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Feb 25, 2020

FMI ranks first in success rates for ERC grant applications

The selection of research projects to be funded by the European Research Council (ERC) is highly competitive; therefore, the funding of a project by the ERC is a key indicator for research excellence. In the latest data provided by the ERC covering the years 2014-2018, the FMI achieved a remarkable success rate of 75%, ranking first of 172 institutes.... Read more

Feb 11, 2020

Connecting two important processes in gene expression
Jan 21, 2020

Reconstructing structure and function of a neuronal circuit

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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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Feb 21, 2020

Towards attaining a quantitative and mechanistic model of a cell.

Diss G

Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol
Feb 3, 2020

Mammalian RNA Decay Pathways Are Highly Specialized and Widely Linked to Translation.

Tuck AC, Rankova A, Arpat AB, Liechti LA, Hess D, Iesmantavicius V, Castelo-Szekely V, Gatfield D, Bühler M

Mol Cell
Jan 20, 2020

Whitening of odor representations by the wiring diagram of the olfactory bulb.

Wanner AA, Friedrich RW

Nat Neurosci
Jan 15, 2020

Zfp281 orchestrates interconversion of pluripotent states by engaging Ehmt1 and Zic2.

Mayer D, Stadler MB, Rittirsch M, Hess D, Lukonin I, Winzi M, Smith A, Buchholz F, Betschinger J

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