March 16, 2021Explore human brain organoids using VoxHunt!The computational toolkit allows exploring and visualizing brain organoid patterning, developmental state, and cell identity using single-cell genomic data
March 14, 2021Member of the Optic Disc Drusen consortium Peter Maloca has been elected as member of this international research alliance, dedicated to elucidate the mechanisms of optic disc drusen-related visual loss
March 11, 2021Join the Virtual 15th International Research Colloquium on Retinal DegenerationWith special formats for junior researchers, this year's meeting focuses on precision medicine and innovative model systems for translation research.Register now for the event on April 9!
March 01, 2021Recognition for Dasha NelidovaShe won a Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award which recognizes outstanding achievement during graduate studies in the biological sciences. Congratulations!
February 26, 2021Online-Webinar von Retina Suisse zu neuen Entwicklungen bei der Stargardt-KrankheitLucas Janeschitz-Kriegl und Hendrik Scholl referieren am 4. März zum Thema "Mit welchen Herausforderungen sind die Forschenden bei der Entwicklung einer Therapie für die erbliche Makuladegeneration Morbus Stargardt konfrontiert?"
February 12, 2021BENCH TO BEDSIDE SYMPOSIUM 2021Botond Roska spoke about “The human retina and its organoids at single cell resolution”
February 10, 2021Junk DNA is fake news!What has been considered as desert zones or "empty" stretches of DNA is responsible for genetic disorders – a Nature paper with major contribution from our 'Rivolta-Group' shows
February 08, 2021Powerful and transparent tool to optimize applications for patientsThe T-REX machine learning co-developed at IOB sheds light on discrepancy between how a computer works and how humans think
February 01, 2021Welcome @IOB, Andreas Keller!He won an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship of the University of Basel in the areas of neurophysiology and brain research, and performs his research at IOB, leading our Visual Cortex Plasticity Group
January 29, 2021@SwissNeuro best publication award 2021 in cellular & molecular neuroscienceSwiss Society for Neuroscience honors Dasha Nelidova’s work to make blind retinas see again
January 28, 2021Pfizer Research Prize 2021 goes to Dasha NelidovaOne of the most prestigious awards in the field of biomedical research in Switzerland is Dasha’s fifth recognition for her PhD research. Congratulations!
January 25, 2021Patient-specific avatars of disease for personalised medicineIOB contributes to unleash human organoids’ tremendous potential for biomedical applications: the Organoid Cell Atlas pilot project creates a reference for optimal organoid systems and disease models
January 22, 2021Our new high performance tool for genetic mappingAutoMap enhances molecular diagnosis of inherited diseases. The tool’s description is published in @NatureComms
December 15, 2020Botond Roska receives Greenberg Visionary Prize to End Blindness He was awarded as a representative for "the most major breakthrough in restoration of vision in human patients"
November 27, 2020Powerful approach to identify disease pathwaysScience invited IOB group leader Gray Camp and ETH Zürich Professor Barbara Treutlein to provide their perspective on the combination of in vivo genetic screens with single-cell transcriptome sequencing.
November 20, 2020Renowned global award for Dasha Nelidova As her fourth (!) accolade this year, she received the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists, for her approach of expressing mammalian or snake TRP channels in light-insensitive retinal cones. Congratulations!