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
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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 04, 2023 - 16:15 - FMI 530

Chromatin organization and behavior during the cell cycle revealed by single-nucleosome imaging/tacking

  Seminar - Kazuhiro Maeshima
National Institute of Genetics and Sokendai (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
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Dec 05, 2023 - 14:00 - Hybrid/FMI 530

FRIEDRICH MIESCHER LECTURE
Systematic perturbation of cellular interactions in the tumor microenvironment

  Lecture Series - Andreas Moor, D-BSSE, Basel

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Dec 06, 2023 - 14:00 - Hybrid/FMI 530

From Mutations to Meanings: Using Deep Mutational Scanning to understand sequence-function relationships through protein-protein interaction specificity

  Thesis Presentation - Alexandra Bendel
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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

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