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
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Neurobiology

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Over 200 high school students visited the FMI to learn more about biomedical research and the everyday life of a researcher. The goal of the event was to help the student better understand what it really means to work in research so that they can take more informed decisions about their course of study and professional future.

Thwarting cellular enzyme can fight viral infections

Nicolas Thomä receives the Otto Naegeli Prize 2022

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 01, 2022 - 13:00

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Jun 03, 2022 - 15:00

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Young Investigator Seminar Series - Jiemin Jia, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study

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Latest Publications

Establishment of H3K9-methylated heterochromatin and its functions in tissue differentiation and maintenance.

Padeken J, Methot SP, Gasser SM

Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol

Disrupting the HDAC6-ubiquitin interaction impairs infection by influenza and Zika virus and cellular stress pathways.

Wang L, Moreira EA, Kempf G, Miyake Y, Oliveira Esteves BI, Fahmi A, Schaefer JV, Dreier B, Yamauchi Y, Alves MP, Plückthun A, Matthias P

Compartmentalized dendritic plasticity during associative learning.

d'Aquin S, Szonyi A, Mahn M, Krabbe S, Gründemann J, Lüthi A

Structure of the ciliogenesis-associated CPLANE complex.

Langousis G, Cavadini S, Boegholm N, Lorentzen E, Kempf G, Matthias P

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