Apr 28, 2023: Congratulations, Maike, on your successful Phd Thesis Defense!
Apr 21, 2023: Check our new preprint on how TRIM71/LIN-41 functions through the miRISC core component TNRC6/GW182 – and a Tweet putting the results in context.
Sep 6, 2022: Congratulations, Stephen, for obtaining an Ambizione Grant from SNSF that will allow you to pursue your project on chromatin dynamics!
Jun 7, 2022: How the C. elegans oscillator ensures size uniformity in animals – Ben’s paper now out here, and a summary at the FMI Website or Ben’s thread on Twitter.
Apr 8, 2022: Three more weeks to apply to our PhD or MD-PhD Program – closing date May 1st. Do apply if you are interested in elucidating the mechanisms of developmental clocks and timers with us!
Mar 8, 2022: A screen that identifies C. elegans clock components – read our preprint at bioRxiv and a thread with the key findings @LabGrosshans
Jan 1, 2022: Farewell to Rajani!
Jul 9, 2021: Identification of a first C. elegans clock component – read our preprint at bioRxiv and a thread with the key findings @LabGrosshans
Jul 9, 2021: Welcome to our new postdoc, Abhi, and farewell to Chiara!
May 4, 2021: We are inviting applications for a position of a technician/research assistant, to work with us on a project studying the function of the RNA-binding protein TRIM71 in mouse embryonic stem cells – see the ad here.
Apr 27, 2021: We are currently seeking to strengthen the bioinformatics support in our lab. Check out the details of the position and how to apply here.
Apr 27, 2021: @LabGrosshans now on Twitter
Apr 13, 2021: A protease that controls small RNA sorting to promote fertility – read Rajani’s paper in Mol Cell (free access till June 2) and a brief summary here.
Mar 26, 2021: Did you ever wonder why individuals of a species are rather uniform in size? An oscillator-based mechanism may be the answer (at least if you are a worm): Check out Ben’s preprint here.
Jan 1st, 2021: Farewell to Milou and Yannick!
Dec 10th, 2020: RNA meets protease – check out the preprint of Rajani’s work on how proteolytic processing controls small RNAs.
Dec 8th, 2020: Our new review on the C. elegans developmental clock now out on CTDB – download for free till January 26th here.
Nov 27th, 2020: Congratulations, Dr. Chiara Azzi, on a successful defense!
Sept 25th, 2020: Applications for position of a Junior Group Leader (Tenure Track) in Multicellular Systems now open at FMI
Sept 10th, 2020: Congratulations, Milou, for winning the Edmond H Fischer Prize for the best PhD Thesis defended at FMI in 2019!
Aug 10th, 2020: Milou’s and Yannick’s paper on the C. elegans oscillator now out in Mol Syst Biol. Check here for a brief summary.
Apr 30th, 2020: Congratulations, Dr. Yannick Hauser, on a successful defense via video conferencing!
Mar 30th, 2020: Chiara’s and Florian’s work on temporal coordination of juvenile-to-adult transition in the worm now out here.
Dec 13th, 2019: Congratulations, Dr. Milou Meeuse, on a successful defense!
Oct 14th, 2019: Welcome to our two new PhD students, Marit and Michaela!
Sept 27th, 2019: If you prefer a linear mode of timing development, look at this preprint of Chiara’s and Florian’s work: how to coordinate events that take place during worm ‘puberty’.
Sept 5th, 2019: Take a peek at our preprint showing how a developmental oscillator starts and arrests.
Sept 2nd, 2019: Welcome to our new PhD student, Saheli!
Aug 5th, 2019: TRIM71/LIN41 function in mammalian cells – see Thomas’s paper and some context and info on our fun collaboration with Alex and the Bühler lab.
Jun 3rd, 2019: Farewell to Jun and Ben!
May 24th, 2019: Welcome to our new postdocs, Foivos and Lucas!
Apr 8th, 2019: Closing date for applications to the International PhD Program of the FMI approaching fast (May 1st) – find details on how to apply here.
Mar 25th, 2019: Our paper on how to control the onset of juvenile-to-adult transition now out – see a summary here and the paper here
Mar 15th, 2019: Welcome to our new undergrad, Andrea!
Jan 9th, 2019: Welcome to our new trainee, Carolin!
Jan 6th, 2019: The paper on timing differentiation into a sexually dimorphic nervous system is now out in eLife along with a preview article.
Dec 19th, 2018: Farewell to Sarah and Giovanna! We wish you a great start in your new positions!
Nov 28th, 2018: Congratulations, Ben, for winning an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship!
Nov 5th, 2018: How to time initiation of adulthood – read our pre-print.
Oct 1st, 2018: Welcome to our new PhD student Maike!
Sep 19th, 2018: How to time differentiation into a sexually dimorphic nervous system – read the pre-print of our fun collaboration with the Hobert lab here.
Aug 31st, 2018: Farewell to Florian! We wish you a good start in your new position at CSL Behring!
Aug 31st, 2018: Farewell to Florian! We wish you a good start in your new position at CSL Behring!
Aug 15th, 2018: Together with the group of Dr. Marc Bühler and in the context of the NCCR RNA & Disease, we have a position in bioinformatics/quantitative biology available – find details and a link to apply online here.
May 29th, 2018: Giovanna’s paper is collecting recommendations on F1000Prime: doi:10.3410/f.733028808.793544522 and doi:10.3410/f.733028808.793546212
May 24th, 2018: Join us for Helge’s public Habilitation lecture (in German!): “Die vierte Dimension: Zeitliche Steuerungsmechanismen in der Entwicklungsbiologie” – tomorrow, Friday, May 25th, 16:15 at FMI.
May 24th, 2018: Welcome to our new postdoc Smita!
Apr 20th, 2018: Florian’s collaborative work with Rafal Ciosk’s lab reveals an unusual mode of RNA recognition by LIN41/TRIM71 – summarized here and detailed here.
Apr 14th, 2018: Closing date for applications to the International PhD Program of the FMI approaching fast (May 1st) – find details and apply here.
Mar 21st, 2018: Giovanna’s work on miRNA specificity and the effect of miRNA concentrations designated “NAR Breakthrough Article” – now online here. (Thank you, Kathrin, for helping with the graphical abstract!)
Mar 5th, 2018: Shkumatava lab shows that target-directed miRNA decay modulates vertebrate behavior – read our News & Views on this exciting piece of research here.
Jan 5th, 2018: Farewell Takashi! We wish you a smooth start in your new position as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Polish Academy of Science, Posnan!
Dec 8th, 2017: FMI makes Novartis and University of Basel no. 1 in world-wide industry-academia research partnerships according to Nature.
Nov 21st, 2017: Take a peek at Giovanna’s manuscript on miRNA specificity – available as a preprint on bioRxiv.
Nov 14th, 2017: Read here about Sarah’s and Takashi’s views on how to achieve a productive wet lab–dry lab collaboration.
Nov 7th, 2017: Closing date for applications to the International PhD Program of the FMI approaching fast (November 20th) – find details here.
Oct 31st, 2017: Congratulations, Giovanna, on defending successfully!
Oct 27th, 2017: Congratulations, Takashi and Sarah, on your joint experimental – computational paper on transcription termination (read more here)
Oct 16th, 2017: Welcome to our new PhD student Jana!
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