Fiona Doetsch
@doetschlab.bsky.social
Adult stem cells, Neuroscience, Glia, Cerebrospinal fluid, Choroid plexus, Vasculature
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Congratulations to ISSCR Vice President Fiona Doetsch for being awarded this tremendous honor!
Prof. Fiona Doetsch has been awarded the 2026 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine!
Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠
Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠
Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Congratulations to ISSCR Vice President Fiona Doetsch for being awarded this tremendous honor!
It is an incredible honour to receive this prize. I thank all members of my lab over the years, and my wonderful colleagues and collaborators, who have joined, inspired and supported me on this exciting journey. ❤️ Biozentrum is a fantastic place to do science!
Prof. Fiona Doetsch has been awarded the 2026 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine!
Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠
Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠
Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
It is an incredible honour to receive this prize. I thank all members of my lab over the years, and my wonderful colleagues and collaborators, who have joined, inspired and supported me on this exciting journey. ❤️ Biozentrum is a fantastic place to do science!
It is an incredible honour to receive this prize. I thank all members of my lab over the years, and my wonderful colleagues and collaborators, who have joined, inspired and supported me on this exciting journey.
FIONA DOETSCH @doetschlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch is awarded the 2026 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine for discovering the identity of neural stem cells in the adult mammalian brain and for demonstrating that they enable mammals to adapt to specific physiological states.
January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It is an incredible honour to receive this prize. I thank all members of my lab over the years, and my wonderful colleagues and collaborators, who have joined, inspired and supported me on this exciting journey.
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📢 The Louis-Jeantet Foundation is happy to announce the 2026 #LouisJeantetPrizes, awarded to YASMINE BELKAID @pasteur.fr and to FIONA DOETSCH @doetschlab.bsky.social hlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch
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January 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
📢 The Louis-Jeantet Foundation is happy to announce the 2026 #LouisJeantetPrizes, awarded to YASMINE BELKAID @pasteur.fr and to FIONA DOETSCH @doetschlab.bsky.social hlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch
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Stem Cell Reports is calling for applications to serve on its editorial team as an Early Career Editor, a prestigious opportunity for outstanding, early-career scientists to help shape the future of stem cell publishing. The deadline to apply is 13 March 2026. https://ow.ly/8iiP50XWscj
January 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Stem Cell Reports is calling for applications to serve on its editorial team as an Early Career Editor, a prestigious opportunity for outstanding, early-career scientists to help shape the future of stem cell publishing. The deadline to apply is 13 March 2026. https://ow.ly/8iiP50XWscj
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I am very excited to announce the opening of the submission site for the upcoming Conférences Jacques Monod on Developmental Biology, May 18-22, 2026 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
@lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and I have an exciting program of speakers and slots for selected short talks, etc.
@lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and I have an exciting program of speakers and slots for selected short talks, etc.
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I am very excited to announce the opening of the submission site for the upcoming Conférences Jacques Monod on Developmental Biology, May 18-22, 2026 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
@lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and I have an exciting program of speakers and slots for selected short talks, etc.
@lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and I have an exciting program of speakers and slots for selected short talks, etc.
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Interested in the heterogeneity of blood vessels in the CNS? Here we review the unique features of the spinal cord vasculature, its barrier properties and neurovascular interactions, highlighting unknown aspects and future research directions.
@CRC1366
@erc.europa.eu @immunosens.bsky.social
@CRC1366
@erc.europa.eu @immunosens.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Interested in the heterogeneity of blood vessels in the CNS? Here we review the unique features of the spinal cord vasculature, its barrier properties and neurovascular interactions, highlighting unknown aspects and future research directions.
@CRC1366
@erc.europa.eu @immunosens.bsky.social
@CRC1366
@erc.europa.eu @immunosens.bsky.social
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Super excited that our group will be supported by an ERC Starting Grant!
In project "InfoFate" we will study how cells use information in dynamical, neighborhood & mechanical signals to make decisions.
We'll have PhD and Postdoc positions available, please get in touch if interested!
In project "InfoFate" we will study how cells use information in dynamical, neighborhood & mechanical signals to make decisions.
We'll have PhD and Postdoc positions available, please get in touch if interested!
Why do some cells become neurons and others muscle?
Physicist Prof. David Brückner @davidbrueckner.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch receives a prestigious #ERCStartingGrant to uncover how cells make life-shaping decisions. @erc.europa.eu
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
Physicist Prof. David Brückner @davidbrueckner.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch receives a prestigious #ERCStartingGrant to uncover how cells make life-shaping decisions. @erc.europa.eu
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
ERC Starting Grant for Physicist David Brückner
How do cells decide which role to take on in the body? Prof. David Brückner from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel is investigating this and similar questions. Over the next five years, a Star...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Super excited that our group will be supported by an ERC Starting Grant!
In project "InfoFate" we will study how cells use information in dynamical, neighborhood & mechanical signals to make decisions.
We'll have PhD and Postdoc positions available, please get in touch if interested!
In project "InfoFate" we will study how cells use information in dynamical, neighborhood & mechanical signals to make decisions.
We'll have PhD and Postdoc positions available, please get in touch if interested!
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Save the date and apply! We are organising another edition of the Monte Verità meeting “Neurogenesis from development to adulthood in health and disease”, March 30th to April 2nd 2026. Fantastic line up of speakers and beautiful setting! More details can be found here: neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...
August 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Save the date and apply! We are organising another edition of the Monte Verità meeting “Neurogenesis from development to adulthood in health and disease”, March 30th to April 2nd 2026. Fantastic line up of speakers and beautiful setting! More details can be found here: neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...
New pre-print on sex differences in the choroid plexus- the 🧠's fluid secretion organ. Important differences in secretory signaling & immune compartments that can impact the 🧠 in health & disease. @karol-kaiser.bsky.social@violesilvar.bsky.social Luca von Allmen. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Choroid plexus sex differences in secretory signalling and immune compartments
The choroid plexus (ChP)- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) axis is emerging as a key regulator of the brain environment. The ChP is a multi-functional structure, which forms the blood-CSF barrier, and acts a...
www.biorxiv.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New pre-print on sex differences in the choroid plexus- the 🧠's fluid secretion organ. Important differences in secretory signaling & immune compartments that can impact the 🧠 in health & disease. @karol-kaiser.bsky.social@violesilvar.bsky.social Luca von Allmen. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Excited to share our latest on adult neural stem cells & OPCs #GLIA2025 @gliameeting.bsky.social
Stop by our posters!
T15-005A Ana Delgado (Tuesday) Intraventricular OPCs and macrophages/microglia
T15-023C Hanae Omiya (Thursday) Epigenetic/transcriptomic heterogeneity of adult neural stem cells
Stop by our posters!
T15-005A Ana Delgado (Tuesday) Intraventricular OPCs and macrophages/microglia
T15-023C Hanae Omiya (Thursday) Epigenetic/transcriptomic heterogeneity of adult neural stem cells
July 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Excited to share our latest on adult neural stem cells & OPCs #GLIA2025 @gliameeting.bsky.social
Stop by our posters!
T15-005A Ana Delgado (Tuesday) Intraventricular OPCs and macrophages/microglia
T15-023C Hanae Omiya (Thursday) Epigenetic/transcriptomic heterogeneity of adult neural stem cells
Stop by our posters!
T15-005A Ana Delgado (Tuesday) Intraventricular OPCs and macrophages/microglia
T15-023C Hanae Omiya (Thursday) Epigenetic/transcriptomic heterogeneity of adult neural stem cells
Thrilled that @zaycha.bsky.social & Corina Segalada received the Bruno Speck Award 2024 in basic stem cell research today for our publication on how pregnancy induces transient neurogenesis from specific stem cell pools in mothers! Congratulations to all🎉 🧠🧪👩🔬@biozentrum.unibas.ch @science.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thrilled that @zaycha.bsky.social & Corina Segalada received the Bruno Speck Award 2024 in basic stem cell research today for our publication on how pregnancy induces transient neurogenesis from specific stem cell pools in mothers! Congratulations to all🎉 🧠🧪👩🔬@biozentrum.unibas.ch @science.org
Great meeting! Early registration and abstract deadline Jan 15 2025. Looking forward to seeing you there!🧪🧠
Do not miss your chance to present your work on neural stem cells and their complexity and plasticity at the ISSCR Athens International Symposium. Abstracts are due 15 January 👉 bit.ly/4diDKtK
January 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Great meeting! Early registration and abstract deadline Jan 15 2025. Looking forward to seeing you there!🧪🧠