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Muscle aging

Muscle aging Rapid advances in treating life-threatening, age-related diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, have extended human lifespan in many developed countries. However, greater longevity has meant more…


Alumni

Alumni Year Name First Name Position 1994 Schmid Christoph Diploma Student 1995 Cavalli Valera Ph.D. Student 1996 Mürset Christine Diploma Student 1997 Gesemann Matthias Ph.D. Student Marangi Piero Angelo Diploma Student…


Epigenetic Inheritance

Epigenetic Inheritance How moms sense the environment and inform their offspring Lamarck believed that animals could respond to their environment and pass that information to their progeny independent of gene mutations.…


The Skin I Live in

The Skin I Live in The forces that shape embryos, and how embryonic cells respond Embryos undergo dramatic morphogenetic movements during development. For example, C. elegans embryos begin as a compact ball of cells and…


Projects

Projects Muscle aging NMJ maintenance and remodeling Muscular dystrophies


Projects

Evolution of viruses and bacteria We want to understand the dynamics of evolution and the forces that drive it. Evolution of plants and animals tend to happen over centuries of even longer time-scales. Microbial organisms,…


Chromosomes in 3D

Chromosomes in 3D The developmentally dynamic nucleus How are chromosomes organized within nuclei? And how does organization impact developmental events? The nucleus is very dynamic during embryogenesis, in part because…


Lab news

Lab news University of Toronto March 2023 Big congratulations to Ahilya and Jadiel on their tenure track faculty job searches. Ahilya got 6 offers from 8 interviews, and will join the University of Toronto &…


Alumni

Alumni Name Position Held in Lab Current Position BUCHAKCHIISKYI Volodymyr PhD Lab Technician graduate student, University of Basel, Switzerland DECKOVIC Najla Internship DELANEY Colin Research Associate Research Associate,…


Gallery - 2020

Gallery - 2020 Absolut Mango Mango Shop Hongkong Bob Ross Paint Night – March 2019 Visiting the new Biozentrum – January 2019 Visiting the new Biozentrum – January 2019 Scavenger hunting in Basel Christmas 2018 Cookie…