Publications

Diabetes.: auth.: group Thorens

Diabetes. 2021 Apr 21;db201121. doi: 10.2337/db20-1121. Online ahead of print.
Fgf15 neurons of the dorsomedial hypothalamus control glucagon secretion and hepatic gluconeogenesis
Alexandre Picard 1, Salima Metref 1, David Tarussio 1, Wanda Dolci 1, Xavier Berney 1, Sophie Croizier 1, Gwenaël Labouebe 1, Bernard Thorens 2
Abstract
The counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia is an essential survival function. It is controlled by an integrated network of glucose responsive neurons, which trigger endogenous glucose production to restore normoglycemia. The complexity … Read more.

Gut.: co-auth.: W.Wahli

Gut. 2021 Apr 26;gutjnl-2020-323323. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323323. Online ahead of print.
Integrative study of diet-induced mouse models of NAFLD identifies PPARα as a sexually dimorphic drug target
Sarra Smati 1 2, Arnaud Polizzi 1, Anne Fougerat 1, Sandrine Ellero-Simatos 1, Yuna Blum 3 4, Yannick Lippi 1, Marion Régnier 1, Alexia Laroyenne 1, Marine Huillet 1, … Read more.

Awards

People

Auer lab

Seminars @ CIG

BIG remote SEMINARS 2021

May 3, 2021 at 4:15 PM:
Emma Hodcroft, University of Bern (CH) 
“Practical phylogenetics for public health: realising research in real-time“

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CIG remote research progress seminars

Thursday May 6 at 4pm: Gwenn Swinnen (group Soyk) and Daehan Lee (group Benton) 

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Career

Career roundtable in plant sciences and ecology, May 26, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.

The ADAS in collaboration with Skills for Scientists are organising a round table in plant sciences and ecology.
This roundtable discussion will feature 4 scientists including 2 alumni from the FBM that will talk about their career paths and current roles. Prof. S. Soyk (CIG) will participate to this roundtable  ...Read more.

Open positions

Post-doctoral fellow

PhD and Postdoc opportunities to study genome architecture at the UNIZH, Zurich (CH)

Information on the Grob's lab: https://www.botinst.uzh.ch/en/research/development/stefangrob.html

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PhD Student

PhD student position in RNA biology, circadian clocks and disease, CIG (UNIL)

Deadline 15.05.2021

>>>Link to the job add<<<
To complement the research activities in the group of Prof. David Gatfield at the CIG (Center for Integrative Genomics) of the University of Lausanne, we are seeking to recruit a PhD student to work on projects relating to RNA biology, circadian clocks and disease … Read more.

PhD Program / MD-PhD Program at the FMI, Basel (CH)
Deadline 05.2021

We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Spring 2021 round of our PhD Program and our MD-PhD Program at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI).
Interested students can learn more and apply online here: FMI PhD & MD PhD Programs Deadline for application is May 2nd, 2021Thanks,Isabelle BaumannHead of CommunicationsFriedrich Miescher Institute for … Read more.

joint-PhD position in Neuroscience available at the University of Turin (UNITO) and the University Côte d’Azur (UCA)
Deadline 15.06.2021

We are seeking for a highly motivated candidate, strongly interested in Experimental Neuroscience and Molecular Neurobiology and dedicated to high quality research. The research project deals with the identification … Read more.

Funding

Events

CRISPR and Beyond: Perturbations at Scale to Understand Genomes, Sep. 1-3, 2021

Virtual Conference CRISPR and BeyondRapid advancements in gene-editing technology enables us to begin to understand the functional implications of natural and disease-related human genetic variation.  This year’s programme will cover approaches that modulate the genome and its context at scale, from single nucleotides and genes to hundreds of growth environments. ..Read more.