Champalimaud Vision Award togeth...
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September 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Congratulations👏to Botond Roska, a former FMI group leader and now Director of Science at @iobswiss.bsky.social for receiving the 2026 António Champalimaud Vision Award, the world’s largest award in vision research and ophthalmology.
www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
The #WeAreEULIFE series highlights shared priorities across EU-LIFE — a consortium of leading European life science institutes, including the FMI. This month’s focus is #EngagingSociety. Stay tuned for the FMI’s story in the coming weeks 💡
We are highlighting voices from EU-LIFE member institutes that embody the alliance's priorities.
Today, we showcase #EngagingSociety with Marko Košiček, Science Communication Coordinator at @institutrb.bsky.social in #Zagreb
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#WeAreEULIFE
Today, we showcase #EngagingSociety with Marko Košiček, Science Communication Coordinator at @institutrb.bsky.social in #Zagreb
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#WeAreEULIFE
September 16, 2026 at 11:24 AM
The #WeAreEULIFE series highlights shared priorities across EU-LIFE — a consortium of leading European life science institutes, including the FMI. This month’s focus is #EngagingSociety. Stay tuned for the FMI’s story in the coming weeks 💡
We’re hiring! The FMI Computational Biology Facility is seeking a Computational Biologist with experience in proteomics data analysis. Join a collaborative team working with scientists across the FMI to turn complex datasets into biological insight. Apply by Oct 25: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
September 16, 2026 at 8:25 AM
We’re hiring! The FMI Computational Biology Facility is seeking a Computational Biologist with experience in proteomics data analysis. Join a collaborative team working with scientists across the FMI to turn complex datasets into biological insight. Apply by Oct 25: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
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we have an opening in our group at @fmiscience.bsky.social - contact @mbstadler.bsky.social or me to get more details:
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
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September 16, 2026 at 7:27 AM
we have an opening in our group at @fmiscience.bsky.social - contact @mbstadler.bsky.social or me to get more details:
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Now in @natneuro.nature.com: work from @rainerfriedrichlab.bsky.social shows that, in zebrafish, learning to tell smells apart reshapes activity across groups of neurons, making key odors easier to distinguish and offering clues to how the brain may organize memories. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Learning reshapes the brain’s map of smell
The brain is constantly taking in sights, sounds and smells, and learning helps it decide which ones matter. Working in zebrafish, FMI neuroscientists have found that learning to tell smells apart cha...
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September 15, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Now in @natneuro.nature.com: work from @rainerfriedrichlab.bsky.social shows that, in zebrafish, learning to tell smells apart reshapes activity across groups of neurons, making key odors easier to distinguish and offering clues to how the brain may organize memories. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
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Just out in Nat Neurosci: disentangling of neural odor manifolds in "olfactory cortex" of adult zebrafish after learning. Great work by Bo, Nesibe et al and wonderful collaboration with @sueyeonchung.bsky.social that fundamentally changed my view of olfactory cortex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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September 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Just out in Nat Neurosci: disentangling of neural odor manifolds in "olfactory cortex" of adult zebrafish after learning. Great work by Bo, Nesibe et al and wonderful collaboration with @sueyeonchung.bsky.social that fundamentally changed my view of olfactory cortex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A strong showing from the FMI football team at this year’s Novartis Cup ⚽️
Our players came away with a win and just one defeat — against the eventual champions. Thanks to everyone who represented the FMI!
Our players came away with a win and just one defeat — against the eventual champions. Thanks to everyone who represented the FMI!
September 15, 2026 at 9:41 AM
A strong showing from the FMI football team at this year’s Novartis Cup ⚽️
Our players came away with a win and just one defeat — against the eventual champions. Thanks to everyone who represented the FMI!
Our players came away with a win and just one defeat — against the eventual champions. Thanks to everyone who represented the FMI!
Pleased to have joined this year's Doctoral Insights Symposium, connecting nearly 500 prospective PhD students with 19 doctoral programs across Europe. Thanks to the organizers and to everyone who made the conversations so valuable!
Yesterday afternoon the Doctoral Insights Symposium brought together ~500 prospective PhD students with 19 leading life science programs across 12 European cities. Huge thanks to our incredible panelists & all participating programs for making it such a special day! 🌍 doctoralinsights.at
September 15, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Pleased to have joined this year's Doctoral Insights Symposium, connecting nearly 500 prospective PhD students with 19 doctoral programs across Europe. Thanks to the organizers and to everyone who made the conversations so valuable!
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Last talk!
Enes Ugur from @priscaliberali.bsky.social @fmiscience.bsky.social
Single-cell transcriptomics and MS-based proteomics in the same cells: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Now extending this to the spatial dimension in the aging intestine!
Enes Ugur from @priscaliberali.bsky.social @fmiscience.bsky.social
Single-cell transcriptomics and MS-based proteomics in the same cells: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Now extending this to the spatial dimension in the aging intestine!
In the same cell, the proteome defines cellular state and the transcriptome marks transitions
Bulk transcriptome and proteome correlate only modestly, but this has not been investigated in the same cell or across cell-state changes. Here we introduce a scalable technology that quantifies thous...
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September 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Last talk!
Enes Ugur from @priscaliberali.bsky.social @fmiscience.bsky.social
Single-cell transcriptomics and MS-based proteomics in the same cells: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Now extending this to the spatial dimension in the aging intestine!
Enes Ugur from @priscaliberali.bsky.social @fmiscience.bsky.social
Single-cell transcriptomics and MS-based proteomics in the same cells: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Now extending this to the spatial dimension in the aging intestine!
Our 2026 Annual Meeting wrapped up last night with a gala dinner and the traditional follies — a fitting end to three days of science, discussion and exchange with colleagues from the FMI community, Novartis and our Scientific Advisory Board.
September 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Our 2026 Annual Meeting wrapped up last night with a gala dinner and the traditional follies — a fitting end to three days of science, discussion and exchange with colleagues from the FMI community, Novartis and our Scientific Advisory Board.
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I am looking for a lab manager for my group that I will be starting at the @fmiscience.bsky.social in February! We will use in situ structural biology to investigate dynamic ciliary processes. More info here —> bsky.app/profile/comp... #cilia #teamtomo #proteomics #protistsky
📢 We’re hiring!
Join Caitlyn McCafferty’s (@computingcaitie.bsky.social) new group as Lab Manager and help shape lab operations, develop protocols and support research on the structure and dynamics of motile cilia. Apply by October 9: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Join Caitlyn McCafferty’s (@computingcaitie.bsky.social) new group as Lab Manager and help shape lab operations, develop protocols and support research on the structure and dynamics of motile cilia. Apply by October 9: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
September 9, 2026 at 9:33 AM
I am looking for a lab manager for my group that I will be starting at the @fmiscience.bsky.social in February! We will use in situ structural biology to investigate dynamic ciliary processes. More info here —> bsky.app/profile/comp... #cilia #teamtomo #proteomics #protistsky
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Very proud of Jana 👇 for receiving the 2026 Ed Fischer Prize recognizing the best dissertation at FMI in 2025! And her presentation at the award ceremony at the FMI's Annual Meeting would have merited a separate award for most entertaining/dry-humored talk - wonderful! @fmiscience.bsky.social
The 2026 Ed Fischer Prize goes to Jana Brunner for showing how the RNA-binding protein LIN-28 coordinates developmental timing in C. elegans — and that much of its effect can be traced to just two key targets. Read more about Brunner's work: www.fmi.ch/news-events/... @labgrosshans.bsky.social
September 9, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Very proud of Jana 👇 for receiving the 2026 Ed Fischer Prize recognizing the best dissertation at FMI in 2025! And her presentation at the award ceremony at the FMI's Annual Meeting would have merited a separate award for most entertaining/dry-humored talk - wonderful! @fmiscience.bsky.social
The FMI has announced the winners of its 2026 internal science prizes, honoring creative thinking, an outstanding PhD thesis, and an exceptional postdoc study. The awards are being presented at the FMI Annual Meeting in Basel. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
FMI Science Prizes — winners 2026
The FMI has announced the winners of its 2026 internal science prizes, recognizing achievements in creative thinking, an outstanding PhD thesis, and an exceptional postdoc study. The prizes are being ...
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September 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The FMI has announced the winners of its 2026 internal science prizes, honoring creative thinking, an outstanding PhD thesis, and an exceptional postdoc study. The awards are being presented at the FMI Annual Meeting in Basel. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
📢 We’re hiring!
Join Caitlyn McCafferty’s (@computingcaitie.bsky.social) new group as Lab Manager and help shape lab operations, develop protocols and support research on the structure and dynamics of motile cilia. Apply by October 9: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Join Caitlyn McCafferty’s (@computingcaitie.bsky.social) new group as Lab Manager and help shape lab operations, develop protocols and support research on the structure and dynamics of motile cilia. Apply by October 9: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
September 9, 2026 at 8:13 AM
📢 We’re hiring!
Join Caitlyn McCafferty’s (@computingcaitie.bsky.social) new group as Lab Manager and help shape lab operations, develop protocols and support research on the structure and dynamics of motile cilia. Apply by October 9: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Join Caitlyn McCafferty’s (@computingcaitie.bsky.social) new group as Lab Manager and help shape lab operations, develop protocols and support research on the structure and dynamics of motile cilia. Apply by October 9: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
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Lab ballet during FMI's annual meeting
September 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Lab ballet during FMI's annual meeting
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What if we stop asking only how cells build tissues and ask how tissues shape cells? That’s what we’ll explore at Modelling Life from Tissues to Cells 🇨🇭 lakeconferences.org/conf/8334d9b...
Conference - Modelling Life from Tissues to Cells: Coordination and Robustness - Lake Conferences
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September 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
What if we stop asking only how cells build tissues and ask how tissues shape cells? That’s what we’ll explore at Modelling Life from Tissues to Cells 🇨🇭 lakeconferences.org/conf/8334d9b...
Last chance to register for the Doctoral Insights Symposium this Thursday!
The FMI will be there to present its PhD program — and applications are now open. Join the live panels and Q&A with students and program coordinators from across Europe www.doctoralinsights.at
The FMI will be there to present its PhD program — and applications are now open. Join the live panels and Q&A with students and program coordinators from across Europe www.doctoralinsights.at
🔔 Doctoral Insights Symposium is THIS Thursday.
PhD programs across Europe. Live panels. Q&A with real students and coordinators. Free. Online.
Undergrad thinking about a PhD? This is for you.
Register → doctoralinsights.at
#DocInsights #Symposium
PhD programs across Europe. Live panels. Q&A with real students and coordinators. Free. Online.
Undergrad thinking about a PhD? This is for you.
Register → doctoralinsights.at
#DocInsights #Symposium
September 7, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Last chance to register for the Doctoral Insights Symposium this Thursday!
The FMI will be there to present its PhD program — and applications are now open. Join the live panels and Q&A with students and program coordinators from across Europe www.doctoralinsights.at
The FMI will be there to present its PhD program — and applications are now open. Join the live panels and Q&A with students and program coordinators from across Europe www.doctoralinsights.at
For many postdocs, the end of a fellowship means choosing between academia and industry. Mario Iurlaro chose a path that let him keep doing research in Basel. Today, he leads a lab and oncology drug discovery projects at Novartis Biomedical Research. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Following the science into industry
For many postdoctoral researchers, the end of a fellowship brings a familiar question: academia or industry? Mario Iurlaro approached the decision differently. He wanted to continue doing research, an...
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September 2, 2026 at 9:28 AM
For many postdocs, the end of a fellowship means choosing between academia and industry. Mario Iurlaro chose a path that let him keep doing research in Basel. Today, he leads a lab and oncology drug discovery projects at Novartis Biomedical Research. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Applications are now open for the FMI PhD and MD-PhD Programs. Curious about PhD life in Europe? Join the Doctoral Insights Symposium next week — the FMI will be there to share what doctoral training is like!
Still wondering what PhD life in Europe is actually like?
Real students. Real coordinators. Honest answers — no sales pitches.
🗓️ Doctoral Insights Symposium
Sept 10, 14:00 CET | Free | Online
Register → doctoralinsights.at
#DocInsights #Symposium Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)
Real students. Real coordinators. Honest answers — no sales pitches.
🗓️ Doctoral Insights Symposium
Sept 10, 14:00 CET | Free | Online
Register → doctoralinsights.at
#DocInsights #Symposium Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)
September 2, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Applications are now open for the FMI PhD and MD-PhD Programs. Curious about PhD life in Europe? Join the Doctoral Insights Symposium next week — the FMI will be there to share what doctoral training is like!
📣 Applications are now open for the FMI PhD and MD-PhD Programs!
Train in a collaborative, international environment with cutting-edge technology, courses, scientific retreats and career-development opportunities — in Basel, a leading European life sciences hub.
Apply at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Train in a collaborative, international environment with cutting-edge technology, courses, scientific retreats and career-development opportunities — in Basel, a leading European life sciences hub.
Apply at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
September 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📣 Applications are now open for the FMI PhD and MD-PhD Programs!
Train in a collaborative, international environment with cutting-edge technology, courses, scientific retreats and career-development opportunities — in Basel, a leading European life sciences hub.
Apply at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Train in a collaborative, international environment with cutting-edge technology, courses, scientific retreats and career-development opportunities — in Basel, a leading European life sciences hub.
Apply at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Looking forward to taking part in the Doctoral Insights Symposium on 10 September and sharing an inside perspective on PhD life at FMI. Join us online for an open conversation about doctoral research in Europe! 👇
Still wondering what PhD life in Europe is actually like?
Real students. Real coordinators. Honest answers — no sales pitches.
🗓️ Doctoral Insights Symposium
Sept 10, 14:00 CET | Free | Online
Register → doctoralinsights.at
#DocInsights #Symposium Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)
Real students. Real coordinators. Honest answers — no sales pitches.
🗓️ Doctoral Insights Symposium
Sept 10, 14:00 CET | Free | Online
Register → doctoralinsights.at
#DocInsights #Symposium Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)
August 27, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Looking forward to taking part in the Doctoral Insights Symposium on 10 September and sharing an inside perspective on PhD life at FMI. Join us online for an open conversation about doctoral research in Europe! 👇
A pathway controlling cell shape and movement also helps set the pace of embryo segmentation, linking cell behavior to developmental timing, FMI researchers have found. The work may also offer clues to developmental conditions that involve spinal malformations. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
A cell-motility pathway helps set the pace of embryo development
A molecular pathway known for controlling cell shape and movement also helps regulate the rhythm by which the vertebrate body is divided into repeated segments, FMI researchers report. The work links ...
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August 20, 2026 at 11:02 AM
A pathway controlling cell shape and movement also helps set the pace of embryo segmentation, linking cell behavior to developmental timing, FMI researchers have found. The work may also offer clues to developmental conditions that involve spinal malformations. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Why do a PhD in Switzerland? World-class science, outstanding research infrastructure and a thriving life-sciences ecosystem.
We’re looking forward to showcasing the FMI PhD Program in Basel at #DocInsights on 10 September.
We’re looking forward to showcasing the FMI PhD Program in Basel at #DocInsights on 10 September.
ETH Zurich. FMI Basel. Alps out the window. Novartis and Roche next door. 1,000+ biotech companies.
Small country. Massive scientific impact. Exceptional PhD salaries.
Symposium Sept 10 → doctoralinsights.at
#DocInsights #Switzerland
Small country. Massive scientific impact. Exceptional PhD salaries.
Symposium Sept 10 → doctoralinsights.at
#DocInsights #Switzerland
August 20, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Why do a PhD in Switzerland? World-class science, outstanding research infrastructure and a thriving life-sciences ecosystem.
We’re looking forward to showcasing the FMI PhD Program in Basel at #DocInsights on 10 September.
We’re looking forward to showcasing the FMI PhD Program in Basel at #DocInsights on 10 September.
🎭 Some of our members took an improv challenge, building scenes from scratch with no plan, just paying attention to their partner and responding to what was happening. A useful reminder for science, too: good discussions rely on critical thinking, listening and building on each others’ ideas 🧬
August 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🎭 Some of our members took an improv challenge, building scenes from scratch with no plan, just paying attention to their partner and responding to what was happening. A useful reminder for science, too: good discussions rely on critical thinking, listening and building on each others’ ideas 🧬
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Proteome-wide identification of the druggable CRBN interactome - @labthoma.bsky.social @fmiscience.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Proteome-wide identification of the druggable CRBN interactome - Nature Biotechnology
The latent interactions of molecular glue degraders are identified proteome-wide.
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August 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Proteome-wide identification of the druggable CRBN interactome - @labthoma.bsky.social @fmiscience.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...