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Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 29. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01674-9.
Contribution of schizophrenia polygenic burden to longitudinal phenotypic variance in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Maris Alver 1 2 3, Valentina Mancini 4, Kristi Läll 5, Maude Schneider 4 6, Luciana Romano 7, Estonian Biobank Research Team; Reedik Mägi 5, Emmanouil T Dermitzakis 7, Stephan Eliez 7 4, Alexandre Reymond 8
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While the recurrent 22q11.2 deletion is one of the strongest genetic risk factors for schizophrenia (SCZ), variability of its associated neuropsychiatric endophenotypes reflects its … Read more. |
Trends Neurosci. 2022 Jun 30;S0166-2236(22)00123-0. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2022.06.005. Cracking the encoding of human scent in the mosquito brain
Lucia L Prieto-Godino 1, Thomas O Auer 2
PMID: 35781173DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2022.06.005
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In a recent study, Zhao et al. decipher how the olfactory system encodes human versus animal odors in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. By combining genome engineering, invivo calcium imaging, advanced chemistry, and behavioral analysis, the authors provide compelling … Read more. |
Georgia invites CIG members to her PhD public defense on Thursday 7th of July at 16:00. The talk with title “A study of the role of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in circadian timekeeping” will be given in English and it will take place at the Auditorium C, Genopode building, UNIL Sorge. Those who are not able to come in person can join via zoom using the link below:https://unil.zoom.us/j/3909008775. The … Read more. |
We are very proud to announce that the Young Researcher in Basic Sciences and Equality awards were rewarded to two brilliant CIG researchers: Martina Legris and Thomas Auer Martina Legris received in June 2022 the "Young Researcher in Basic Sciences" Award for her work showing how the class of plant photoreceptors known as phototropins control leaf curvature depending on light …
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Who is Claudia?
Dr Claudia Salat Canela started a year ago in the Vještica lab as a postdoctoral researcher. See her introduction: link
The CIG is very proud that she got this highly competitive grant and sends her its warmest congratulations!
What is this fellowship?
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support excellent postdoctoral researchers throughout Europe and the world for a period … Read more.
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3 years ago, Jonas Barraud joined the CIG as laboratory technician apprentice in biology.
Today, the whole CIG sends him its warmest congratulations on his scholar success ( CFC degree + prize for the excellence of his practical work) and is happy to welcome him as trainee during his A-levels in Biology. Well done Jonas! We are proud … Read more. |
Hello everybody! My name is Ishrak Ramzan and I am excited to have just started working in Dr. Lopez-Mejia's lab as a visiting undergraduate researcher through the UNIL's Summer Undergraduate Research (SUR) programme. I come from the United States, where I am currently pursuing my bachelor's in Biology and Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego. Previously I worked for a year …
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The Direction reminds you that Covid-19 is now considered by Swiss authorities just like all other diseases:
1. If you have been in contact with someone sick or are feeling unwell, wear a mask at work and keep your distances from your colleagues. 2. If you are sick and cannot work, usual sickness rules apply: inform your PI & secretary ASAP of your absence |
Noisy work at the Genopode - May - September, 2022The work taking place this summer on the Eastern side of the Genopode to build a new extension to our building will only be interrupted during the exam periods: June 13 to July 8 and from August 22 to September 9, 2022. |
Find all the information you need on the CIG intranet!We created a "Wiki" - What's that?
-> watch the French or English video (<3mn) to discover it! This will replace the internal information that was available until now on the institute's website... Read more. |
The University of Lausanne provides several services to help its students : financial aid and partial exemption from university fees, psychological support, dental check-ups, etc.
More information can be found on the pages in this section.
We also answer your questions by email or by phone during the hotline schedule : Monday to Friday, 10am-1pm. …Read more. |
Would you like to work in Pharma Industry, but don't know how to get in? Would you like to get an inside look to the pharmaceutical business or opening a biotech startup?PharmaCamp is a new event in Switzerland that will provide you just that. Showcase your skills to top companies & professionals and compete with your peers while having fun and network! Winners of the challenge collect a cash prize. WHO CAN APPLY? From natural science students, to … Read more. |
Are you a student, researcher, professor, employee or alumni from UNIL with an impactful project that you would like to carry out? Join the UCreate3 program from October 8th, 2022 to January 12th, 2023 and be part of 8 selected projects to: Acquire skills and tools to launch your project: support by tutors, coaches and entrepreneurs during 16 weeks and up to CHF 10.000 … Read more. |
Following the great success of the 2021 leadership courses, The EDI(Equal opportunities, diversity and integration) commission of the FBM is reorganizing leadership training courses in collaboration with HFP consulting(specialists in leadership training for scientists) for the fundamental science departments that will take place in August/September 2022 as online events. Two courses will be offered: 1) "Leadership essentials", tailored to junior group leaders (such as Ambizione, Prima, Cloetta, FNS/Eccellenza, FNS/ERC starting … Read more. |
Two junior group leader positions (with competitive start-up package) are open in the framework of the labex MitoCross (https://mitocross.unistra.fr/). One group will be located in the Molecular Genetics, Genomics, Microbiology institute GMGM, UMR 7156 and the other at the Institute of Plant Molecular Biology IBMP, UPR2357, both at the University of Strasbourg. More details here: https://gmgm.unistra.fr/en/news/piece-of-news/chaires-juniors-dans-le-domaine-de-recherches-sur-les-mitochondries. Questions about work environment can … Read more. |
The INSERM has just launched a call for the recruitment of 12 Junior professors. The Junior Professorships (CPJ) are intended for researchers with strong potential to manage and lead research teams, as well as to participate in international projects.
These tenure-track positions are based on fixed-term contracts (from 3 to 6 years), and should lead to permanent INSERM positions (as Research Directors). One … Read more. |
Nicolas Battich is currently setting up his own lab at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus and the Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells of the Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich (DE). He is looking for 4 excellent and motivated people to join his lab: t2wo PhD positions and 1 fully funded postdoctoral position in the field of single-cell -omics and stem cell research. In addition, … Read more. |
L'éprouvette, the science and society laboratory of the UNIL, is looking for students (from the third year) and assistants in biology or medicine to animate scientific workshops for schools and families. These workshops are held from Monday to Saturday, upon registration. The working hours depend on the number of registrations. The duration of the different activities varies from 2 to 4 … Read more. |
Apply for the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists, an annual prize awarded to early-career scientists. The prize is presented in four categories: Cell and Molecular Biology, Genomics, Proteomics and Systems Biology Approaches, Ecology and Environment, and Molecular Medicine. The winners will have their essays published by Science, win up to USD 30'000 and be invited to Sweden in … Read more. |
Cells is now inviting nominations for the Cells 2022 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the fields of cell biology, molecular biology, and biophysics. All nominations will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee led by the Editors-in-Chief, Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny and Prof. Dr. Cord Brakebusch. The prize:− CHF 2000 (Swiss … Read more. |
The CRISPR and Beyond: Perturbations at Scale to Understand Genomes (28-30 September 2022) hybrid conference is open for registration and abstract submissions. The fourth meeting in this series will focus on how advances in gene-editing technology and DNA synthesis are making it possible to modulate genomes with ease. Join a community of international biomedical researchers to explore the emerging technologies … Read more. |
The LS2 - Swiss Autophagy Workshop will take place in Lausanne on September 16, 2022, at the grand auditoire of the Department of Fundamental Neurosciences (DNF, Rue du Bugnon 9, Lausanne). We have an exciting list of Swiss and international invited speakers, covering different model organisms and a wide range of cell biology questions at the forefront of autophagy research. This workshop offers wonderful opportunities for young scientists to interact with … Read more. |
European Incretin meeting The goal of the Study Group is to bring together researchers in academia, hospitals and industry to exchange data and expertise in order to advance the understanding of the physiology of incretin and related hormones and their role in the pathogenesis and treatment of metabolic and other diseases.
The overall aim of the European Incretin Study Group … Read more. |
Registration now open !New Frontiers in Developmental Biology - Celebrating the Diversity of LifeSFBD-JSDB-HFSP meeting | 7-10 November 2022 SAVE THE DATE We are pleased to announce that registration is open for this joint SFBD-JSDB-HFSP Conference,centered around Developmental Biology and that will span a large range of models,from invertebrates to plants and mammals, using whole-animal or organ "systems" approach.Multiple opportunities for oral and … Read more. |
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