Developmental Biology and Regeneration

Mitgliedschaft SAMW

Nadia Mercader ist neues Einzelmitglied im Senat der Schweizerischen Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften

Farewell

After over 6 years as manager of the zebrafish facility and Lab manager we say goodbye to Xavi Langa and wish him all the best for the future!

New Preprint

Happy to share our recent findings on "Downregulation of WT1 transcription factor gene expression is required to promote myocardial fate." A collaborative effort headed by Ines Marques including work from the Zuber and Hlushchuk groups from the Institute.

New Publication

A Systematic Analysis of Metal and Metalloid Concentrations in Eight Zebrafish Recirculating Water Systems. Zebrafish. 2021 Jul 5. Kudos to Xavier Langa and thanks to all collaborations including those from the Institute of Anatomy

EMBO workshop Cardiomyocyte Biology

We co-organized the EMBO workshop on Cardiomyocyte Biology that took place virtually from 30 May to 2 June 2021.

Dissemination activity

Nadia Mercader participated in a discussion on organ regeneration at CASA AMERICA.

Grants

Double congratulations to Myra Chávez for (1) receiving the MSCA Seal of Excellence, that will allow her to be recipient of the SELF grant from University of Bern and (2) receiving a 20'000 CHF grant from SwissLife.

MSc Thesis Andrej Vianin

Congratulations to Andrej Vianin for his MSc thesis!

new team member

A warm welcome to Prateek Arora who joined our group as a postdoctoral fellow this month.

Participation at elpaiscontufuturo

Nadia Mercader participates at the online event elpaiscontufuturo, sharing her experience as a scientist with Spanish speaking high school students.

Cloetta-Prize 2020 to Nadia Mercader

The Ceremony was held at the Institute of Anatomy and transmitted via Zoom. For more information https://www.cloetta-foundation.ch/