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Life Sciences - 29.11.2024
Swiss Transparency Agreement on Animal Research (STAAR) - Annual Report 2023

Health - Life Sciences - 27.11.2024
New horizons for nose medicine
New horizons for nose medicine
The nose performs some key functions in our health. This is precisely why research has made significant advancements in treating diseases that affect it, as well as those impacting the paranasal sinuses.

Health - Life Sciences - 25.11.2024
’We should take a more relaxed approach to sleep’
Sleep problems have become a widespread issue. In a new popular science book and in an interview with ETH News, ETH sleep researcher Caroline Lustenberger describes the do's (and don'ts) for when you can't get to sleep.

Health - Life Sciences - 21.11.2024
When medicine meets art therapy
When medicine meets art therapy

Life Sciences - Paleontology - 12.11.2024
A new extinct species of coelacanth discovered thanks to Synchrotron
A new extinct species of coelacanth discovered thanks to Synchrotron
Using a particle accelerator, a scientific team has identified a new species of these fish, considered to be 'living fossils'.

Life Sciences - Health - 12.11.2024
A warning from swissuniversities: initiative to ban animal experiments in Switzerland jeopardises progress in medicine and the environment

Health - Life Sciences - 11.11.2024
Two projects of the Institute of Oncology Research funded by the Spark programme
Two projects of the Institute of Oncology Research funded by the Spark programme

Life Sciences - 08.11.2024
Monitoring invasive species: a USI project funded by COST
Monitoring invasive species: a USI project funded by COST

Life Sciences - Campus - 06.11.2024
The egg or the chicken? An ancient unicellular says egg!
The egg or the chicken? An ancient unicellular says egg!
A cell division resembling that of an animal embryo has been observed in a prehistoric unicellular organism, suggesting that embryonic development might have existed prior to the evolution of animals. Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii.

Life Sciences - 05.11.2024
Rainer Friedrich receives ERC Synergy Grant to study mechanisms of intelligent behavior
Rainer Friedrich receives ERC Synergy Grant to study mechanisms of intelligent behavior

Life Sciences - 29.10.2024
Laure Plantard: A journey through microscopy, mountains and inclusion

Life Sciences - 25.10.2024
A new study on the natural trapping mutant TMX5 and the proteostatic factor ERp44

Environment - Life Sciences - 17.10.2024
Biofabrication should be sustainable
Biofabrication should be sustainable
While living matter can advance technology and render human activities more efficient and eco-friendly, the way in which we currently fabricate materials containing living cells is far from sustainable. Miriam Filippi calls us to rethink our biofabrication practices. I am a researcher in the field of soft robotics working on developing bioinspired artificial muscle tissues.

Life Sciences - 01.10.2024
Uncovering the complex roles of transcription factors in gene regulation
Throughout their lifespan, cells must continuously activate and deactivate genes. This process is regulated by transcription factors, a class of proteins that control gene expression by binding to DNA.

Innovation - Life Sciences - 30.09.2024
University of Basel spin-off Translation-X receives Venture Kick funding
University of Basel spin-off Translation-X receives Venture Kick funding

Life Sciences - Health - 24.09.2024
From cell partitions to dams: These barriers are being investigated by researchers
From cell partitions to dams: These barriers are being investigated by researchers
Research areas at ETH Zurich span barriers in a wide variety of fields, including cell biology, drug delivery and spatial planning.

Life Sciences - 24.09.2024
Is there a perfect diet for a long life?
Is there a perfect diet for a long life?

Life Sciences - Event - 21.09.2024
FMI Science Prizes — winners 2024

Campus - Life Sciences - 19.09.2024
Fifteen professors appointed

Life Sciences - 18.09.2024
"I’m glad I didn’t give up."

Life Sciences - Campus - 10.09.2024
'I was looking to connect neuroscience with engineering.'
’I was looking to connect neuroscience with engineering.’
Mélina Lasfargues has the honor of being the first student to finish the Neuro X Masters. She completed her master's project on thermal illusions earlier this year.

Life Sciences - Computer Science - 05.09.2024
Tracking behaviour to understand the brain
Tracking behaviour to understand the brain

Life Sciences - 04.09.2024
Homing in on the role of chromatin organization in gene regulation
Chromatin is a structure in the cell nucleus that helps pack DNA tightly by wrapping it around proteins called histones.

Environment - Life Sciences - 03.09.2024
Blue-green biodiversity: recognise, conserve, promote
Blue-green biodiversity: recognise, conserve, promote
Biodiversity is not a political programme: Only just 1.6 % of all documents searched at federal level make reference to the term.

Life Sciences - Health - 23.08.2024
State-of-the-art research facility on Novartis Campus in Basel
State-of-the-art research facility on Novartis Campus in Basel

Life Sciences - Health - 31.07.2024
Exploring the frontiers of infection: a chat with Selma Dahmane
Exploring the frontiers of infection: a chat with Selma Dahmane

Life Sciences - 19.07.2024
Swim with the fish in the Rhine Falls basin
Swim with the fish in the Rhine Falls basin

Environment - Life Sciences - 09.07.2024
A list of priorities for the protection of biodiversity
A list of priorities for the protection of biodiversity
Biodiversity is dwindling rapidly, while measures to protect it are lagging behind the targets. Only one thing can help: utilising scarce resources as efficiently as possible where they are most effective. The "Lanat-3" research project lays the foundation for this with the help of the latest data and AI-supported models.

Event - Life Sciences - 26.06.2024
Basel honors Prisca Liberali with prestigious Science Prize

Health - Life Sciences - 15.06.2024
Cancer Research and Animal Models
On Saturday, June 15th, the second edition of the National Day of Information on Laboratory Animals will be held. This event is promoted by the Swiss Association of Veterinarians in Industry and Research (SAVIR) in collaboration with the Swiss Society for Laboratory Animal Science (SGV) and Forschung für Leben (FfL).

Environment - Life Sciences - 14.06.2024
New director
New director

Life Sciences - 12.06.2024
Inspiring the next generation of scientists
Inspiring the next generation of scientists

Environment - Life Sciences - 05.06.2024
Underwater camera explores microcosms in Lake Zug
Underwater camera explores microcosms in Lake Zug
The Aquascope underwater camera has been installed in Lake Zug. It is the second permanent measuring station for plankton in Swiss water bodies.

Life Sciences - Health - 05.06.2024
3R Prize: human skin cultures to study psoriasis

Health - Life Sciences - 29.05.2024
Leading sleep research continues
Leading sleep research continues
A large-scale interdisciplinary research project on sleep at the University of Bern came to an end this year.

Life Sciences - 28.05.2024
Alternative Pathways for Clearing Misfolded Proteins in Rare Diseases
Alternative Pathways for Clearing Misfolded Proteins in Rare Diseases
Rare diseases like the deficiency of alpha1-antitrypsin or lysosomal storage disorders are caused by degradation of mutant proteins.

Environment - Life Sciences - 27.05.2024
Barbara Jozef wins the Lush Young Researcher Prize
Barbara Jozef wins the Lush Young Researcher Prize

Life Sciences - Health - 24.05.2024
FMI senior group leader Prisca Liberali joins ETH Zurich as professor
FMI senior group leader Prisca Liberali joins ETH Zurich as professor

Environment - Life Sciences - 23.05.2024
Cornelia Twining and Barbora Trubenová appointed assistant professors at ETH Zurich
Cornelia Twining and Barbora Trubenová appointed assistant professors at ETH Zurich

Health - Life Sciences - 16.05.2024
An architectural gem and cutting-edge research facility in Basel
An architectural gem and cutting-edge research facility in Basel
ETH Zurich's new BSS teaching and research building on the Schällemätteli life science campus in Basel will officially open its doors today.

Chemistry - Life Sciences - 14.05.2024
A bionanomachine for green chemistry
A bionanomachine for green chemistry
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time precisely characterised the enzyme styrene oxide isomerase, which can be used to produce valuable chemicals and drug precursors in an environmentally friendly manner. The study appears today in the journal Nature Chemistry . Enzymes are powerful biomolecules that can be used to produce many substances at ambient conditions.

Life Sciences - Innovation - 07.05.2024
Digi, Nano, Bio, Neuro - or why we should care more about converging technologies

Environment - Life Sciences - 06.05.2024
Deficits in the ecological state of small Swiss streams
A survey of 99 small Swiss streams reveals that the majority of the studied streams have significant deficits in their ecological condition and can only fulfil their function as a habitat for animals to a limited extent. Insect larvae and other small animals that react sensitively to pesticides are missing in over 70% of the streams examined.

Life Sciences - 03.05.2024
Mechanism of DNA unwinding by MCM8-9 in complex with HROB
Mechanism of DNA unwinding by MCM8-9 in complex with HROB
In a new study published in "Nature Communications" the Cejka laboratory and collaborators identified the molecular mechanisms by which the HROB protein enhances the DNA unwinding function of the MCM8-9 helicase, crucial for DNA repair and replication processes.

Life Sciences - Pharmacology - 25.04.2024
Accelerating the Fight against Malaria - World Malaria Day 2024
Accelerating the Fight against Malaria - World Malaria Day 2024
With over 600,000 deaths in 2022, malaria remains one of the biggest health threats particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

Health - Life Sciences - 02.04.2024
Innovative treatment helmet promises advances in the treatment of Alzheimer's
Innovative treatment helmet promises advances in the treatment of Alzheimer’s
The Basel spin-off company Bottneuro is developing a personalized treatment helmet - the Miamind neurostimulator.

Health - Life Sciences - 28.03.2024
A world network to monitor coronaviruses
A world network to monitor coronaviruses
A Swiss collaboration has been designated a member of the WHO's CoViNet network for the detection and surveillance of coronaviruses.

Life Sciences - 22.03.2024
The role of attention in our ability to learn new associations highlighted
The role of attention in our ability to learn new associations highlighted
A study by BEAM researchers, published in "Science of Learning", offers new insights into brain mechanisms linked to differences in associative learning. This research explores how attentional processes influence learning performance, shedding light on our understanding of how the brain works to create relationships between information .

Paleontology - Life Sciences - 18.03.2024
UZH Opens New Natural History Museum with Four Dinosaurs
UZH Opens New Natural History Museum with Four Dinosaurs

Health - Life Sciences - 12.03.2024
Combatting infant malnutrition
Combatting infant malnutrition
Bioengineer Randall Platt engineers bacteria that can assess the state of our guts. It is hoped this non-invasive technique could eventually be used to develop more effective interventions against malnutrition among children in the Global South.
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