FMI News Article Helge Großhans and his group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) have elucidated the mode of action of the RNA-binding protein and stem cell factor…
Press Release / Medienmitteilung Universität Bern Mitochondria are the "power plants" of complex cells. In order to provide the cell with energy they need protein building blocks, which are…
Press Release / Medienmitteilung Universität Basel A combination of a diabetes medication and an antihypertensive drug can effectively combat cancer cells. The team of researchers led by Prof.…
FMI News Article Yukiko Shimada, Fabio Mohn, and Marc Bühler at the FMI elucidated an important mechanistic detail of small RNA mediated chromatin silencing. They showed in fission yeast that the…
ETH Zurich News Article / Artikel ETH structural biologist Nenad Ban is to be awarded one of Europe's most highly paid prizes in the field of medicine: he is set to receive the Ernst Jung Prize for…
The fourth edition of the NCCR RNA & Disease Newsletter -The Messenger has been published:
Editorial Oliver Mühlemann Interview with Jonathan Hall Exciting developments in the field of…
Press Release / Medienmitteilung Universität Basel The team led by Prof. Mihaela Zavolan at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has investigated the expression of ribosomal proteins in a wide range…
Following a call for associate members to submit proposals for PhD projects that will be conducted in collaboration with NCCR member labs, the NCCR RNA & disease has selected the following 4…
News Article Contagion WebsiteA recently published paper reporting how the Zika virus can be inactivated in breast milk has been featured in the news section of the Contagion website. In this news…
The Mühlemann lab of the University of Bern published a high-confidence set of endogenous transcripts that are targeted by nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in HeLa cells. These NMD targets were…