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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 […]

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 […]

Glacier-fed streams (GFSs) are harsh environments hosting unique, highly specialized communities. Interestingly, glaciers and their GFSs are also present in Earth’s tropical regions, where environmental characteristics contrast with GFS conditions […]

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 […]

Antonin Affholder is a NOMIS–ETH Fellow at the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). He is conducting his research in the Department of Environmental Systems […]

Thomas Drant is a NOMIS–ETH Fellow at the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). He is conducting his research in the Department of Earth and […]

A study by NOMIS researcher Ryan McKay and colleagues reveals that atheists in some of the world’s most secular countries show an intuitive preference for religious belief over atheism. Their […]

Glaciers are rapidly shrinking, and nearly half of the world’s glaciers are expected to disappear by 2100. While technological interventions to slow ice melt are emerging, NOMIS researcher Tom Battin […]

We find evidence of belief in belief—intuitive preferences for religious belief over atheism, even among atheist participants—across eight comparatively secular countries. Religion is a cross-cultural human universal, yet explicit markers of […]

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 […]

As glaciers begin to disappear, technological fixes to slow or halt ice melt are emerging. But regulations are urgently required before these fixes are used widely.

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, […]

A pioneering study by NOMIS researcher Tom Battin and the Vanishing Glaciers team has revealed how climate change is impacting glacier-fed streams and the essential microbiomes they contain — which […]

Microtubules are a hallmark of eukaryotes. Archaeal and bacterial homologs of tubulins typically form homopolymers and non-tubular superstructures. The origin of heterodimeric tubulins assembling into microtubules remains unclear. Here, we […]

NOMIS Awardee Catherine Dulac and her research team have discovered that the brain processes social needs in a similar way to basic survival needs like food, water and sleep, illustrating […]

NOMIS researcher Franck Polleux and fellow scientists at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute have, for the first time, observed how synaptic connections in the brain change during memory formation in living mice. […]

NOMIS Awardee Andrea Ablasser from EPFL, Switzerland, virologist Glen Barber from Ohio State University, US, and biochemist Zhijian “James” Chen from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, […]

Purpose Sepsis is a leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide. Current guidelines recommend fluid bolus administration of 40–60 mL/kg as part of initial resuscitation, despite limited evidence and […]

NOMIS researcher Ali Ertürk and fellow scientists at Helmholtz Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) and Technical University Munich (TUM) have developed a technology that enables the precise detection of nanocarriers — tiny […]

Cell migration is a fundamental process during embryonic development. Most studies in vivo have focused on the migration of cells using the extracellular matrix (ECM) as their substrate for migration. In contrast, much […]