A Cell and Molecular Approach to Research into the Biological Basis of the Human Condition

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 hellip

NOMIS Awardee and Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo and colleagues have described a method to detect unintended on target effects in CRISPR genome editing by DNA donors carrying diagnostic substitutions Their findings hellip

NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution Through his pioneering hellip

A collaborative research effort by NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo and colleagues shows that the modern human has more neocortex to work with than the ancient Neandertal did Their findings were hellip

NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo Hugo Zeberg and colleagues discovered that two of the most important genetic variants influencing the the ability to eliminate drugs are inherited from Neandertals These variants hellip

NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo received the 2020 Japan Prize at a ceremony in Tokyo on April 13 2022 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the 2020 and 2021 prizes were presented hellip

NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo has been awarded the 2021 Massry Prize for the Discovery of Ancient DNA and has been elected foreign member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei Pääbo hellip

NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo and colleague Hugo Zeberg have discovered a protective Neandertal gene variant that reduces the risk of becoming severely ill with COVID 19 Last year researchers at Karolinska hellip

In an article in Nature NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo and colleague Hugo Zeberg have reported that the version of the gene cluster associated with a higher risk of severe COVID 19 hellip

NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo and colleagues have discovered that people who have inherited nerve altering mutations from the ancient hominins tend to experience more pain The findings were published in Current hellip

NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo and colleagues have published their findings describing how stem cells and organoids are being used to study the Neandertal DNA found in humans Studying the Neandertal hellip

NOMIS Awardee Svante Pääbo and his colleagues have published new findings about the progesterone receptor in Neandertals Women with Neandertal gene give birth to more children One in three women hellip

2018 was a banner year for discoveries about our species 8217 s evolution and extinct relatives like the Neanderthals Here are the biggest finds sorted according to how they fit into our hellip

In China the first genetically modified babies are said to have seen the light of day This once taboo act shows how far genetic engineering can revolutionize life on the planet Swiss radio hellip

The Public Library of Science PLOS has included in its post 8220 Top 6 Human Evolution Discoveries of 2018 8221 Svante Pääbo 8217 s and Viviane Slon 8217 s discovery of interbreeding between Neandertals and Denisovans Denisovans are hellip

Karl Deisseroth Tony Wyss Coray and Svante Pääbo Recognizing not only scientific excellence but also celebrating researchers who push for unconventional paths and show exceptional engagement in insight driven research and collaboration hellip

NOMIS Distinguished Scientist Award 2017

Swiss newspaper Die Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ has published an interview with NOMIS Distinguished Scientist Svante Pääbo about his work in the field of paleogenetics and more specifically about the relevance hellip

Svante Pääbo studies DNA preserved in the remains of ancient organisms and what it can tell us about human evolution NOMIS supports his investigation of the changes that occurred in hellip