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Career milestone: IOB researcher Dr. Temurkhan Ayupov appointed Group Leader as of 1 June 2026
In their recent Nature paper, Ayupov and colleagues demonstrated targeted mitochondrial transplantation as a strategy to restore mitochondrial function and promote neuronal survival in models of mitochondrial dysfunction. The technology they developed, MitoCatch, enables the selective delivery of functional mitochondria to defined target cell populations and provides a framework to…
IOB Group Leader Dr. Andreas Keller appointed Associate Professor at the University of Basel
We are proud to announce that our esteemed group leader, Dr. Andreas Keller, has been appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel, effective August 1, 2024. This appointment is a testament to Keller’s exceptional contributions to neuroscience and visual research. Andreas Keller, who has…
Career milestone: Postdoctoral fellow Martin Munz to lead early cortical circuits research as a professor in Canada
“I want to understand how the brain is built,” says Martin Munz, a post-doctoral scientist in the laboratory of Botond Roska at IOB. Munz and his colleagues investigate the assembly of circuits in the cortex–which is the part of the brain that governs sensory perception, cognition, and other higher-order functions.
IOB’s winter highlights 2024
Postdoctoral fellow Arjun Bharioke became Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC, Charleston, USA). His new lab combines optical methods to interrogate circuits with computational modelling and simulations, to build an understanding of how cortical circuits form, respond to changes, and generate cognitive functions. Warm congratulations to Veronica Moreno Juan…
From IOB to DANDRITE: Fiona Müllner appointed as new Group Leader
Fiona Müllner’s research investigates how neural circuits in the thalamus — the brain’s first central processing stage — influence visual perception. During her time at IOB, Fiona explored the structure and function of the dorsolateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN), the key thalamic region connecting the retina and the visual cortex, leading to…
Bence György elected to the Gene Therapy Working Group of the Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety
The group supports the SECB in its advisory tasks related to the approval of clinical trials of gene therapy or genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the market authorization of such products.