ETH Zurich

NOMIS Partnership

ETH Zurich is a leading science and technology university in Zurich, Switzerland, founded in 1855 as a center of innovation and knowledge. Basic research is the foundation for the success of ETH as a whole and particularly for mission-oriented research targeted at solving global challenges. ETH has been a NOMIS partner since 2017. Together, NOMIS and ETH have established two professorships and the NOMIS–ETH Fellowship Program.

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Antonin Affholder

NOMIS Fellow

ETH Zurich

Thomas Drant

NOMIS Fellow

ETH Zurich

Sean Jordan

NOMIS Fellow

ETH Zurich

David Schnettler

NOMIS Fellow

ETH Zurich

Taylor Priest

NOMIS Fellow

ETH Zurich

April 11, 2025

How human cells repair damaged DNA

NOMIS Professor of Genome Biology Jacob Corn and fellow researchers at ETH Zurich have unravelled the complex network that cells use to repair their genetic material. By examining thousands upon […]

April 4, 2025

Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life announces 2025 cohort of NOMIS–ETH Fellows

Thomas Drant and Antonin Affholder have been named the new NOMIS–ETH Fellows at the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL) at ETH Zurich. Supporting COPL’s interdisciplinary and collaborative […]

March 26, 2025

Were large soda lakes the cradle of life?

Scientists have long puzzled over how life could have emerged when phosphorus, a key ingredient for DNA, RNA, and cellular energy, was so scarce on early Earth. New research by […]

March 24, 2025

Origin of life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells

Discovered just a decade ago, Asgard archaea are a group of microbes that bridge the gap between bacteria, simple archaea, and complex life forms like plants and animals. Martin Pilhofer, […]

March 31, 2024

ETH Zurich announces 2024 NOMIS–ETH Fellows

ETH Zurich has announced the three postdoctoral fellows who will join the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL) at ETH as part of the NOMIS–ETH Fellowship Program. David […]

April 9, 2025

Comprehensive interrogation of synthetic lethality in the DNA damage response

Abstract: The DNA damage response (DDR) is a multifaceted network of pathways that preserves genome stability1,2. Unravelling the complementary interplay between these pathways remains a challenge3,4. Here we used CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) screening […]

February 19, 2025

Large closed-basin lakes sustainably supplied phosphate during the origins of life

Abstract: The origin of life on Earth required a supply of phosphorus (P) for the synthesis of universal biomolecules. Closed lakes may have accumulated high P concentrations on early Earth. However, […]

February 5, 2024

Stepwise assembly and release of Tc toxins from Yersinia entomophaga

Abstract: Tc toxins are virulence factors of bacterial pathogens. Although their structure and intoxication mechanism are well understood, it remains elusive where this large macromolecular complex is assembled and how it […]