The Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), based in Basel, Switzerland, is a world-class biomedical rese ... arch institute with a twofold mission — understanding the molecular mechanisms of health and disease, and training young scientists. The institute has an international staff of about 340 people and 21 research groups. Its main areas of focus are neurobiology, genome regulation and multicellular systems. Named after Friedrich Miescher, the Swiss biochemist who discovered nucleic acids, the FMI is affiliated with the University of Basel and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. read more