Digital Reputation Building in Science Seminar & Workshop
A “Digital Reputation Building in Science” Seminar and Workshop were planned to take place beginning of April in Bern. Due to the lockdown…
2nd bench2biz workshop
The 2020 bench2biz workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs took place as a virtual event over five afternoons from November 23 to December 4, 2020. The workshop could be…
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Editorial Oliver Mühlemann - The Messenger No.15
Dear colleagues, Our lives have been substantially influenced by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for more than a year now. We got used to keep distance from…
“You mean I am a liar or what?”
In this interview Steve Pascolo tells us about the history and perspective of mRNA therapeutics and his career.
A bit over 60 years ago, Yuri Gagarin was the first…
Splicing inhibition by a single methyl group
In humans, the majority of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is deposited by the heterodimer METTL3/METTL14. However, a subset of marks is placed by the writer…
Spotting the Unexpected: Translation in Stress Granules
When cells are exposed to diverse stress stimuli (e.g., viral infection, heat or oxidative stress), they activate the integrated stress…
SARS-CoV-2 depends on the ribosome missing a step
Many viruses depend on ribosomal frameshifting for the expression of their proteome and replication. Such viruses include HIV, Influenza A as well…
MOLECOOL: KOSMOS RNA – COSMOS ARN – COSMOS RNA
As a central new instrument for public communication, we have created MOLECOOL – COSMOS RNA. The trilingual website (German, French and English) serves…
Meet the NCCR women!
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of women obtaining the right to vote in Switzerland, all NCCRs currently in place across the whole country joint forces to release a series of…