11 Jan 2019 / Research, People

The Aceto Lab finds that clustering of circulating tumor cells results in DNA hypomethylation and metastasis formation. These effects can be reversed by an approved drug.

The most dangerous aspect of breast cancer is the formation of metastases, which are seeded by circulating tumor cell clusters (CTC clusters). The team around Nicola Aceto has now discovered that the binding sites for stemness- and…

12 Dec 2018 / Research, People

The European Research Council awards Lukas Jeker an ERC Consolidator Grant

With the 2.4 Million Euro grant by the European Research Council, the Jeker lab will further investigate the inner workings of immune cells on a molecular level with the aim to use genetic immune cell reprogramming to develop novel…

11 Dec 2018 / Research

Georg Holländer (DBM) and Sai Reddy (D-BSSE) will head the new Botnar Research Centre for Child Health

DBM research group leader Georg Holländer will be the foundig director of the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health at the University of Basel and ETH Zürich.Uninews

28 Nov 2018 / Research, People

Sara Meyer receives SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship

The DBM congratulates PD Dr. Dr. Sara Meyer, who was awarded a SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship (http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/careers/eccellenza/Pages/default.aspx)  for her project "Mechanisms and targeting of oncogenic MAPK…

07 Nov 2018 / People

DBM research group leaders Peter Itin and Ivan Martin were elected to members of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences

The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) Senate has elected Prof. Peter Itin as honorary member and Prof. Ivan Martin as member of the SAMS Senate. They will receive their certificate at the award ceremony on November 29, 2018. …