Reading this, ST Coleridge had a comment "The history of man for nine months preceding his birth would, probably, by far more interesting, and contain events of greater moment, than all three score and ten years that follow it."
"surely we are all out of the computation of our age, and every man is some months elder than he bethinks him; for we live, move, have a being, and are subject to the actions of the elements, and the malice of diseases, in the truest microcosm, the womb of our mother”
T. Browne 1642 Religio Medici
Seems he assumed from Bovidae...
2026 has been a remarkable year for me so far (despite the current world events): opening my lab at the University of Zurich, assembling an amazing group of people in the group, and celebrating it with a fantastic lab warming party. Figured it's also time for a small profile refresh.
@amartinezarias.bsky.social Agree, and a fun fact I learned from Julie Baker (Stanford)...Da Vinci got it wrong because he didn't find access to human developmental biology! 🤔
Join us on March 13, 2026, for our #DiscoverySeminar by guest speaker Prof. Suliana Manley from #EPFL. She will present "Insights into the mitochondrial collective". @biozentrum.unibas.ch | Lecture Hall U1.131
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Summer Call for our prestigious, fully funded #PhDFellowships is now open to talented early-career scientists worldwide.
🔬 Rotation-based program
🌍 International community
🗓 Apply by May 8, 2026
Apply now and join a leading life sciences institute!
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/phd/internat...
📣 We are looking for new colleagues 🔬🧬🧪
The @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London @ucllifesciences.bsky.social are looking for outstanding candidates to sponsor for career development fellowships. Fellows would then be assessed for tenured positions at the end of the fellowship term.
Deadline March 1. Join the new Dietschy Facility for Tissue Science.
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
Deadline March 1. Join the new Dietschy Facility for Tissue Science.
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
Deadline March 1. Join the new Dietschy Facility for Tissue Science.
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
Reminder that I will be speaking this Wednesday about my postdoc work. You have been warned. 🧪
Entanglement is probably the most puzzling phenomenon observed in quantum systems. A research team @unibas.ch & @lkblab.bsky.social has now shown how entanglement of spatially separated quantum objects can be used to measure several physical parameters simultaneously with greater precision.
Why do we feel an irresistible drive to sleep after being awake for too long? A recent study led by Prof. Anissa Kempf has revealed that, in fruit flies, a small set of neurons can sense when the fly needs rest. Learn more 👉
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/... @erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch #sleep
We’re excited to share our new “Biozentrum Highlights” brochure. Looking back on a dynamic year @biozentrum.unibas.ch, 2025 was shaped by insightful discoveries, prestigious awards and grants, engaging events & a vibrant community. Explore 2025 at a glance👉
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TF-MINDI is out! A new method to learn cis-regulatory codes through rich embeddings of TF binding sites. TF-MINDI decomposes motif neighbourhoods, and works downstream of any sequence-to-function deep learning model. We deeply study the enhancer code in human neural development, check out the thread
Prof. Fiona Doetsch has been awarded the 2026 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine!
Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠
Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
🔬 pertpy: a unified, scalable framework for single-cell perturbation analysis, now out in Nature Methods
Designed for modern perturbation data - CRISPR, drug screens, patient treatments - scaling to millions of cells and 1000s of conditions.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We welcome submissions to our upcoming special issue on the extracellular environment, guest edited by @hugheslabpenn.bsky.social and @rashmi-priya.bsky.social.
Send your #devbio, #regeneration and #stemcell papers by 1 March 2026.
For more information, see journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ex...
Two new articles from our lab!!
Davis et al identified epithelial transcription factor ELF3 as a key mediator of host-microbiota interaction in zebrafish tinyurl.com/pkavnxdp
Morash et al revealed enteroendocrine cell subtypes in zebrafish & catalogued their peptide hormones tinyurl.com/bdzbm2xm
Systematic scRNA-seq screens profile neural organoid response to morphogens. Collab. with Treutlein Lab! @natmethods.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
PDAC is a terrible malady and needs new inroads. We integrate a cell atlas, develop 3D tumoroid models, and map phenotypic spaces at scale. Very cool data inside! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1..., www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
UNC's Center for Molecular Medicine has up to three open-rank positions for faculty conducting research with relevance to gene therapy, including: novel iPSC and animal models of disease and basic cell biology. Join us in beautiful Chapel Hill! Deadline 1/31/26: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/309...
We are searching for computational PhDs and Postdocs to join our group in collaboration with Barbara Treutlein's Lab. We have exciting single-cell technology projects that incorporate bioengineering, computation, biology, translation. Send CV to deco_ihb@roche.com
Apply for our Master of Science in Physics of Life – training in cutting-edge research at the interface of physics, mathematics, engineering and life sciences. Scholarships available. Application deadline: 30 November. More: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/education/de...
@biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch
I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Molecular mechanisms of host-microbiome interactions:
We teamed up w/ @cp-cellchembiol.bsky.social for a Collection of articles uncovering mechanisms by which microbes communicate w/their hosts, shedding light on various conditions & offering therapeutic avenues.Enjoy!
www.cell.com/cp/collectio...
We’re proud of our global research community at the Biozentrum @unibas.ch!
Our scientists from 40+ countries bring their passion & diverse cultures to every discovery.
🔬Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Cg...
🚨 We're hiring, please share! The FMI seeks a tenure-track Group Leader (Assistant Prof) in Structural Biology 🔬
Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
