Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research

Maulbeerstrasse 66
4058 Basel
Switzerland

About Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research

The Friedrich Miescher Institute is devoted to fundamental biomedical research aimed at understanding the basic molecular mechanisms of health and disease. We communicate and patent our findings to enable their translation into medical application. The FMI focuses on the fields of Epigenetics, Signaling & Cancer, Neurobiology.

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17-May-2022 | science

Thwarting cellular enzyme can fight viral infections

The findings could help to develop drugs that combat viruses such as influenza A and Zika

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03-Jun-2019 | science

A new mechanism for accessing damaged DNA

UV light damages the DNA of skin cells, which can lead to skin cancer. But this process is counteracted by the DNA repair machinery, acting as a molecular ...

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07-Nov-2018 | science

Clues to making drugs for "undruggable" targets

Nicolas Thomä's group at the FMI has joined forces with the group of Benjamin Ebert at Harvard’s Broad Institute to show how thalidomide analogs mediate ...

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26-Sep-2016 | science

Controlling cell-fate decisions

Rafal Ciosk and his group at the FMI have identified an important link between the Notch signaling pathway and PRC2-mediated gene silencing. They showed ...

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27-Jan-2016 | science

Interneuron plasticity ensuring long-term memory formation

Understanding learning and memory processes is of fundamental importance to the study of brain function and provides valuable insights for disorders where ...

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27-Oct-2015 | science

Mapping face sensation in the brainstem

Filippo Rijli and his group at the FMI have shown how the formation of a sensory topographic map in the brainstem is controlled by a single transcription ...

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