Faculty of Science | UNIGE

Congrats to our CHEOPS astronomy researchers, especially Monika Lendl and David Ehrenreich, Associate professors in the Department of Astronomy, for advancing planetary formation understanding! 🌌

🔗 https://ow.ly/xMfG50YnTk1

#UNIGE #FacultyOfScience #Astronomy #CHEOPS #Exoplanets

👏 Congratulations to Thomas Bürgi, Full Professor of Physical Chemistry, recipient of a #MedAward at the #MedGala!
An award given by medical students to recognize excellence in teaching and educational commitment 🎓✨

📷Enzo Tenorio Reis Pinheiro et Nolan Métral

How do you see your future in science?

📅 Focus Carrière Science 2026
March 23–27

A week for UNIGE students and postDocs to explore scientific career paths - in academia and beyond.

Registration opens Feb 20. More soon.

Save the date 😉

📢 Highlight talk & poster submissions are open!
Submit abstracts showcasing new advances in comp biology & bioinformatics (published from 1 Mar 2025 or preprint). Posters welcome across all field areas.
🎤 Present in person: 15-min talks + discussion
🗓 Deadline: 20 Apr 2026
👉 tinyurl.com/eccb-htp

📢 ECCB2026 - Call for proceedings now open !

The Scientific Committee welcomes full manuscripts presenting original and unpublished work in computational biology.

🗓 Deadline: 5 March 2026, 1 p.m. CET
🔗 eccb2026.org/call-proceedings

#ECCB2026 #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #CallForPapers

Guillaume Pernollet shows that epithelial cells adjust their shape to locally flatten, forming scutoids for any geometry, changing our view of cell packing. Thanks to all! @clairedessalles.bsky.social @juanmagararc.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

3D reconstruction of an ATTR-F64S amyloid fibril extracted from skin tissue of a living patient. © UNIGE

Andreas #Boland's group and collaborators diagnosed a rare genetic disease (ATTR) using a simple skin biopsy. This work paves the way for new diagnostic methods for degenerative diseases. @mocel.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com www.unige.ch/medias/en/20...

Congratulations @elevylab.bsky.social and collaborators for your latest publication in Cell 👏 and welcome to BlueSky 🦋@mocel.bsky.social‬ @sciencesunige.bsky.social

🏅Congratulations to Emeritus Prof. Ueli #Schibler for receiving the #Kappers Medal from the #EBRS: the Society’s highest honor, awarded for outstanding contributions to biological rhythms research @sciencesunige.bsky.social @mocel.bsky.social #UNIGE
ebrs-online.org/index.php/abou

👋UNIGE Researchers, come and meet UNIGE's key services to help you submit your research proposal!
📆October 10, @ Uni Mail.
Register now: forms.office.com/e/1za8tmE4KV #unige #unigergo