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
 Multicellular Systems
 Neurobiology
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Nov 04, 2025

One clock, two functions: from daily rhythms to development

Scientists at the FMI and the University of California-Santa Cruz have found that similar molecular machineries control daily circadian rhythms and developmental timing. Their work in worms shows that core timing systems can be repurposed through evolution to coordinate both daily cycles and the precise schedule of growth.

Oct 29, 2025

Three FMI researchers awarded coveted SNSF Ambizione Grants
Oct 22, 2025

Understanding schizophrenia by bridging mouse and human brain circuits

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 Novartis Biomedical Research.

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FMI Year in Review 2024

Video: Proudly advancing biomedical research and training
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Nov 20, 2025 - 11:00 - Fab24 0.60/61

Nuclear RNA sorting

  Seminar - Torben Heick Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Nov 27, 2025 - 11:00 - Fab24 0.60/61

Molecular mechanisms of function and regulation of RNA helicases

  Seminar - Sutapa Chakrabarti, Free University, Berlin
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Dec 05, 2025 - 11:00 - Fab24 0.60/61

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  Young Investigator Seminar Series - Jerome Nicolas Janssen
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
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Latest Publications

Nov 01, 2025

Imaging the cytoplasmic lives of single mRNAs.

Misiaszek AD, Chao JA

J Mol Biol
Oct 20, 2025

Basal ganglia-brainstem interactions.

Falasconi A, Arber S

Curr Biol
Oct 10, 2025

A scheduler for rhythmic gene expression.

Gaidatzis D, Graf-Landua M, Methot SP, Wölk M, Brancati G, Hauser YP, Meeuse MWM, Nahar S, Braun K, van der Does M, Aluri S, Kohler H, Smallwood S, Großhans H

Mol Syst Biol
Sep 4, 2025

Modeling the human maternal-fetal interface.

Bondarenko V, Turco MY

Cell Stem Cell

Post of the Week

Last week, we hosted the @eu-life.bsky.social Strategy Meeting, bringing together Directors and key representatives of the 17 member institutes to discuss 2026 priorities. Participants also met leaders from the Basel Life Science cluster, heard from FMI group leaders & toured the Novartis Pavillon.

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— FMI science (@fmiscience.bsky.social) November 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM

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