Alex Schier
@schierlab.bsky.social
Schierlab. Biozentrum Basel. Development. Behavior. Zebrafish. Curious.
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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 10:09 AM
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.
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Best Christmas Card of 2025 award goes out to the @biozentrum.unibas.ch for this incredible building-themed-advent-calendar! Opening a window each day has been fantastic! ❄️☃️😁
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Best Christmas Card of 2025 award goes out to the @biozentrum.unibas.ch for this incredible building-themed-advent-calendar! Opening a window each day has been fantastic! ❄️☃️😁
We will miss you Madalena and follow your exciting research at [email protected]
This past month marked the end of an era at the @schierlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch. It was a meaningful, intense, often challenging, but also incredibly rewarding chapter of my scientific journey. Thank you all in the Schier Lab for the unconditional support and the Schierleading!
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
We will miss you Madalena and follow your exciting research at [email protected]
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This past month marked the end of an era at the @schierlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch. It was a meaningful, intense, often challenging, but also incredibly rewarding chapter of my scientific journey. Thank you all in the Schier Lab for the unconditional support and the Schierleading!
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This past month marked the end of an era at the @schierlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch. It was a meaningful, intense, often challenging, but also incredibly rewarding chapter of my scientific journey. Thank you all in the Schier Lab for the unconditional support and the Schierleading!
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🧪An international study led by Prof. Roderick Lim has discovered that nuclear pore complexes—gateways in the nuclear membrane—are not rigid or gel-like as once thought. Instead, their interiors are constantly moving and rearranging. @unibas.ch @snsf.ch 👉
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Shapeshifting gates guard the cell nucleus
An international study led by the University of Basel has discovered that nuclear pore complexes – tiny gateways in the nuclear membrane – are not rigid or gel-like as once thought. Their interiors ar...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🧪An international study led by Prof. Roderick Lim has discovered that nuclear pore complexes—gateways in the nuclear membrane—are not rigid or gel-like as once thought. Instead, their interiors are constantly moving and rearranging. @unibas.ch @snsf.ch 👉
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
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... and we would love to see you ALL - working with ANY fish model - join us in Vienna for www.ezm2026.org, the biggest fish meeting in 2026! We plan to have a special session 'beyond zebrafish' and would love to include talks representing other fish systems across all sessions. Pls spread the word!
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
... and we would love to see you ALL - working with ANY fish model - join us in Vienna for www.ezm2026.org, the biggest fish meeting in 2026! We plan to have a special session 'beyond zebrafish' and would love to include talks representing other fish systems across all sessions. Pls spread the word!
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Apply for our Master of Science in Physics of Life – training in cutting-edge research at the interface of physics, mathematics, engineering and life sciences. Scholarships available. Application deadline: 30 November. More: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/education/de...
@biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch
@biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Apply for our Master of Science in Physics of Life – training in cutting-edge research at the interface of physics, mathematics, engineering and life sciences. Scholarships available. Application deadline: 30 November. More: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/education/de...
@biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch
@biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging
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#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
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#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
September 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging
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#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
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#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
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We’re proud of our global research community at the Biozentrum @unibas.ch!
Our scientists from 40+ countries bring their passion & diverse cultures to every discovery.
🔬Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Cg...
Our scientists from 40+ countries bring their passion & diverse cultures to every discovery.
🔬Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Cg...
Working at the Biozentrum Basel | World-Class Science & Life in Switzerland
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September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We’re proud of our global research community at the Biozentrum @unibas.ch!
Our scientists from 40+ countries bring their passion & diverse cultures to every discovery.
🔬Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Cg...
Our scientists from 40+ countries bring their passion & diverse cultures to every discovery.
🔬Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Cg...
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The Zebrafish Neurobiology meeting will be held this fall- Nov 19-22 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Abstracts are due Sept 5th. #cshlzebrafish
Please join us in person or attend virtually with access to posters and oral sessions via zoom.
meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Abstracts are due Sept 5th. #cshlzebrafish
Please join us in person or attend virtually with access to posters and oral sessions via zoom.
meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Zebrafish Neurobiology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Zebrafish Neurobiology meeting will be held this fall- Nov 19-22 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Abstracts are due Sept 5th. #cshlzebrafish
Please join us in person or attend virtually with access to posters and oral sessions via zoom.
meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Abstracts are due Sept 5th. #cshlzebrafish
Please join us in person or attend virtually with access to posters and oral sessions via zoom.
meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
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Seven researchers from the University of Basel receive ERC Starting Grants – an exceptional result for the University of Basel. Over the next five years, they will each receive between EUR 1.5 million and EUR 2.3 million in funding.
Seven researchers from the University of Basel receive ERC Starting Grants
In the competition for highly sought-after research funding from the European Research Council, seven researchers from the University of Basel convinced the jury with their project ideas. Over the nex...
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September 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Seven researchers from the University of Basel receive ERC Starting Grants – an exceptional result for the University of Basel. Over the next five years, they will each receive between EUR 1.5 million and EUR 2.3 million in funding.
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Save-the-date
Career Event @unibas.ch – October 22, 2025
Join us for an inspiring two-part event:
Interview with Thomas Schinecker, CEO of Roche; Panel with leaders from Roche and McKinsey & Company; Apéro & Networking. More information: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/events/confe...
Career Event @unibas.ch – October 22, 2025
Join us for an inspiring two-part event:
Interview with Thomas Schinecker, CEO of Roche; Panel with leaders from Roche and McKinsey & Company; Apéro & Networking. More information: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/events/confe...
September 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Save-the-date
Career Event @unibas.ch – October 22, 2025
Join us for an inspiring two-part event:
Interview with Thomas Schinecker, CEO of Roche; Panel with leaders from Roche and McKinsey & Company; Apéro & Networking. More information: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/events/confe...
Career Event @unibas.ch – October 22, 2025
Join us for an inspiring two-part event:
Interview with Thomas Schinecker, CEO of Roche; Panel with leaders from Roche and McKinsey & Company; Apéro & Networking. More information: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/events/confe...
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Now published @natecoevo.nature.com with @annika-nichols.bsky.social, our latest on the evolution of 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 across 𝟲𝟬 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 of cichlid fishes! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Now published @natecoevo.nature.com with @annika-nichols.bsky.social, our latest on the evolution of 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 across 𝟲𝟬 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 of cichlid fishes! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
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BIG NEWS!! We will be hiring a new professor with 25 years of endowed funding at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch, focused on using biophysics and structural biology to explore climate-related fundamental science topics. Come start an innovative research cluster with us! 🧪🔬🧶🧬🌾🌍
🧪 The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship in #ClimateBiophysics at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch, funded by the Georg H. Endress Foundation. This new professorship strengthens climate research @unibas.ch. www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
New endowed professorship strengthens climate research at the University of Basel
The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship at the Biozentrum to make fundamental discoveries at the interface between biophysics and climate-relevant environmental biology. This...
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August 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
BIG NEWS!! We will be hiring a new professor with 25 years of endowed funding at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch, focused on using biophysics and structural biology to explore climate-related fundamental science topics. Come start an innovative research cluster with us! 🧪🔬🧶🧬🌾🌍
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🧪 The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship in #ClimateBiophysics at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch, funded by the Georg H. Endress Foundation. This new professorship strengthens climate research @unibas.ch. www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
New endowed professorship strengthens climate research at the University of Basel
The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship at the Biozentrum to make fundamental discoveries at the interface between biophysics and climate-relevant environmental biology. This...
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August 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🧪 The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship in #ClimateBiophysics at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch, funded by the Georg H. Endress Foundation. This new professorship strengthens climate research @unibas.ch. www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
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Assistant Project Coordinator – Biozentrum PhD Fellowships – PhD Student Office (80% - 100%)
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#Biozentrum #Basel #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Assistant #ProjectCoordinator
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#Biozentrum #Basel #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Assistant #ProjectCoordinator
August 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Assistant Project Coordinator – Biozentrum PhD Fellowships – PhD Student Office (80% - 100%)
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#Biozentrum #Basel #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Assistant #ProjectCoordinator
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#Biozentrum #Basel #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Assistant #ProjectCoordinator
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NCCR AntiResist, “New approaches to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria”, is recruiting a Scientific Officer (80-100%)
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#Biozentrum #Basel #research #science #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Scientific #Officer #NCCR #AntiResist
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#Biozentrum #Basel #research #science #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Scientific #Officer #NCCR #AntiResist
August 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
NCCR AntiResist, “New approaches to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria”, is recruiting a Scientific Officer (80-100%)
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#Biozentrum #Basel #research #science #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Scientific #Officer #NCCR #AntiResist
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#Biozentrum #Basel #research #science #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Scientific #Officer #NCCR #AntiResist
Everything (and more) you wanted to know about Nodal Signaling. A Paradigm for TGFβ Signaling in Embryonic Development | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Nodal Signaling: A Paradigm for TGFβ Signaling in Embryonic Development | Annual Reviews
Nodal signaling molecules are TGFβ family ligands that arose early during bilaterian evolution and are crucial for several key steps in embryonic development. They regulate the specification of mesode...
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August 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Everything (and more) you wanted to know about Nodal Signaling. A Paradigm for TGFβ Signaling in Embryonic Development | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Apply now for the prestigious and independent #BiozentrumPhDFellowships. Great science. Unique rotation-based selection of research group and other incentives. The summer call is open until October 12, 2025. bit.ly/4caiqqX @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch #fellowship #PhD#Switzerland
Biozentrum PhD Fellowships
Share your passion for life sciences. If you are talented and highly motivated, want to broaden your horizons and are interested in a wide range of research topics, apply for one of the sought after B...
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August 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Apply now for the prestigious and independent #BiozentrumPhDFellowships. Great science. Unique rotation-based selection of research group and other incentives. The summer call is open until October 12, 2025. bit.ly/4caiqqX @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch #fellowship #PhD#Switzerland
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To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
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has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
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Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit
Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Genome Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group addressing exciting and original biological...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
There are only so many science jobs abroad to absorb U.S. scientists. What’s coming is more than a brain drain — it’s a brain drought, as new talent stops entering US science altogether.
As happened in Germany in the 1930s, we will see an exodus of America’s greatest minds to other countries as scientists flee attacks by this administration on research. This is “Trump’s gift” to the world. And it is a catastrophe for the United States. bigthink.com/starts-with-...
American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history
Over the first half of 2025, the USA has cut science as never before. This disaster for American science is a gift to the rest of the world.
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July 27, 2025 at 4:51 AM
There are only so many science jobs abroad to absorb U.S. scientists. What’s coming is more than a brain drain — it’s a brain drought, as new talent stops entering US science altogether.
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If you are in the Boston area on July 23, join me, Doug Melton, Kara McKinley, Barbara Treutlein, Hans Clevers, and Ivan Martin for a discussion on stem cells and organoids in biology and medicine. Register here:
swissnex.org/boston/event...
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Biological Engineering: A Conversation on the Future of Medicine - Swissnex in Boston and New York
Connecting Switzerland, North America and the world in science, education, innovation and art.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you are in the Boston area on July 23, join me, Doug Melton, Kara McKinley, Barbara Treutlein, Hans Clevers, and Ivan Martin for a discussion on stem cells and organoids in biology and medicine. Register here:
swissnex.org/boston/event...
swissnex.org/boston/event...
If you are in the Boston area on July 23, join me, Doug Melton, Kara McKinley, Barbara Treutlein, Hans Clevers, and Ivan Martin for a discussion on stem cells and organoids in biology and medicine. Register here:
swissnex.org/boston/event...
swissnex.org/boston/event...
Biological Engineering: A Conversation on the Future of Medicine - Swissnex in Boston and New York
Connecting Switzerland, North America and the world in science, education, innovation and art.
swissnex.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you are in the Boston area on July 23, join me, Doug Melton, Kara McKinley, Barbara Treutlein, Hans Clevers, and Ivan Martin for a discussion on stem cells and organoids in biology and medicine. Register here:
swissnex.org/boston/event...
swissnex.org/boston/event...
From July 4, 2015 to July 4 now. "Once democratic expectations are lowered, rebuilding them becomes exponentially harder. The best remedy is dishabituation – to see things in light of our best historical practices, our largest ideals, and our highest aspirations". www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Will we habituate to the decline of democracy?
The recent attack on science in the US is not only undermining knowledge; it is also undermining democracy. In a healthy democracy, public policy is guided by evidence, and truth is the shared foundat...
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July 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
From July 4, 2015 to July 4 now. "Once democratic expectations are lowered, rebuilding them becomes exponentially harder. The best remedy is dishabituation – to see things in light of our best historical practices, our largest ideals, and our highest aspirations". www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...