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
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Nov 17, 2023

Zuzanna Kozicka awarded Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists

Zuzanna Kozicka, a former PhD student in the Thomä lab at the FMI, is the grand prize winner in molecular medicine of the 2023 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. Kozicka was recognized for her work on molecular glue degraders, small molecules that act as matchmakers between a target protein and the cell’s disposal machinery.

Nov 13, 2023

In remembrance of Thomas Hohn
Oct 25, 2023

Charlotte Soneson: embracing the command line

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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Dec 11, 2023 - 11:00 - FMI 530

Sister chromatid cohesion is asymmetric

  Seminar - Anton Goloborodko, IMBA Vienna, Austria
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Dec 11, 2023 - 14:00 - Hybrid/FMI 530

The role of loop extrusion in the dynamics of chromosome folding

  Thesis Presentation - Pia Mach
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Dec 13, 2023 - 12:15 - FMI 530

Structural basis of UV-damaged DNA repair by cryo-electron microscopy

  Seminar - Syota Matsumoto
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Oct 16, 2023

Following the Birth, Life, and Death of mRNAs in Single Cells.

Eichenberger BT, Griesbach E, Mitchell J, Chao JA

Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol
Oct 12, 2023

The combination of Hebbian and predictive plasticity learns invariant object representations in deep sensory networks.

Halvagal MS, Zenke F

Nat Neurosci
Sep 21, 2023

Epigenetics, cryptorchidism, and infertility.

Hadziselimovic F, Verkauskas G, Stadler MB

Basic Clin Androl
Sep 11, 2023

einprot: flexible, easy-to-use, reproducible workflows for statistical analysis of quantitative proteomics data

Charlotte Soneson , Vytautas Iesmantavicius, Daniel Hess, Michael B Stadler, Jan Seebacher

Journal of Open Source Software

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