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

One of the most promising approaches to making headway in understanding the cortical algorithm that I have seen in a long time! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

honoured to help organise the 1st Systems -IN- Action meeting next March 2026 in Alicante-Spain. A new forum created to set the direction for the next wave in brain circuits, systems, behaviour, with AI & computation. Registration is now open until 15/1 and limited to 120 people!

Elena Testoni, a PhD student in the @lucagiorgetti.bsky.social lab, explores how enhancers and promoters control gene activity, and leads efforts to promote sustainable lab practices. In this Q&A, she shares her passion for genome regulation and greener science. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

In case you are still wondering what is it like to take part in our experiments ⬇️

📅 Save the date: 28 Nov at 3PM CET Join the webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants. 🎤 ERC President Maria Leptin and Head of Scientific Dept at ERC Executive Agency Philippe Cupers will explain the scheme and take your questions. 🔴 Watch live at t.co/IMRfUa5NAr

EU-LIFE Strategy Meeting 2025 wrapped up in #Basel with strong support, constructive exchanges and a very positive atmosphere. A big thanks to the @fmiscience.bsky.social team for fostering a welcoming environment for productive, forward-looking discussions! Read more 🔗 eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...

In this first-person account, FMI’s senior communications manager describes taking part in an early human trial that adapts previous experiments in mice to explore how the human brain responds when visual and auditory information suddenly fall out of sync. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay — a moment to honor the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals in science and to acknowledge the progress still ahead. At the FMI, we remain committed to building an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to succeed.🌈

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.

Excellent news for research in Switzerland — and for institutes like ours that depend on international grants, collaborations and networks. #HorizonEurope

📢 Last days to apply for our #PhD and #MDPhD programs! Become part of Basel, Europe’s #LifeScience hub, and grow in a dynamic, international, and supportive community. Apply by Nov 15: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

The FMI, fmiscience.bsky.social, hosted the TriRhena Gene Regulation Club on Nov 5! 80+ researchers from Basel, Strasbourg & Freiburg joined for a half-day of talks on gene regulation, transcription & RNA. Thanks to all speakers — it was a blast! See you at IGBMC, Strasbourg, March 18, 2026!

🔒 Strengthening research security through collaboration Last week, EU-LIFE joined the European Commission @ec.europa.eu and 11 major research & innovation organisations to co-organise the 1st European Flagship Conference on #ResearchSecurity Find out more ➡️ eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...

#SwissScienceImage 📷 Submit your best #photos and #videos of your research to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition! The winning entries will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2026. 🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 February 2026 ➡️ https://sohub.io/kw8d

Now in @embojournal.org: Researchers in @labgrosshans.bsky.social & UCSC found that similar molecular machineries control daily circadian rhythms & developmental timing—showing that evolution can repurpose core timing systems to coordinate both daily cycles & growth. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

#Call for Postdoc.Mobility. Expand your #research experience with a stay abroad. If you would like to find out more about this call, take part in our online information event on 17. November 2025. ➡️ sohub.io/51a4 🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026

Is this a spooky spiderweb? 🕸️Or the veins of a vampire bat’s wing?🦇 Nope! It’s a microscopy image of the mouse barrel cortex—where clusters of brain cells process input from each whisker 🐭 (Image by Gabriele Pumo) Happy Halloween! 🎃

Yesterday at the FMI, we paired checkmates with cheddar 🧀♟️ Clever moves, cheesy snacks and lots of laughs made for a fun afternoon!

...and one week later: the next one @fmiscience.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We were thrilled to welcome Novartis Chairman Giovanni Caforio to the FMI! He toured our labs and saw the work taking place at the new FMI-Novartis Applied Tissue Models Center. We are grateful for his visit and support in strengthening the collaboration between FMI and Novartis.

Here is the schedule for the next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club at the FMI @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭 next week (5 Nov 2025; 14:00-18:45). Exciting topics ahead & we are looking forward to the #newPI talks by @julianeg.bsky.social (MPI) & Anupama Hemalatha (FMI). www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/grc

Nektarios Tavernarakis on why curiosity-driven research, not focusing on application, is fundamental to problem solving and requires government support in @emboreports.org doi.org/10.1038/s443...

Three FMI researchers—Nanci Winke, @neuramos.bsky.social & @lukas-anneser.bsky.social—have received @snsf.ch Ambizione Grants! Their projects explore how emotions shape behavior, how the brain responds to anxiety treatments, and how brain states affect learning & memory 🧠 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

another fascinating collaboration with the Turco lab @fmiscience.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Very much looking forward to this collaboration with @georgkeller.bsky.social at @fmiscience.bsky.social, using a cross-species approach in humans and mice to investigate the effects of antipsychotics on cortical circuit function.

FMI’s Prof. @georgkeller.bsky.social and UPK Basel’s Prof. Philip Sterzer have been awarded a 1.5 M CHF @snf-fns.ch grant to study how brain circuit changes underlie schizophrenia — bridging fundamental neuroscience and clinical research from mice to humans 🧠 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...