Marius' colon image in the Nikon Small World Top 20

Marius made place 18 in the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, a reference competition for light microscopy images, with his mouse colon image. The 3D rendering shows a 300 um thick cleared section of a mouse colon, where nuclei were stained with DAPI and the cell membranes were tagged endogenously with GFP. The volume was imaged with a Stellaris 8 and a 20x objective over several days at FMI and reconstructed with Drishti, an open source software common in the macroscopic imaging (MRI / CT) field. We use this image and others like it as introductory and teaching material.

The bell of success

During our 10th year celebration, Prisca rang our bell and with that our new lab tradition was born: the “Bell of Success”.

From now on, every time someone in the lab achieves something, whether big or small, they will ring the bell. When the bell rings, we pause our work to come together and celebrate the moment all together.

Looking forward to our fun moments through sharing our moment of success!

10 year anniversary party of the Liberali Lab

On 27th of June, we celerbated the 10 year anniversary of the Librali Lab at ETH D-BSSE. Our lab began in June 2015, and now in June 2025, our lab has reached a major milestone: 10 incredible years of science and collaboration.

To celebrate this special occasion, we invited our alumni, colleagues, and friends from both FMI, DBSSE, people who have helped shape our journey. It was an amazing evening of reflecting on the past ten years, celebrating our achievements, and sharing excitement for what lies ahead.

Take a sneak peak of our party through the photos!

Moving into DBSSE

The Liberali lab now has two home bases: ETH D-BSSE and FMI.

We’ve recently expanded to our second location at ETH D-BSSE and are excited to be fully operating across both institutes. This will provide us to engage and interact with two excellent scientific communities. Plus, we have our own high-tech coffee machine now at D-BSSE.

Check out some fun photos during our move!

Prisca got a prestigious Basel Wissenschaftpreis!!

Prisca have been granted this year’s Science Prize by the City of Basel in honor of her pioneering work on collective behaviors of developmental and regenerative systems. Every year, exceptional researchers based in Basel receive the prize, which is worth 20,000 Swiss Francs.

To celebrate Prisca’s award, the entire Liberali lab went to Rathaus! Check out the fun moment during apero :)

Prisca announced as Professor at ETH Zürich

Exciting news! Prisca has been officially announced as Professor of Multicellular Systems at the ETH Zürich, leading to a double affiliation with the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) of the ETH and with the Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI). Both institutes are located in Basel, making it possible for our group to combine our work in two fantastic research environments and foster collaborations even further. We are all very excited for the new opportunities and proud of Prisca’s recognition as a leading expert in the field!

Maurice defended his PhD

Maurice successfully defended his PhD on Friday on “Dynamics and Plasticity of Stem Cells in the Regenerating Human Colonic Epithelium”. Maurice will continue his work on organoid models and high throughput experiment designs with us at the FMI in a new role - we are very happy to continue working with such a legendary [ ;-) ] colleague. Congrats, Dr. Kahnwald!