Giving early-career scientists the chance to chase untouchable ideas
The NOMIS Fellowship Programs at ETH Zurich, ISTA and the Salk Institute have been featured in an advertorial in Science. NOMIS Fellows David Brückner, Anna-Maria Globig, Maayan Levy, Zhi Liu and Craig […]
Call for applications to the NOMIS–Gladstone Fellowship Program
Applications are now open for the NOMIS–Gladstone Fellowship Program at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND). This interdisciplinary training and research program offers exceptional postdoctoral scientists the freedom to […]
Trailblazing scientists presented with 2023 NOMIS Award
The NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, which recognizes pioneering researchers for their exceptional contributions to science, was presented to David Autor of MIT and Anne Brunet of Stanford University […]
Displaced people’s perilous journeys: border violence as a public health issue
NOMIS Awardee Didier Fassin and sociologist Anne-Claire Defossez have authored an article addressing a growing public health concern—border violence—in a special issue of The Lancet. To mark its bicentennial year, […]
Artificial intelligence will reduce inequality
NOMIS Awardee David Autor, in an interview with Armin Müller, says we will not run out of work, and we can influence how new technologies affect work. The interview appeared […]
Rethinking the Role of Cognitive Biases in Delusion-Like Beliefs
Examining the relationships between delusion-like beliefs in the general population and cognitive biases associated with these tasks, NOMIS researcher Ryan McKay and colleagues suggest that some seemingly well-established relationships between […]
Origins Federation – A gathering of minds
Researchers from the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich, including NOMIS–ETH Fellow Craig Walton, emerge from the inaugural conference of the Origins Federation with insightful perspectives […]
Reducing stress on T cells makes them better cancer fighters
NOMIS–Salk Fellow Anna-Maria Globig and NOMIS researcher Susan Kaech, together with their colleagues at the Salk Institute, have found that stress hormones released by nerves exhaust immune cells in humans […]
Call for applications to the NOMIS–ETH Fellowship Program
The 2023 call for applications for the NOMIS–ETH Fellowship Program within the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life is open! Applications are open until 10 November 2023 at 17:00 […]
Neurodegeneration enters the era of functional genomics
NOMIS Awardee Adriano Aguzzi and colleague Martin Kampmann have published a review article in Science exploring progress in treatment for neurodegenerative diseases. They ask the question, “What accounts for the […]
Discovery of Achilles heel in the cancer-associated RBM39 gene
NOMIS researcher Marc-David Ruepp and colleagues have discovered a mechanism of RBM39 autoregulation, providing a solid basis to design alternative anti-cancer therapies. Their findings were published in Nature. RBM39 is […]
Educational attainment protects against a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease
A new study led by Mass General Brigham and a research team that included NOMIS researcher Eric Reiman and other investigators from across the United States and Colombia has shown that […]
Lipid chemistry empowers nuclear shape
NOMIS researcher Alwin Köhler and colleague Anete Romanauska have successfully transformed cell nuclei, which are typically round, into cell nuclei with edges. This spectacular shape change was accomplished by genetic […]
Increased efficiency, precision and reliability in DNA editing
NOMIS Awardee and Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo has, together with fellow researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, described improvements in the methods with which […]
Immune system’s T cells play role in regulating fat and muscle loss during infection in mice
NOMIS researcher Janelle Ayres and colleagues at the Salk Institute have discovered that CD8+ T cells initiate the process of muscle wasting during infection, and this muscle wasting helped mice […]
Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns use fundamentally different moral rhetoric, study finds
New research by NOMIS Awardee Manos Tsakiris and colleagues reveals how candidates in US presidential primary elections use distinct moral rhetoric on social media to appeal to voters. Their findings were […]
Whole-body cellular mapping in mouse using standard IgG antibodies
NOMIS researcher Ali Ertürk and colleagues have developed a new chemical method, wildDISCO, that uses conventional antibodies and fluorescent markers to image a mouse’s entire body. This revolutionary technique provides […]
Mapping the development of infection-fighting immune cells
NOMIS researcher Susan Kaech and colleagues at the Salk Institute have unraveled the “BAFfling” puzzle of how infection- and cancer-fighting immune cells develop in mice. Their findings were published in […]
DNA organization in real-time: How the motion of DNA controls gene activity
NOMIS Fellow David Brückner and colleagues from Princeton University and the Institut Pasteur in Paris have visualized the dynamic process of the three-dimensional motion of pairs of DNA loci of […]
Machine learning to predict poor school performance in paediatric survivors of intensive care
NOMIS researcher Luregn Schlapbach and colleagues have developed a machine learning model to predict poor school outcomes in children surviving the intensive care unit (ICU). Their findings were published in […]
Pairing disease-causing bacteria with dietary interventions creates long-term immunity in mice
NOMIS researcher Janelle Ayres and fellow Salk Institute colleagues have found that pairing specific diets with disease-causing bacteria can create lasting immunity in mice without the costs of developing sickness, […]