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Do zebrafish fall in love?

Valentine's Day just passed and zebrafish show us their dance again. In fact, male zebrafish have a special way to seduce females: they court females by dancing! By being an emergent model in biology and medicine, zebrafish are more and more studied and used. But do we really know about their social behavior? This article tries to better understand zebrafish breeding and mating choice in order to increase egg production in fish facilities and laboratories. Zebrafish and its life cycle Mating choice The courtship Conclusion References Zebrafish and its life…

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21 February 2023

News

BIONOMOUS raises USD 2.7 million Series A funding in a round led by Nivalis Group

BIONOMOUS announces today it has raised a USD 2.7 million Series A funding round led by Nivalis Group, with participation from Cybernetix Ventures and Capital Risque Fribourg. Since we founded Bionomous in 2019 it has been a challenging and exciting pathway to get where we are today. The closing of this Series A funding round is a huge milestone for our company. This investment allows us to scale the production of the EggSorter and prepare for global deployment. The investment round is led by Nivalis Group, a Swiss Holding based in Villaz-St-Pierre,…

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20 January 2023

21st Australia and New Zealand Zebrafish Meeting

Bionomous will be present at the 21st ANZ Zebrafish meetingANZ stands for Australia and New Zealand, and this year scientists using the zebrafish model in these countries have organised the first conference to discuss hot topics using this model.Bionomous is going to be present at the conference which will be held at Mantra Mooloolaba Beach from 12.02.2023 to 15.02.2023.If you happen to be around, do not hesitate, and pass by!Visit the symposium web page: https://anzzebrafishmeetingaustralia.wordpress.com/

ANZAAP Aquatic Symposium 2023

Bionomous will be present at ANZAAP 2023 Bionomous is going to participate in the ANZAAP Aquatic Symposium 2023. After two years of online events, the ANZAAP Symposium is back in person. This year the conferences will be held at Melbourne University – Parkville Campus in a hybrid format – live in person as well as online accessibility. The event will gather leading aquatic animal professionals to share their knowledge and research with the community. ANZAAP stands for Australia New Zealand Association of Aquatic Professionals and it is a non profit association that…

Open Positions

Software engineer (80 – 100%)

About BionomousBionomous is a spin-off of the Biorobotics Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Our team works on the development and commercialization of laboratory equipment to automate certain processes in biology and biotechnology, with the aim of facilitating and accelerating research in certain fields such as genetics, toxicology, developmental biology and for non-clinical testing.Your mission Integrate the software team of Bionomous and participate in the development of new software releases for our main product, while working also on new software tools for our next…

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29 December 2022

Open Positions

Technicien(-ne) mécatronique (80 – 100%)

A propos de Bionomous Bionomous est une spin-off du Laboratoire de biorobotique de l'Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Notre équipe travaille sur le développement et la commercialisation d'équipements de laboratoire pour automatiser certains processus en biologie et en biotechnologie, dans le but de faciliter et d'accélérer la recherche dans certains domaines tels que la génétique, la toxicologie, la biologie du développement et pour les tests non cliniques. Votre mission En vue d’augmenter nos capacités de production de produits, nous recherchons une personne motivée avec une formation technique en mécatronique…

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29 December 2022

Open Positions

Ingénieur(e) mécanique (80 – 100%)

A propos de Bionomous Bionomous est une spin-off du Laboratoire de biorobotique de l'Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Notre équipe travaille sur le développement et la commercialisation d'équipements de laboratoire pour automatiser certains processus en biologie et en biotechnologie, dans le but de faciliter et d'accélérer la recherche dans certains domaines tels que la génétique, la toxicologie, la biologie du développement et pour les tests non cliniques. Votre mission En vue de la croissance de notre entreprise, nous recherchons une personne motivée avec une formation en mécanique, avec si…

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29 December 2022

Articles

Xenopus laevis chromosomes in the Christmas spirit

Christmas is coming and even the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) cells are in the Christmas spirit. In fact their cells contain a structure that looks like Christmas trees. But what is this particular structure? They are rRNA transcription units in chromatin spreads. And what does this mean? Keep reading to understand it! In this article we will explain the genetic and transcription bases of this structure. DNA and RNA Christmas tree structure Conclusion References DNA and RNA All living organisms are built from deoxyribonucleotide acid (DNA). In animals, most…

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23 December 2022

News

We have released to the market our first product – the EggSorter CE

Bionomous, the Swiss-based startup that builds devices to automate processes in Life Science Research, announces that today its first product is market ready and has received CE certification. The ‘EggSorter’ is a device designed to automatically screen, sort and dispense small biological entities, such as the eggs of zebrafish, killifish, medaka and other aquatic animal models. Aquatic animal models have been increasingly used in research laboratories and in the industry to find new treatments, perform toxicology tests or understand better the biology and genetics of the living beings. The team…

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1 December 2022

Articles

Where do our aquatic models come from ?

Did you know that the EggSorter works with small biological entities from different species: from zebrafish, medaka and killifish eggs to xenopus oocytes and embryos? Sounds cool, right? But do you know where these species exactly come from and what they are used for in research? This article presents the ecology of these organisms and gives a glimpse of how they are used in research. Zebrafish Medaka Killifish African clawed frog Conclusion References Zebrafish The zebrafish is used as a model organism in laboratories because they are easy to feed…

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26 November 2022