🌍 What if some of Earth’s “cousins” had eternal day… or endless night?
Our researchers explore exoplanets where life could exist in a narrow “twilight zone” 🌗 — congratulations to the team on this new work!
🔗 https://ow.ly/tLt150YI3UX
A 2,400-year-old ironworking workshop in Senegal is offering new insight into prehistoric metallurgy in West Africa.
This new research from our scientists highlights centuries of technical knowledge and innovation.
🔗 Find out more here: https://ow.ly/ARif50YCbti
Our scientists have uncovered a surprising clue about vertebrate evolution: some 240-million-year-old coelacanths may have heard underwater using an ossified lung.
🔗 Find out more here: https://ow.ly/1IBf50YCbg8
#UNIGE #Research #Evolution
❄️ Horizons Arctiques : en partenariat avec l’UNIGE, les voiliers Mauritius & Que Sera ont collecté des milliers de données pour mieux comprendre le rôle du pôle Nord dans l’équilibre planétaire 🌍
📅 Venez découvrir cette expédition le 31 mars à Uni Dufour
#Climat #Science
Don’t miss the call deadline! The 25th European Conference on #Computational #Biology will take place in Geneva (Aug 31–Sept 4), organized by @sib.swiss ! @mocel.bsky.social @genevunige.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social
This is a monthly seminar organized by the APDU that aims to bring all the @sciencesunige.bsky.social community to show what is the research the postdocs are doing :)
Here you have the program for the rest of the season
🇹🇭🇨🇭🔬Great visit today at #UNIGE: a delegation from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation of #Thailand explored potential research collaborations with @mocel.bsky.social The visit included a tour of #DCI cryomicroscopy platform and #Barabas group @sciencesunige.bsky.social
🎉 Registration for ECCB 2026 is now open!
Join the computational biology community in Geneva for 5 days of science & collaboration. Organized by the @sib.swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.
⏰ Early bird until 31 March
📆 31 Aug - 4 Sep 2026
👉 eccb2026.org/registration...
#eccb2026 #GenevaLovesData
Great to take part in #BachelorDay at the University of Geneva! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Faculty of Science stand to learn more about our bachelor programmes and study opportunities. 👩🔬👨🔬We look forward to welcoming many of you as future students soon!
Congrats to our CHEOPS astronomy researchers, especially Monika Lendl and David Ehrenreich, Associate professors in the Department of Astronomy, for advancing planetary formation understanding! 🌌
🔗 https://ow.ly/xMfG50YnTk1
#UNIGE #FacultyOfScience #Astronomy #CHEOPS #Exoplanets
👏 Congratulations to Thomas Bürgi, Full Professor of Physical Chemistry, recipient of a #MedAward at the #MedGala!
An award given by medical students to recognize excellence in teaching and educational commitment 🎓✨
📷Enzo Tenorio Reis Pinheiro et Nolan Métral
How do you see your future in science?
📅 Focus Carrière Science 2026
March 23–27
A week for UNIGE students and postDocs to explore scientific career paths - in academia and beyond.
Registration opens Feb 20. More soon.
Save the date 😉
📢 Highlight talk & poster submissions are open!
Submit abstracts showcasing new advances in comp biology & bioinformatics (published from 1 Mar 2025 or preprint). Posters welcome across all field areas.
🎤 Present in person: 15-min talks + discussion
🗓 Deadline: 20 Apr 2026
👉 tinyurl.com/eccb-htp
📢 ECCB2026 - Call for proceedings now open !
The Scientific Committee welcomes full manuscripts presenting original and unpublished work in computational biology.
🗓 Deadline: 5 March 2026, 1 p.m. CET
🔗 eccb2026.org/call-proceedings
#ECCB2026 #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #CallForPapers
Guillaume Pernollet shows that epithelial cells adjust their shape to locally flatten, forming scutoids for any geometry, changing our view of cell packing. Thanks to all! @clairedessalles.bsky.social @juanmagararc.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
3D reconstruction of an ATTR-F64S amyloid fibril extracted from skin tissue of a living patient. © UNIGE
Andreas #Boland's group and collaborators diagnosed a rare genetic disease (ATTR) using a simple skin biopsy. This work paves the way for new diagnostic methods for degenerative diseases. @mocel.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com www.unige.ch/medias/en/20...
Congratulations @elevylab.bsky.social and collaborators for your latest publication in Cell 👏 and welcome to BlueSky 🦋@mocel.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social
🏅Congratulations to Emeritus Prof. Ueli #Schibler for receiving the #Kappers Medal from the #EBRS: the Society’s highest honor, awarded for outstanding contributions to biological rhythms research @sciencesunige.bsky.social @mocel.bsky.social #UNIGE
ebrs-online.org/index.php/abou
