Events
FMI Seminar
Dr. Gioacchino Natoli: Restriction of extragenic transcription: defining the operating principles
Dr. Gioacchino Natoli (Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IEO, Milan, Italy)
Seminar Series: Current Research in Bioinformatics I
Eugene V. Koonin: Emergence of globular protein folds from random amino acid sequences
Eugene V. Koonin, Computational Biology Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Host: Aleksei Mironov
Abstract
Seminar Series: Infection Biology - From in vitro models to human patients
Dr. Eugene V. Koonin: The world of viruses and its evolution through the lens of metagenomics and metatranscriptomics
Dr. Eugene V. Koonin, Computational Biology Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Host: Prof. Yuping Li
Abstract
Bridges over Basel Seminar series
Career paths post PhD: pRED, Medical Affairs & Strategy at Roche
No registration required for FMI members. External guests should register by emailing bobfmich.
Speakers:
Claudia Bonardi - Senior Scientist and Research Project Leader in Neuroscience and Rare Disease
Miguel Teixeira - Medical Affairs Compliance Partnerships Lead
Andrea Tucci - Portfolio Manager, Roche Diagnostics
with Apéro and networking
FMI seminar
Prof. Volker Thiel: Combating coronavirus infections by spotlighting translation
Prof. Volker Thiel (University of Bern)
FMI seminar
Prof. Kiryl D. Piatkevich: Advanced Molecular Tools for Scalable Mapping and Recording Neuronal Activity
Prof. Kiryl D. Piatkevich (Westlake University, Hangzhou, China)
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Edward Marcotte: Modern cells, ancient proteins: Proteomics across deep evolutionary time to decode human genetics
Prof. Edward Marcotte (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: Dr. Caitlyn McCafferty /Prof. Ben Engel
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research VV 76078-01
Dr. Gilles Samsig: Planet Lysosome: The physiology of autophagy in health and disease
Dr. Gilles Samsig, Novartis Pharma, Basel
Program
TriRhena Gene Regulation Club
TriRhena Meeting on "Gene regulation club 2025"
Symposium Website
Registration opens on September 26, 2025
Hosts: Prof. Marc Bühler, Dr. Nicola Iovino, Dr. Thomas Sexton
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV 67912-01
Prof. Sandhya P. Koushika: Making and moving synaptic vesicles
Prof. Sandhya P. Koushika, Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Host: Dr. Debdatto Mookherjee (group Spang)
Abstract
FMI Seminar
Prof. Valerie Hilgers: Regulation of the unique RNA landscape of the nervous system
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research VV 76078-01
Dr. Áurea Martins Bach: Imaging Biomarkers in Animal Mod-els of Neuromuscular Disease: From Muscle to Brain
Dr. Áurea Martins Bach, Oxford University
Zoom registration link to get your personal link to join the meeting
Program
October 13, 2025
14:00 - 20:15
Location: University Hospital, Klinikum1, Spitalstrasse 21, 4031 Basel Auditorium: Hörsaal2 / 2ndfloor
10th International BBC annual meeting, October 13-15, 2025
Breakthroughs in breast cancer research and treatment
For more information please visit our website
Program
Seminar Series: Current research in Bioinformatics I
Dr. Francis Corson: How cells agree on making an embryo
Dr. Francis Corson, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
Host: Prof. Dr. David Brückner
Abstract
FMI seminar
Dr. Karina Jouravleva: microRNAs
Dr. Karina Jouravleva (Ecole normale supérieure, ENS Lyon)
Seminar Series: Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV No.: 67912-01
Prof. Christian Ungermann: Insights into endolysosomal membrane homeostasis
Prof. Christian Ungermann, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Biochemistry Section, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Host: Debdatto Mookherjee (group Spang)
Abstract
Basel Seminars in Neuroscience
Dr. Vanessa Stempel: title tba
Dr. Vanessa Stempel( MPI Brain Research)
Host: Prof. Georg Keller (FMI)
FMI, Young Investigator Seminar Series
Dr. Natalie Scholes: Inhibitor-induced supercharging of protein turnover via endogenous proteolytic circuits
Dr. Natalie Scholes, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria (in Georg Winter lab)
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Prof. Dr. Kristina Schoonjans: Bile acids as metabolic messengers
Prof. Dr. Kristina Schoonjans EPFL
Zoom registration link to get your personal link to join the meeting
Program
Seminar Series: Infection Biology - from in vitro models to human patients
Prof. Tanmay Bharat: Multi-scale, correlated imaging reveals principles of bacterial biofilm formation
Prof. Tanmay Bharat, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
Host: Prof. Knut Drescher
Abstract
Seminar Series: Current Research in Bioinformatics I
Roderic Guigó Serra: The GENCODE CLS project: massively expanding the lncRNA catalog through capture long-read RNA sequencing
Big Decisions, Bold Moves: How Leaders in Pharma and Consulting Drive Change
Part I - Executive Interview with Thomas Schinecker (CEO Roche Group)
Part II - Panel Discussion with leaders from Roche and McKinsey & Company
Basel Seminars in Neuroscience, VV 76292-01
Prof. Dmitriy Aronov: Title tba
Prof. Dimitriy Aronov (Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University)
Host: Prof. Flavio Donato, Biozentrum
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Elvan Böke: Evading ageing: metabolic and proteostatic adaptations in oocytes
Dr. Elvan Böke (CRG Spain)
Host: Prof. Fiona Doetsch
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Prof. Dr. Maxime Baud: Pharmacological control of cortical excitability and seizures
Prof. Dr. Maxime Baud, University of Bern & Wyss Center for Bio- and Neuroengineering, Geneva
Program
Einblicke Biozentrum: Aktuelles aus der Forschung
Prof. Anne Spang: Miniatur-Recycling – Wie Zellen recyceln und was wir daraus lernen können
Prof. Anne Spang (Biozentrum, Universität Basel)
Webpage
FMI Seminar
Prof. Pei-Hsuan Wu: Germline small RNA pathways
Prof. Pei-Hsuan (Xuan) WU(University of Geneva)
Internal Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Caitie McCafferty: title tba & Dr. Manos Kyriakakis: title tba
Dr. Caitie McCafferty (group Engel)
Dr. Manos Kyriakakis (group Spang)
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Dr. Judith Reinhardt: Design and preclinical validation of a gene therapy approach for a congen-ital muscular dystrophy
Dr. Judith Reinhardt, Biozentrum, Basel
Seminar Series: Current Research in Bioinformatics I
Pavel Baranov: Enigmatic Translons – Animalcules of Molecular Biology?
Pavel Baranov, Biomolecular Informatics, University College Cork, Ireland
Host: Aleksei Mironov
Abstract
Seminar
Prof. Dr. Olivier Duss: RNA regulation in bacteria
Prof. Dr. Olivier Duss, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV 67912-01
Prof. Iwijn De Vlaminck: Spatial Sequencing of Host-Microbiome Interactions
Prof. Iwijn De Vlaminck, Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Host: Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher
Abstract
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Prof. Carolyn King: CD4 T cells Sans Frontières
Prof. Carolyn King, DBM, Basel
Basel Seminars in Neuroscience VV 76292-01
Prof. Nicolas Brunel: title tba
Prof. Nicolas Brunel (Duke University, Durham, UK)
Host: Prof. Friedemann Zenke (FMI)
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV 67912-01
Dr. Yad Ghavi-Helm: Title tba
Dr. Yad Ghavi-Helm, Research group leader, Institut de Génomique Fonctionelle (IGFL), Lyon, France
Host: Dr. Joaquín Navajas Acedo (Group Schier)
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Alex Dunn: title tba
Prof. Alex Dunn (Stanford University)
Host: Prof. Alex Schier
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Prof. Dr. Jean Pieters: Regulation of autoimmunity and transplant rejection by the coronin 1 pathway—lessons from mouse models
Prof. Dr. Jean Pieters, Biozentrum, Basel
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV 67912-01
Dr. Philippe Bastin: Title tba
Dr. Philippe Bastin, Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Host: Dr. Alexey Baldin (Group Pieters)
Internal Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Fengjie Wu: title tba & NN
Dr. Fengjie Wu (Ambizione fellow; group Hiller)
NN
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Dr. Stavros Giaglis: Exploring the innate immune system in autoimmune diseases: from individual cell populations to complex organotypic models
Dr. Stavros Giaglis, DBM, Basel
Einblicke Biozentrum - Aktuelles aus der Forschung
Prof. Roderick Lim: Nuclear pores: How to protect and penetrate the cell nucleus
Prof. Roderick Lim (Biozentrum, Universität Basel)
Webpage
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Martin Beck: Title tba
Dr. Martin Beck, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany
Host: Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim and Dr. Birthe Fahrenkrog
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Prof. Dr. Yuping Li: Bacteria-jumbophage arms race
Prof. Dr. Yuping Li, Biozentrum, Basel
Internal Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Meric Ataman: title tba & Dr. Raul Ortiz: title tba
Dr. Meric Ataman (group Zavolan)
Dr. Raul Ortiz (group Scheiffele)
DBM lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research VV 76078-01
Prof. Dr. Daniel Pinschewer: Immunity and Tolerance in Persistent Viral Infection
Prof. Dr. Daniel Pinschewer, DMB, Basel
Program
Einblicke Biozentrum - Aktuelles aus der Forschung
Prof. Peter Scheiffele: Autismus - Neuronale Besonderheiten und neue Behandlungswege
Prof. Peter Scheiffele (Biozentrum)
Webpage
Cell Biology Lecture Series II, VV 67912-01
Prof. Edan Foley: Title tba
Prof. Edan Foley
Host: Host: Dr. Joaquín Navajas Acedo (Group Schier)
Cell Biology Lecture Series II, VV 67913-01
Dr. Ginny Farías: Title tba
Dr. Ginny Farías, Neuronal Organelle Dynamics, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Host: Dr. Debdatto Mookherjee (group Spang)
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62642
Prof. Suliana Manley: title tba
Prof. Suliana Manley (EPFL Lausanne)
Host: Prof. Anissa Kempf
Cell Biology Lecture Series II, VV 67913-01
Dr. James Briscoe: Title tba
Dr. James Briscoe, Developmental Dynamics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Host: Dr. Joaquin Navajas Acedo (group Schier)