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the molecular mechanisms

of health and disease

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and postdocs

We work on biological

mechanisms that enable

biomedical application

Our 19 research groups

are supported

by cutting-edge

technology platforms

Genome Regulation
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Congratulations to our 2022 fellows

FMI researchers are awarded competitive grants and fellowship throughout the year, which speaks for the quality and potential of their work. Here we present FMI postdocs and other young scientists who received fellowships, grants, and prizes in 2022 that will support their research projects and career plans.

Luca Giorgetti receives SNSF Consolidator Grant

Translating an RNA boosts its degradation

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The Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), based in Basel, Switzerland, is a world-class biomedical research institute, affiliated with the University of Basel and the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research.

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Mar 20, 2023 - 10:00 - Hybrid/FMI 530

Mechanisms of regulation of the gene silencer PRC2

Seminar - Eva Nogales, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

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Mar 20, 2023 - 12:00 - FMI 530

Forgetting: sources, modulation and benefits

Seminar - Ralph R. Miller, State University of New York, Binghamton University, NY, USA

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Mar 21, 2023 - 10:30 - FMI 530

Dissecting GI tumorigenesis: The role of niche signaling in controlling Wnt activity of tumorigenic stem cells

Seminar - Bon-Kyoung Koo, Austrian Academy of Sciences, IMBA Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria

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Nucleosomes in mammalian sperm: conveying paternal epigenetic inheritance or subject to reprogramming between generations?

Gaspa-Toneu L, Peters AH

Curr Opin Genet Dev

Locomotion-induced gain of visual responses cannot explain visuomotor mismatch responses in layer 2/3 of primary visual cortex.

Vasilevskaya A, Widmer FC, Keller GB, Jordan R

A deep dive into degrader-induced protein-protein interfaces.

Galli P, Pla-Prats C, Thomä NH

Trends Pharmacol Sci

Brainstem circuits help zebrafish get into the swim of things.

Fidelin K, Arber S

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