We want to understand
the molecular mechanisms
of health and disease
We train and mentor
PhD students
and postdocs
We work on biological
mechanisms that enable
biomedical application
Our 20 research groups
are supported
by cutting-edge
technology platforms
Genome Regulation
 Multicellular Systems
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Jun 29, 2022

Video: watching how cells deal with stress

FMI researchers developed an imaging approach that allowed them to visualize individual molecules involved in the cell’s response to stress. Watch this video to find out more.

Jun 24, 2022

Prisca Liberali awarded EMBO Gold Medal 2022
Jun 20, 2022

Andreas Lüthi receives SNSF Advanced Grant

About the FMI

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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The Symposium in honor of our former director and group leader Susan Gasser is open to all.

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The heads of the joint Novartis-FMI cryo-EM center discuss how the technique is advancing biomedical research and drug discovery.

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Jun 30, 2022 - 13:00

A single cell approach to study transcriptional regulation of cortico-pontine connectivity during mouse brainstem development

  Thesis Presentation - Leslie Bargsted, group Rijli
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Jul 01, 2022 - 09:00

Symposium in Honor of Susan Gasser
Frontiers in Genome Biology

  Seminar - Please register: www.fmi.ch/gasser
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Jul 01, 2022 - 15:00

Sculpting a Heart – multiscale interactions between form, forces, fate and function

  Young Investigator Seminar Series - Rashmi Priya, Franics Crick Institute, London, UK
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Jun 23, 2022

Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP2 Controls Interleukin-8 Expression in Breast Cancer Cells.

Amante RJ, Auf der Maur P, Richina V, Sethi A, Iesmantavicius V, Bonenfant D, Aceto N, Bentires-Alj M

J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia
Jun 22, 2022

Live imaging of the co-translational recruitment of XBP1 mRNA to the ER and its processing by diffuse, non-polarized IRE1α.

Gómez-Puerta S, Ferrero R, Hochstoeger T, Zubiri I, Chao J, Aragón T, Voigt F

Elife
Jun 21, 2022

A novel role for CFTR interaction with LH and FGF in azoospermia and epididymal maldevelopment caused by cryptorchidism.

Hadziselimovic F, Verkauskas G, Stadler M

Basic Clin Androl
Jun 7, 2022

Epigenetic and Transcriptional Regulation of Spontaneous and Sensory Activity Dependent Programs During Neuronal Circuit Development.

Pumo GM, Kitazawa T, Rijli FM

Front Neural Circuits

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