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 19 research groups
are supported
by cutting-edge
technology platforms
Genome Regulation
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Feb 13, 2023

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.

Feb 08, 2023

Luca Giorgetti receives SNSF Consolidator Grant
Feb 06, 2023

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 30, 2023 - 15:00 - Hybrid/FMI 530

Characterization of regulators of CpG island activity in mouse stem cells

  Thesis Presentation - Marlena Lübke
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Apr 04, 2023 - 14:00 - Hybrid/FMI 530

FRIEDRICH MIESCHER LECTURE
The geometry of decision-making

  Lecture Series - Ian Couzin, Department of Collective Behaviour, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany

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Apr 05, 2023 - 15:00 - FMI 530

Neurotheory Seminar
Efficient sampling-based bayesian active learning for synaptic characterization

  Seminar - Jean-Pascal Pfister, University of Bern

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Latest Publications

Mar 7, 2023

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

Gaspa-Toneu L, Peters AH

Curr Opin Genet Dev
Feb 22, 2023

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

Cell Reports
Feb 22, 2023

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

Galli P, Pla-Prats C, Thomä NH

Trends Pharmacol Sci
Feb 01, 2023

Brainstem circuits help zebrafish get into the swim of things.

Fidelin K, Arber S

Neuron

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