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The Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), affiliated with @unibas.ch and @novartis.bsky.social, conducts research at the forefront of biomedicine and trains the next leaders in the life sciences.
🚀 We’re hiring! The Structural Biology Platform is seeking a Project Leader to advance cryo-electron tomography and expand capabilities at the FMI. Join a vibrant research community at the interface of structural biology, cell biology & disease mechanisms. Apply at: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
February 12, 2026 at 6:47 AM
🚀 We’re hiring! The Structural Biology Platform is seeking a Project Leader to advance cryo-electron tomography and expand capabilities at the FMI. Join a vibrant research community at the interface of structural biology, cell biology & disease mechanisms. Apply at: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our panel discussion to mark the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. We're grateful to our speakers & moderator for an engaging conversation that highlighted the importance of inclusive leadership, diverse perspectives and sustained commitment. #IDWGS
February 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our panel discussion to mark the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. We're grateful to our speakers & moderator for an engaging conversation that highlighted the importance of inclusive leadership, diverse perspectives and sustained commitment. #IDWGS
Don’t miss our panel discussion to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science tomorrow! ✨
👩🔬 On February 11, to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re hosting a panel discussion on how scientific progress and gender equality can advance together. The panel brings together voices from academia, industry, and EDI. Join us for this important conversation!
#IDWGS
#IDWGS
February 10, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Don’t miss our panel discussion to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science tomorrow! ✨
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🌟 The #FENS–#EJN Image Competition is open!
This is your chance to showcase your creativity at #FENS2026 in #Barcelona! 🇪🇸
🗓️ Deadline: 28 February 2026
👉 Learn more and submit your image here: buff.ly/TPA5eoV
#FENS #BrainResearch #NeuroscienceConference
This is your chance to showcase your creativity at #FENS2026 in #Barcelona! 🇪🇸
🗓️ Deadline: 28 February 2026
👉 Learn more and submit your image here: buff.ly/TPA5eoV
#FENS #BrainResearch #NeuroscienceConference
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🌟 The #FENS–#EJN Image Competition is open!
This is your chance to showcase your creativity at #FENS2026 in #Barcelona! 🇪🇸
🗓️ Deadline: 28 February 2026
👉 Learn more and submit your image here: buff.ly/TPA5eoV
#FENS #BrainResearch #NeuroscienceConference
This is your chance to showcase your creativity at #FENS2026 in #Barcelona! 🇪🇸
🗓️ Deadline: 28 February 2026
👉 Learn more and submit your image here: buff.ly/TPA5eoV
#FENS #BrainResearch #NeuroscienceConference
👩🔬 On February 11, to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re hosting a panel discussion on how scientific progress and gender equality can advance together. The panel brings together voices from academia, industry, and EDI. Join us for this important conversation!
#IDWGS
#IDWGS
February 6, 2026 at 7:08 AM
👩🔬 On February 11, to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re hosting a panel discussion on how scientific progress and gender equality can advance together. The panel brings together voices from academia, industry, and EDI. Join us for this important conversation!
#IDWGS
#IDWGS
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Very thankful for this thoughtful dispatch by @shaisrael.bsky.social sky.social and Moshe Parnas about our work. Learning and memory: Forgetting to remember: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Very thankful for this thoughtful dispatch by @shaisrael.bsky.social sky.social and Moshe Parnas about our work. Learning and memory: Forgetting to remember: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social: neuroscientists in the lab of @felsenberg.bsky.social found that in fruit flies, re-tasting a sugar reward can weaken past memories, pointing to new ways to safely update harmful ones. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
How a sweet treat can change memories
Memories must be flexible so animals can adapt when the world changes. FMI neuroscientists found that in fruit flies, simply tasting a sugar reward again can weaken all previous associated memories. T...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social: neuroscientists in the lab of @felsenberg.bsky.social found that in fruit flies, re-tasting a sugar reward can weaken past memories, pointing to new ways to safely update harmful ones. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
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📣 Good #PhD supervision is not only about more meetings, but about better ones.
Members of the EU-LIFE Recruitment & Training WG respond to a recent Nature Editorial, arguing that supervision quality must be institutionally ensured, not left to individual PIs alone.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Members of the EU-LIFE Recruitment & Training WG respond to a recent Nature Editorial, arguing that supervision quality must be institutionally ensured, not left to individual PIs alone.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Embrace diverse PhD supervision styles — but enforce essential standards
Letter to the Editor
www.nature.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM
📣 Good #PhD supervision is not only about more meetings, but about better ones.
Members of the EU-LIFE Recruitment & Training WG respond to a recent Nature Editorial, arguing that supervision quality must be institutionally ensured, not left to individual PIs alone.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Members of the EU-LIFE Recruitment & Training WG respond to a recent Nature Editorial, arguing that supervision quality must be institutionally ensured, not left to individual PIs alone.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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📢 Calls are open for the #FKNE PhD Thesis Prize 2026 and #FKNE Mentoring Prize 2026!
🗓️ Deadline: 15 February 2026
🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/xMhQy3k
Read more below 👇
🗓️ Deadline: 15 February 2026
🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/xMhQy3k
Read more below 👇
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📢 Calls are open for the #FKNE PhD Thesis Prize 2026 and #FKNE Mentoring Prize 2026!
🗓️ Deadline: 15 February 2026
🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/xMhQy3k
Read more below 👇
🗓️ Deadline: 15 February 2026
🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/xMhQy3k
Read more below 👇
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2026 has just begun and we are looking forward to welcoming you to EMBL for another year of groundbreaking science.
Our programme now features even more events, check it out ➡️ s.embl.org/2026-poster
Our programme now features even more events, check it out ➡️ s.embl.org/2026-poster
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 AM
2026 has just begun and we are looking forward to welcoming you to EMBL for another year of groundbreaking science.
Our programme now features even more events, check it out ➡️ s.embl.org/2026-poster
Our programme now features even more events, check it out ➡️ s.embl.org/2026-poster
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From discovery to decision: how can we bridge research and policy for a thriving world?
Join the discussion on Wednesday at our conference on #OneHealth
👉 link.europa.eu/K4YCvc
Join the discussion on Wednesday at our conference on #OneHealth
👉 link.europa.eu/K4YCvc
January 26, 2026 at 2:51 PM
From discovery to decision: how can we bridge research and policy for a thriving world?
Join the discussion on Wednesday at our conference on #OneHealth
👉 link.europa.eu/K4YCvc
Join the discussion on Wednesday at our conference on #OneHealth
👉 link.europa.eu/K4YCvc
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Just a reminder that we have a new newsletter (and there's some fun stuff coming out tomorrow)! #PrideinSTEM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📧
You can sign up here:
prideinstem.org/newsletter
You can sign up here:
prideinstem.org/newsletter
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January 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Just a reminder that we have a new newsletter (and there's some fun stuff coming out tomorrow)! #PrideinSTEM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📧
You can sign up here:
prideinstem.org/newsletter
You can sign up here:
prideinstem.org/newsletter
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Would anyone out there be able to share some Mus Spretus DNA with us? 🐀🧬 Any tissue of origin, for PCR amplification of selected genomic regions. Many thanks in advance!
January 20, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Would anyone out there be able to share some Mus Spretus DNA with us? 🐀🧬 Any tissue of origin, for PCR amplification of selected genomic regions. Many thanks in advance!
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🧐 Did you know that grant experts from EU-LIFE institutes, ERC grantees & former panel members come together each year to support ERC applicants?
This community effort is at the heart of the EU-LIFE ERC Masterclass. Find out more in our new factsheet!! ➡️ eu-life.eu/sites/defaul...
This community effort is at the heart of the EU-LIFE ERC Masterclass. Find out more in our new factsheet!! ➡️ eu-life.eu/sites/defaul...
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🧐 Did you know that grant experts from EU-LIFE institutes, ERC grantees & former panel members come together each year to support ERC applicants?
This community effort is at the heart of the EU-LIFE ERC Masterclass. Find out more in our new factsheet!! ➡️ eu-life.eu/sites/defaul...
This community effort is at the heart of the EU-LIFE ERC Masterclass. Find out more in our new factsheet!! ➡️ eu-life.eu/sites/defaul...
Our annual brochure “Year in Review” is out now! It highlights the FMI’s key scientific publications, major events, and facts & figures from 2025, a year that marked our 55th anniversary.
www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
FMI Year in Review 2025
Our annual brochure highlighting the FMI’s key scientific publications, major events, and facts & figures from the past year is now available. Discover the highlights of 2025, a year that marked the F...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Our annual brochure “Year in Review” is out now! It highlights the FMI’s key scientific publications, major events, and facts & figures from 2025, a year that marked our 55th anniversary.
www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
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Different tissue, different questions, same fascination with how cells coordinate to build and rebuild complex organs.
Excited to uncover what drives this remarkable regeneration🙂 @fmiscience.bsky.social | @P.T. Engelhorn Foundation for the Promotion of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Excited to uncover what drives this remarkable regeneration🙂 @fmiscience.bsky.social | @P.T. Engelhorn Foundation for the Promotion of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Different tissue, different questions, same fascination with how cells coordinate to build and rebuild complex organs.
Excited to uncover what drives this remarkable regeneration🙂 @fmiscience.bsky.social | @P.T. Engelhorn Foundation for the Promotion of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Excited to uncover what drives this remarkable regeneration🙂 @fmiscience.bsky.social | @P.T. Engelhorn Foundation for the Promotion of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
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Who should win the next #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize? 🏆
Submit your nominations for researchers in the #LifeSciences (biology and medicine) now. 🧫 🌱 🫀
➡️ sohub.io/xhf3
📷 Franca Pedrazzetti
Submit your nominations for researchers in the #LifeSciences (biology and medicine) now. 🧫 🌱 🫀
➡️ sohub.io/xhf3
📷 Franca Pedrazzetti
January 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Who should win the next #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize? 🏆
Submit your nominations for researchers in the #LifeSciences (biology and medicine) now. 🧫 🌱 🫀
➡️ sohub.io/xhf3
📷 Franca Pedrazzetti
Submit your nominations for researchers in the #LifeSciences (biology and medicine) now. 🧫 🌱 🫀
➡️ sohub.io/xhf3
📷 Franca Pedrazzetti
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New Year, new series of talks 🎉.
Monthly seminars at the intersection of metabolism, cell bio & dev bio.
Join us next week 👇
Apply to give a talk in this series : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Monthly seminars at the intersection of metabolism, cell bio & dev bio.
Join us next week 👇
Apply to give a talk in this series : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We’re back with the Metabolism in Development & Physiology online seminar series 🎉
Thu 15 Jan 2025, 16:00 CET
Speakers:
Heidi Lempradl (Professor, VAI)
Diego Sainz de la Maza (PostDoc, UCL)
Thu 15 Jan 2025, 16:00 CET
Speakers:
Heidi Lempradl (Professor, VAI)
Diego Sainz de la Maza (PostDoc, UCL)
January 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
New Year, new series of talks 🎉.
Monthly seminars at the intersection of metabolism, cell bio & dev bio.
Join us next week 👇
Apply to give a talk in this series : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Monthly seminars at the intersection of metabolism, cell bio & dev bio.
Join us next week 👇
Apply to give a talk in this series : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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📣 We are delighted to announce that Marta Miączyńska, Director @iimcb.bsky.social, and Anders H. Lund, Director @bric-ucph.bsky.social, have been appointed the new Chair and Co-Chair of EU-LIFE, as of 1 January 2026.
🔗 Full press release: eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
🔗 Full press release: eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
January 8, 2026 at 8:56 AM
📣 We are delighted to announce that Marta Miączyńska, Director @iimcb.bsky.social, and Anders H. Lund, Director @bric-ucph.bsky.social, have been appointed the new Chair and Co-Chair of EU-LIFE, as of 1 January 2026.
🔗 Full press release: eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
🔗 Full press release: eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
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Congrats to all the grant recipients!
Extra happy for Burak and Dennis from my lab.
And in this context: we’re hiring—open postdoc positions in the lab. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested.
Extra happy for Burak and Dennis from my lab.
And in this context: we’re hiring—open postdoc positions in the lab. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested.
In 2025, early-career researchers at the FMI secured highly competitive fellowships and grants, including postdoctoral fellowships from @embo.org and @hfspo.bsky.social, which support outstanding research. Read more about the winning projects here 👇 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Announcing recipients of early-career fellowships and grants
In 2025, early-career researchers at the FMI secured highly competitive fellowships and grants, including postdoctoral fellowships from the European Molecular Biology Organization and the Human Fronti...
www.fmi.ch
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Congrats to all the grant recipients!
Extra happy for Burak and Dennis from my lab.
And in this context: we’re hiring—open postdoc positions in the lab. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested.
Extra happy for Burak and Dennis from my lab.
And in this context: we’re hiring—open postdoc positions in the lab. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested.
In 2025, early-career researchers at the FMI secured highly competitive fellowships and grants, including postdoctoral fellowships from @embo.org and @hfspo.bsky.social, which support outstanding research. Read more about the winning projects here 👇 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Announcing recipients of early-career fellowships and grants
In 2025, early-career researchers at the FMI secured highly competitive fellowships and grants, including postdoctoral fellowships from the European Molecular Biology Organization and the Human Fronti...
www.fmi.ch
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
In 2025, early-career researchers at the FMI secured highly competitive fellowships and grants, including postdoctoral fellowships from @embo.org and @hfspo.bsky.social, which support outstanding research. Read more about the winning projects here 👇 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
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Carolin Warnecke together with Hanna, Dennis, Bene & Kerstin from my lab show that re-exposure to reward diminishes multiple associated olfactory memories.
We’re hiring 2 postdocs—DM/email me for details. #Postdoc #Hiring
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We’re hiring 2 postdocs—DM/email me for details. #Postdoc #Hiring
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Re-exposure to reward re-evaluates related memories
To adapt behavior in changing environments, animals must continuously re-evaluate previously learned associations. This flexibility of memory systems …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Carolin Warnecke together with Hanna, Dennis, Bene & Kerstin from my lab show that re-exposure to reward diminishes multiple associated olfactory memories.
We’re hiring 2 postdocs—DM/email me for details. #Postdoc #Hiring
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We’re hiring 2 postdocs—DM/email me for details. #Postdoc #Hiring
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📢 Please help spread the word: We’re hiring a Head of Student & Postdoc Affairs to coordinate our international PhD program, provide guidance & career counseling, lead training programs, collaborate on EDI initiatives, and manage alumni relations. Apply at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
📢 Please help spread the word: We’re hiring a Head of Student & Postdoc Affairs to coordinate our international PhD program, provide guidance & career counseling, lead training programs, collaborate on EDI initiatives, and manage alumni relations. Apply at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Season’s Greetings from the FMI! 🎄
Thank you to our researchers, staff, alumni, friends, and partners for an inspiring 2025. Wishing you happy holidays and a 2026 full of joy and exciting discoveries! 💫
Thank you to our researchers, staff, alumni, friends, and partners for an inspiring 2025. Wishing you happy holidays and a 2026 full of joy and exciting discoveries! 💫
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Season’s Greetings from the FMI! 🎄
Thank you to our researchers, staff, alumni, friends, and partners for an inspiring 2025. Wishing you happy holidays and a 2026 full of joy and exciting discoveries! 💫
Thank you to our researchers, staff, alumni, friends, and partners for an inspiring 2025. Wishing you happy holidays and a 2026 full of joy and exciting discoveries! 💫
Earlier this month, we welcomed 8th-grade students from Privatschule BZB. From learning how viruses replicate and how they’re visualized by electron microscopy to practicing cryo-EM sample prep and operating microscopes, our young visitors enjoyed a day of science in action!🔬
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Earlier this month, we welcomed 8th-grade students from Privatschule BZB. From learning how viruses replicate and how they’re visualized by electron microscopy to practicing cryo-EM sample prep and operating microscopes, our young visitors enjoyed a day of science in action!🔬