Sonja Schmid
@scisonja.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. @unibas.ch 🇨🇭 developing single-molecule techniques to explore the nano-dynamics of proteins&Co.
https://schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/
https://schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/
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Sonja Schmid
@scisonja.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Thrilled to announce the successful import of the Dutch🇳🇱 Santa Claus tradition into Switzerland🇨🇭: So much fun with this creative team! 🎅😃
Sad to see team members leave – but also happy to welcome new ones: Bye Ben & David! Welcome Bastien, Antonella & Julius!!
Sad to see team members leave – but also happy to welcome new ones: Bye Ben & David! Welcome Bastien, Antonella & Julius!!
Where are you on the blueSky-map? bluesky-map.theo.io
February 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Where are you on the blueSky-map? bluesky-map.theo.io
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#scientists, take a second to fully appreciate the @pdbeurope.bsky.social and @rcsbpdb.bsky.social and imagine live without them.
February 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
#scientists, take a second to fully appreciate the @pdbeurope.bsky.social and @rcsbpdb.bsky.social and imagine live without them.
What a unique experience to lecture at #SeniorenUni @unibas.ch today – freely translated title:
Molecules in gallop – getting 'personal' with the molecules of life.
We filled the big aula 2x with 55+ers up to >80y-olds plus 100more online! All of them so genuinely curious! Truly touching! 🤝...
Molecules in gallop – getting 'personal' with the molecules of life.
We filled the big aula 2x with 55+ers up to >80y-olds plus 100more online! All of them so genuinely curious! Truly touching! 🤝...
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
What a unique experience to lecture at #SeniorenUni @unibas.ch today – freely translated title:
Molecules in gallop – getting 'personal' with the molecules of life.
We filled the big aula 2x with 55+ers up to >80y-olds plus 100more online! All of them so genuinely curious! Truly touching! 🤝...
Molecules in gallop – getting 'personal' with the molecules of life.
We filled the big aula 2x with 55+ers up to >80y-olds plus 100more online! All of them so genuinely curious! Truly touching! 🤝...
Reposted by Sonja Schmid
Great to see our Science Review on emerging multiplexed single-molecule methods that use libraries to link sequence to dynamics. A fun collaborative writing project! From sequence to function: Bridging single-molecule kinetics and molecular diversity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
From sequence to function: Bridging single-molecule kinetics and molecular diversity
Biological function is fundamentally determined by nucleic acid and protein sequence. Beyond encoding genetic information, nucleic acids also display complex physicochemical parameters that shape stru...
www.science.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Great to see our Science Review on emerging multiplexed single-molecule methods that use libraries to link sequence to dynamics. A fun collaborative writing project! From sequence to function: Bridging single-molecule kinetics and molecular diversity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unheard of. @msf.ca #DoctorsWithoutBorders
Israel says it will ban MSF from operating in Gaza https://aje.news/13btyf
February 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Unheard of. @msf.ca #DoctorsWithoutBorders
We had a little celebration last week. 😊
#Already5y ...time flies!
#Already5y ...time flies!
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
We had a little celebration last week. 😊
#Already5y ...time flies!
#Already5y ...time flies!
WE ARE #HIRING: [reposting=👌 🙏 ]
2 funded positions for #nanopore related projects @unibas.ch 🇨🇭:
1️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping.
2️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Microplastic Detection Using Micropores and Microfluidics.
More info: schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/join-us-1/
2 funded positions for #nanopore related projects @unibas.ch 🇨🇭:
1️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping.
2️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Microplastic Detection Using Micropores and Microfluidics.
More info: schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/join-us-1/
January 23, 2026 at 7:23 PM
WE ARE #HIRING: [reposting=👌 🙏 ]
2 funded positions for #nanopore related projects @unibas.ch 🇨🇭:
1️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping.
2️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Microplastic Detection Using Micropores and Microfluidics.
More info: schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/join-us-1/
2 funded positions for #nanopore related projects @unibas.ch 🇨🇭:
1️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping.
2️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Microplastic Detection Using Micropores and Microfluidics.
More info: schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/join-us-1/
January 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Reposted by Sonja Schmid
Multidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
www.science.org
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Multidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Sonja Schmid
The SNSF is considering restrictions for its Project funding. Goal: to ensure the quality of evaluation & stable success rates despite an increasing number of applications and limited funding. The final decision will be made in January 2026.
👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R
#research #science
👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R
#research #science
Project funding restrictions envisaged
The SNSF is responding to increased demand from researchers in order to ensure evaluation quality and stabilise success rates.
buff.ly
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The SNSF is considering restrictions for its Project funding. Goal: to ensure the quality of evaluation & stable success rates despite an increasing number of applications and limited funding. The final decision will be made in January 2026.
👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R
#research #science
👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R
#research #science
Travelling back from #Paris 🚄, where #EllynRedheuil defended her PhD at @espciparispsl.bsky.social. Inspired by our #DyeCycling approach, Ellyn did impressive pioneer's work on single-biomarker detection using @quantum-si.bsky.social's protein sequencing platform!
December 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Travelling back from #Paris 🚄, where #EllynRedheuil defended her PhD at @espciparispsl.bsky.social. Inspired by our #DyeCycling approach, Ellyn did impressive pioneer's work on single-biomarker detection using @quantum-si.bsky.social's protein sequencing platform!
Reposted by Sonja Schmid
Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements in major annexation push https://aje.io/7xi4oe
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements in major annexation push https://aje.io/7xi4oe
Thrilled to announce the successful import of the Dutch🇳🇱 Santa Claus tradition into Switzerland🇨🇭: So much fun with this creative team! 🎅😃
Sad to see team members leave – but also happy to welcome new ones: Bye Ben & David! Welcome Bastien, Antonella & Julius!!
Sad to see team members leave – but also happy to welcome new ones: Bye Ben & David! Welcome Bastien, Antonella & Julius!!
December 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Thrilled to announce the successful import of the Dutch🇳🇱 Santa Claus tradition into Switzerland🇨🇭: So much fun with this creative team! 🎅😃
Sad to see team members leave – but also happy to welcome new ones: Bye Ben & David! Welcome Bastien, Antonella & Julius!!
Sad to see team members leave – but also happy to welcome new ones: Bye Ben & David! Welcome Bastien, Antonella & Julius!!
@dpgphysik.bsky.social are you kidding me? 😃
...and the list goes on...🎓
...and the list goes on...🎓
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
@dpgphysik.bsky.social are you kidding me? 😃
...and the list goes on...🎓
...and the list goes on...🎓
😅
Damit man sich für "Merci" revanchieren kann: Storck bringt "De rien"-Schokolade auf den Markt www.der-postillon.com/2023/12/de-r...
Damit man sich für "Merci" revanchieren kann: Storck bringt "De rien"-Schokolade auf den Markt
Berlin (dpo) - Endlich kann man angemessen reagieren, wenn man "Merci"-Schokolade geschenkt bekommt. Der Süßwarenhersteller Storck bringt knapp 80 Jah
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December 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
😅
My 1st #DiesAcademicus at @unibas.ch – once per year 🎓gowns, flags, colours & speeches, and about the biggest banquet I've ever seen.
www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Seven honorary doctorates and one honorary councillor at the University of Basel’s Dies academicus 2025
At the Dies academicus 2025, the University of Basel honored leading figures from the fields of art, science and society. In addition to awarding seven honorary doctorates and numerous prizes, an hono...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My 1st #DiesAcademicus at @unibas.ch – once per year 🎓gowns, flags, colours & speeches, and about the biggest banquet I've ever seen.
www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Lower success rate in each case in 🇨🇭 compared to 🇪🇺:
How did the SNSF's transitional measures differ from European calls?
Our most recent #DataStory shows that researchers in Switzerland submitted more applications to the SNSF than they had previously to European calls for proposals.
👉 sohub.io/z9hz
Our most recent #DataStory shows that researchers in Switzerland submitted more applications to the SNSF than they had previously to European calls for proposals.
👉 sohub.io/z9hz
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Lower success rate in each case in 🇨🇭 compared to 🇪🇺:
What??
According to a lawsuit, participants would be flown from Italy to Bosnia where they would pay to shoot people.
Italy probes Sarajevo ‘sniper safaris’: What were they, who was involved?
According to a lawsuit, participants would be flown from Italy to Bosnia where they would pay to shoot people.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
What??
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🚨 Last week to submit your abstract!
LS2 Annual Meeting 2026:
📍 Zürich | 🗓 Feb 11–12 (YSS: Feb 10)
Join us for keynotes by Sarah-Maria Fendt, Heidi McBride & Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz + 11 symposia, poster session, & networking.
🔗 Abstracts due Nov 16: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/registr...
LS2 Annual Meeting 2026:
📍 Zürich | 🗓 Feb 11–12 (YSS: Feb 10)
Join us for keynotes by Sarah-Maria Fendt, Heidi McBride & Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz + 11 symposia, poster session, & networking.
🔗 Abstracts due Nov 16: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/registr...
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 Last week to submit your abstract!
LS2 Annual Meeting 2026:
📍 Zürich | 🗓 Feb 11–12 (YSS: Feb 10)
Join us for keynotes by Sarah-Maria Fendt, Heidi McBride & Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz + 11 symposia, poster session, & networking.
🔗 Abstracts due Nov 16: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/registr...
LS2 Annual Meeting 2026:
📍 Zürich | 🗓 Feb 11–12 (YSS: Feb 10)
Join us for keynotes by Sarah-Maria Fendt, Heidi McBride & Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz + 11 symposia, poster session, & networking.
🔗 Abstracts due Nov 16: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/registr...
Join us for a #postdoc through a #MarieCurie fellowship via the 2026 call. Eligible candidates are invited to reach out with a tentative project idea. Happy to support you! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...?
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Join us for a #postdoc through a #MarieCurie fellowship via the 2026 call. Eligible candidates are invited to reach out with a tentative project idea. Happy to support you! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...?
I recently wrote a 1page "Highlight" article for the Swiss Journal @chimiajournal.bsky.social about the #single-molecule perspective on biomolecular dynamics and experiments:
Beyond 3D Structures: New Ways to Study Biomolecular Gymnastics
www.chimia.ch/chimia/artic...
Beyond 3D Structures: New Ways to Study Biomolecular Gymnastics
www.chimia.ch/chimia/artic...
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I recently wrote a 1page "Highlight" article for the Swiss Journal @chimiajournal.bsky.social about the #single-molecule perspective on biomolecular dynamics and experiments:
Beyond 3D Structures: New Ways to Study Biomolecular Gymnastics
www.chimia.ch/chimia/artic...
Beyond 3D Structures: New Ways to Study Biomolecular Gymnastics
www.chimia.ch/chimia/artic...
Early rise for me today (3:45 😱) to get in time to our #Nanopore consortium meeting with #GiovanniMaglia & @ceesdekker.bsky.social groups at Amsterdam airport.
So curious about their newest results! 🤩
We approached in style: ✈️ flying over Dutch (modern) windmills... Beautiful – even for train fans.
So curious about their newest results! 🤩
We approached in style: ✈️ flying over Dutch (modern) windmills... Beautiful – even for train fans.
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Early rise for me today (3:45 😱) to get in time to our #Nanopore consortium meeting with #GiovanniMaglia & @ceesdekker.bsky.social groups at Amsterdam airport.
So curious about their newest results! 🤩
We approached in style: ✈️ flying over Dutch (modern) windmills... Beautiful – even for train fans.
So curious about their newest results! 🤩
We approached in style: ✈️ flying over Dutch (modern) windmills... Beautiful – even for train fans.
Single-molecule friends!
The prelim. program of next year's sm- #Gordon conference in Switzerland is online: www.grc.org/single-molec...
It'll be 3x fantastic: science, people, place in the alps ⛰️. Kevin & I hope to see you all next June:
Have a look, tell your friends, and register!
The prelim. program of next year's sm- #Gordon conference in Switzerland is online: www.grc.org/single-molec...
It'll be 3x fantastic: science, people, place in the alps ⛰️. Kevin & I hope to see you all next June:
Have a look, tell your friends, and register!
2026 Single Molecule Approaches to Biology Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Single Molecule Approaches to Biology will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Single-molecule friends!
The prelim. program of next year's sm- #Gordon conference in Switzerland is online: www.grc.org/single-molec...
It'll be 3x fantastic: science, people, place in the alps ⛰️. Kevin & I hope to see you all next June:
Have a look, tell your friends, and register!
The prelim. program of next year's sm- #Gordon conference in Switzerland is online: www.grc.org/single-molec...
It'll be 3x fantastic: science, people, place in the alps ⛰️. Kevin & I hope to see you all next June:
Have a look, tell your friends, and register!
"If it needs to be fast..." says this lift ad... 🤭
Have a good weekend you all!
seen at: www.srf.ch/static/cms/i...
Have a good weekend you all!
seen at: www.srf.ch/static/cms/i...
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"If it needs to be fast..." says this lift ad... 🤭
Have a good weekend you all!
seen at: www.srf.ch/static/cms/i...
Have a good weekend you all!
seen at: www.srf.ch/static/cms/i...
