At the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), we unite researchers and clinicians to restore vision.
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👏 Warm congratulations from IOB to Katherine A. High, Jean Bennett & Albert Maguire on the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences!
Katherine High, CEO of our first spin-off, RhyGaze, brings scientific rigor together with a clear focus on delivering therapies for vision loss to patients.
We are pleased to celebrate this well-deserved recognition!
🔗 More details: breakthroughprize.org/Laurea…
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👁🗨We turn science into sight.
Congratulations to our Director @IOB_Roska on receiving the 2026 Future Vision Award alongside Connie Cepko & Daniel Ting. A recognition of long-term research now reaching patients.
🎬Watch the short movies: futurevisionfound.org/2026-f…
#Vision #Retina #Ophthalmology #Blindness #Neuroscience #ScienceInnovation #VisionRestoration #EyeHealth #BiomedicalResearch
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The work could help to explain why the risk of developing some brain conditions — such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease — differs between males and females
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Very nice News & Views article on our work by Samantha Krysa and Jonathan Brestoff.
@Nature @NaturePortfolio @IOB_ch
#MitoCatch #Mitochondria #Neurodegeneration
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The mitochondrion-targeting tool MitoCatch brings mitochondria into specific cell types through cell-surface-targeted binders. #NBThighlight nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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💡What if we could reboot sick cells?
IOB scientists @AyupovTemurkhan, @v_moreno_juan and collaborators led by @IOB_Roska have developed #MitoCatch, a system that delivers healthy mitochondria directly to diseased cells. A step toward precision mitochondrial medicine.
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🚀A potential paradigm shift for diseases linked to mitochondrial dysfunction.
📄 Published in @Nature: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
#MitoCatch #NatureJournal #Mitochondria #PrecisionMedicine #CellTherapy #Neuroscience #VisionResearch #BiotechInnovation #LHON #OpticNeuropathies
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🔬 #MitoCatch uses engineered protein binders, like a cellular GPS, to guide mitochondria exactly where they are needed. Three complementary versions of #MitoCatch enable targeted delivery.
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👁️ What keeps vision cells alive?
A new study just published in Neuron (@StefanESpirig, @AlvaroHerrero1 et al.) screened 2,700 compounds across 20,000 lab grown human retinas to find out.
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ALT 3D stained human organoid. © IOB, 2026
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✨The full dataset is openly available, including compounds, targets, and effects.
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🌍 This gives researchers worldwide a powerful starting point to develop therapies to preserve vision.
#Ophthalmology #OpenScience #VisionResearch #DrugDiscovery #Organoids #Retina
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🧪Developed by: @FelixFranke7 (IOB), Fernando Cardes García from Andreas Hierlemann’s lab @ETH_en, financially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) through the SwissChips initiative.
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Potential impact across journalism, law, and science.
📄 Published in Nature Electronics: nature.com/articles/s41928-0…
#Deepfakes #AI #Cybersecurity #DigitalTrust #ETHZurich #Science
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