💫 We're hiring! The Computational Biology Facility is looking for a Computational Proteomics Scientist to collaborate on cutting-edge proteomics projects, develop new analytical approaches, and publish impactful research. Apply by April 12 at: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

The FMI is proud to be part of @eu-life.bsky.social, uniting top life science centers across Europe. This series highlights our shared priorities — next up: #Internationality! Stay tuned for the FMI’s story #WeAreEULIFE

⏰ The clock is ticking… You have until 23 February to nominate researchers in the #LifeSciences (biology and medicine) for the 2026 #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize. ➡️ sohub.io/xhf3 📷 Franca Pedrazzetti

Applications are now open for our PhD and MD-PhD Programs! 🎓🔬 Join us in Basel—Europe’s life sciences hub—and pursue cutting-edge science in a vibrant, international environment. Apply by April 20 at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

Congrats to Fabian Mikulash, a postdoc in the @fzenke.bsky.social lab, for being awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowship! His project aims to develop a new theory—tested with real brain data—explaining how neurons decide when to trust what we see versus what we expect 🧠

🚀 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

Don’t miss our panel discussion to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science tomorrow! ✨

🌟 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

👩‍🔬 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

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/...

📣 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...

📢 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 👇

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

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

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

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!

🧐 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...

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/...

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

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

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...

📣 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...

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.

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/...

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...

📢 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! 💫

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!🔬

I’m very grateful to the FMI, the tenure committee, inspiring colleagues, and all the hidden supporters who made this possible. Huge thanks to past and present group members for their curiosity and creativity. Excited for the next chapter.

The Friedrich Miescher Award, which we sponsor, recognizes outstanding research—congratulations to Prof. Omaya Dudin for his innovative work on the origins of multicellular life 🏅🏆 @dudinlab.bsky.social

At the FMI, Antoine Peters and his team study how information beyond the DNA sequence guides early development and how errors can block gene activity, potentially causing infertility. To learn more, watch the video below or read our story: www.fmi.ch/news-events/... youtu.be/aDQXmxEJgIg

Huge congratulations to @fzenke.bsky.social on his promotion to Senior Group Leader! His team uses AI-powered models of neural networks to uncover how dynamic brain connections enable new memories. Learn more about his research in this video👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xDu...

A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social. www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop... #neuroskyence

Proud to have our Nicolas Favre spotlighted by @eu-life.bsky.social ✨

Proud to see EM-based connectomics—which uses electron microscopy to map neural circuits in 3D—named @natmethods.nature.com’ Method of the Year, and even prouder that our group leader Rainer Friedrich leads one of the pioneering labs in this breakthrough 🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

From the traditional director’s speech to a fun winter-themed photobooth, plus unforgettable cakes and meme competitions… the FMI year-end party was such a vibe, as usual ✨

Today is #Nobel Day! 🏅 Watch the festive ceremony with speeches - a true celebration of blue sky discovery and scientific curiosity! 🎥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=FPSK... Philippe Aghion, funded by EU via the ERC, is among the 2025 laureates! erc.europa.eu/news-events/... 🇪🇺 Congratulations to all!

Join us for the second seminar in the online Metabolism in Development and Physiology series next Thursday. Two exciting talks lined up from different career stages.

Please repost - position of Head of Student & Postdoc Affairs available at our Institute in the heart of Europe (Basel, Switzerland) 👇

FMI group leader Margherita Turco has been awarded more than 1 million USD from the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social to explore how micronutrients such as folate and iron could prevent life-threatening complications caused by a malfunctioning placenta. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

Job opening for one of the most important positions at our institute.

📢 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...

Last week, FMIers got together for a board-game night with snacks, drinks, and lots of laughs. Thanks to everyone who brought their favourite games and made it such a fun mid-week break. We can’t wait for the next one!

We are saddened by the passing of former FMI group leader Christoph Moroni, a distinguished physician-scientist who advanced cancer, microbiology, and virology research, and led the Institute of Medical Microbiology at @unibas.ch. Our thoughts are with his family. @biozentrum.unibas.ch

Webinar: Learn how the planned ERC Plus Grants are being designed and what they aim to achieve. 🗓️ 28 November 2025 ⏰ 15.00 (CET) Details 👉 buff.ly/QreV44K #ChooseEuropeforScience

1/6 New preprint 🚀 How does the cortex learn to represent things and how they move without reconstructing sensory stimuli? We developed a circuit-centric recurrent predictive learning (RPL) model based on JEPAs. 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... Led by @atenagm.bsky.social @mshalvagal.bsky.social

SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT

Emergence and Self-organisation across biological scales! I hope you are ready for next year conference! It will be an incredible event April 20-22 2026. The first of many #LakeConference organised by @ehannezo.bsky.social @alleninstitute.org and James Sharpe @embl.org