Adapting to repeated stress is essential for maintaining mental health. In a new paper published by the Bohacek lab, researchers have mapped, for the first time, the dynamic molecular changes that occur during stress habituation. The work uncovers molecular mechanisms associated with stress habituation: Waag et al, Nature Communications.
We were excited to welcome Prof. Fanny Langlet from UNIL to our INS
seminar. In her talk, we learned about the fascinating world of tanycytes in
the hypothalamus and their role in immunology.
Gerhard Schratt received the FreeNovation Grant 2025 over 220.000 CHF from the Novartis Foundation. The CRISPR gene-editing technology will be used to block the access of inhibitory microRNAs to gene copies, thereby boosting the expression of the corresponding protein. This could represent a novel therapeutic strategy to restore normal protein expression in haploinsufficiencies, genetic disorders where one functional copy of a gene is not enough to compensate for the other non-functional copy.
Chiara did a splendid job in the lab and even worked extra hours to contribute to an additional PROTAC project. Best wishes for what’s next—we are sure you have a great professional career ahead!
It was exciting to hear about the beauty of worms as a model to study
neuroscience and explore the possibilities of “freezing” memories for
preservation.