Call for applications to the NOMIS–ETH Fellowship Program
ETH Zurich has opened the 2024 call for applications to the NOMIS–ETH Fellowship Program. Applications are being accepted until November 8, 2024. The NOMIS–ETH Fellowship Program supports postdoctoral researchers at […]
Luregn Schlapbach leads The Lancet series on pediatric sepsis
NOMIS researcher Luregn Schlapbach was invited by The Lancet to lead a series on pediatric sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection. The four articles in this series put forth the […]
How the nuclear pore basket anchors to the nuclear pore complex
The nuclear pore basket is a filamentous structure attached to the nucleoplasmic side of the nuclear pore complex (NPC), crucial for regulating transport between the nucleus and cytoplasm. In a […]
Svante Pääbo featured in newest NOMIS Insight film
NOMIS Awardee and Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo has been featured in the latest NOMIS Insight film, which details the journey of his recently concluded research project, A Cell and Molecular Approach […]
Method blocking TREX1 enzyme boosts CRISPR gene editing efficiency in hard-to-edit cells
NOMIS researcher Jacob Corn and colleagues have discovered that the enzyme TREX1 hinders the efficiency of CRISPR gene editing in certain cells. By blocking TREX1 or using protected DNA templates, […]
NOMIS extends support of Alzheimer’s research project
NOMIS will extend its support of the Platform for the Discovery of Alzheimer’s Disease Mechanisms and Treatments project, led by Eric Reiman at the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. The project has […]
The peripheral interior and people as infrastructure: Adopting the sewer system for passage
In a paper published in The Journal of Architecture, NOMIS researcher Anna Myjak-Pycia explores how the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 repurposed the city’s sewer system as a vital means of […]
Logged forests have surprising conservation value
In a study analyzing tropical rainforests, NOMIS Awardee Robert Ewers and fellow researchers found that lightly logged forests retain high conservation value and a largely intact ecosystem, suggesting they can […]
Mapping the body: Deep 3D histology powered by tissue clearing, omics and AI
In a Nature Methods perspective, NOMIS researcher Ali Ertürk addresses the new era of 3D-omics by tissue clearing and AI, called deep 3D histology. He writes that “biomedical research needs […]
Single-cell sequencing reveals insights into Alzheimer’s disease
Using single nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) on brain samples from 101 people, NOMIS researcher Eric Reiman and colleagues found links between common Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk genes and changes in […]
Recipients of 2024 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award announced
The NOMIS Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award — congratulations to Andrea Ablasser, an immunologist at EPFL; Elena Conti, a […]
Novel technique uncovers cell recovery mechanisms in meoisis
When cells prepare to form reproductive cells (gametes) and develop into offspring, they often enter phases of suspended cellular development or dormancy. NOMIS researcher Martin Pilhofer, together with his lab […]
Study finds one copy of protective genetic variant helps stave off early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
A study by NOMIS researcher Eric Reiman, Yakeel Quiroz, Joseph Arboleda and colleagues demonstrates that, in an extended family with an inherited form of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, 27 family members […]
Salk Institute launches Neuroimmunology Initiative with $20 million gift from NOMIS Foundation
The Salk Institute will receive $20 million over four years from the NOMIS Foundation to launch a new Neuroimmunology Initiative within the Institute’s NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis. […]
A railroad of cells: Computer simulations explain cell movement
Looking under the microscope, a group of cells slowly moves forward in a line, like a train on the tracks. The cells navigate through complex environments. A new approach by […]
Negative social ties can be constructive
Our social experience is influenced not only by our positive but also by our negative connections. NOMIS researcher Nicholas Christakis and Amir Ghasemian (Yale University) investigated how negative relationships impact […]
Celebrating the 2023 NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award winners
Recognizing young research talent, the 2023 NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award was presented to grand prize winner Michael Skinnider and finalists Isabella Bower and George Goshua at a ceremony […]
New mathematical framework sheds light on how cells communicate to form embryo
Biological processes depend on puzzle pieces coming together and interacting. Under specific conditions, these interactions can create something new without external input. This is called self-organization, as seen in a […]
Fetal Cells Can Be Traced Back to the First Day of Embryonic Development
NOMIS Awardee Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and fellow researchers have demonstrated that when human embryos are composed of two cells, at just 1 day old, only one of these cells will create […]
Exploring uncharted territories
NOMIS–ISTA Fellow David Brückner was interviewed about his experience as a NOMIS Fellow at the Institute for Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). In this ISTA article, he shares how the […]
Three NOMIS researchers elected to National Academy of Sciences
NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Director Susan Kaech and NOMIS researchers Nicholas Christakis and Joanna Wysocka have been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. They are among 120 […]