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The Department of Biology is proud to announce that Livia Jerjen and Michele Cereghetti each won a poster prize during the autumn session of the SSP (Société Suisse de Phytiatrie) on 30.10.2025 . Well done to them!
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November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Today we are pleased to welcome Prof. Christoph Ringli from the University of Zurich to our Department Seminar
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November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Mathias Currat from the University of Geneva to our Department Seminar
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November 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Delphine Capela to our Department Seminar. 

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October 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Today, for our Department Seminar, we are welcoming Prof. Justin Collier from Lausanne University.

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October 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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We are delighted to welcome Prof. Prof. Sergio Rasmann from the University of Neuchâtel for the first seminar of the autumn semester.

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September 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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In the Geislerlab, we explore how plants move auxin, a signal that guides their growth and movements. This process is provided by specific transport proteins. By studying them, we not only learn how plants grow but might also gain insights that could help improve cancer treatments.

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The geislerLab in the botanical garden of the University of Fribourg (2024) Mutations in Arabidopsis, maize or sorghum ABCBs lead to dwarfism Plant ABCB transporters reveal a high degree of substrate specificity in comparison to their mammalian orthologs ABCBs (represented by the worker on the left) are ancient auxin transporters, while PIN proteins (represented by the dancer on the right) came much later in evolution
September 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Saving a species but at the expense of others?
Three researchers from the Department of Biology at the University of Fribourg have demonstrated that reintroducing large herbivorous mammals into regions outside their natural range is not such a good idea.
https://www.nature.com/ncomms/
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September 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Computer-assisted worm tracking: turning complex behaviors into objective quantitative metrics.

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September 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🔥 Meet the Glauser Lab! We ask how animals sense danger & protect themselves. With tiny worms (just 302 neurons, yet sharing half our genes!) we explore how brains react to heat, how experience changes responses, and how this can inspire new ways to treat human pain.
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Out in the garden Fancy devices Hot sandwich time Neuron
September 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The worm heat-detector! Like in human, specialized sensory neurons detect high temperatures to trigger avoidance behaviors.

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September 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🤩We are very pleased to announce that our apprentice Mr Cyril Defferrard won the prize for best apprentice in the Canton of Fribourg for chemistry and biology laboratory technicians, with an excellent average of 5.9. The Department of Biology warmly congratulates him on his successful achievement.
July 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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July 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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June 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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June 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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June 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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May 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Today for our last department seminar of the spring term, we are pleased to welcome Prof. Lukas Neukomm from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
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May 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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May 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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May 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Today we are pleased to welcome Prof. Pedro Carvalho from the Oxford University @ox.ac.uk to our department seminar.
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May 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Open PhD or Postdoc positions in Prof. Auer Lab: The focus for this position will be on chemosensory system evolution and taste processing. Interested in joining a dynamic and friendly team in the beautiful town of Fribourg? Follow this link to learn more and to apply: www.unifr.ch/bio/en/depar...
April 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Zdenek Kamenik from the Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences in Prague to our Department Seminar. 

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April 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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When a bird decides to make its nest in an ashtray on the wall of the Biology Department... 🥰
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April 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Prof. Geisler offers two PhD positions to pursue two SNF-funded projects in the field of ABCB-mediated auxin and brassinosteroid transport.

For more information and to apply: www.unifr.ch/bio/en/depar...
April 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM