BIONOMOUS raises CHF 1.3 million Seed funding in a round led by Nivalis Group
BIONOMOUS announces today it has raised a CHF 1.3 million Seed funding round led by Nivalis Group, with participation from SICTIC business angels and Venture Kick. Since we founded Bionomous in 2019 it has been a challenging and exciting pathway to get where we are today. The closing of this Seed funding round is a […]
Zebrafish larvae as a model to decision-making processes – a case study
We make thousands of decisions every day. It has been estimated that we make around 220 decisions each day only related to food (1). Choice is fundamental for our lives, as well as for the behaviour of all the other animals. Making a decision requires to integrate physiological and psychological information to choose a course […]
Precise spatiotemporal genome editing in Zebrafish using CRISPR/Cas9
Since 1901, Nobel Prizes have been awarded to “those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”, in Alfred Nobel’s words1. Last year, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded with this recognized prize in the field of chemistry for their contributions to the genetic engineering tool known as CRISPR/Cas92. CRISPR/Cas9 […]
Startup Days 2021
Bionomous’ participated at the Startup Days 2021 (SUD21) in Bern Last week, Bionomous team had the pleasure to attend the Startup Days in Bern, and pitch in front of a large audience. The Start-up days was a selected COVID-19 pilot event, with 600 attendees. Besides, during the Startup Days, we also had the great opportunity […]
Zebrafish as a model to study the toxicity of different pesticides – a case study
Since 1974, World Environment Day has been celebrated every year on 5 June, so this month we want to acknowledge this event by reviewing a scientific article where zebrafish are used to test the toxicity of certain pesticides: Toxicity of Deltamethrin to Zebrafish Gonads Revealed by Cellular Biomarkers 1, published in Journal of Marine Science […]
Zebrafish to study a broken heart: macrophages’ implication in scar formation after a heart attack
In this series of articles, we review some of the key scientific publications of 2020 which included zebrafish in their studies. This review will cover an article published in Nature Communications on January 30th, 2020: Macrophages directly contribute collagen to scar formation during zebrafish heart regeneration and mouse heart repair1. This article challenges the current […]
Man-made chemicals PFAS surround us, and you did not even know about their toxic effect: what zebrafish can tell us
In this series of articles, we review some of the key scientific publications of 2020 which included zebrafish in their studies. This second review will cover an article published in Environmental Health Perspective on April 9th 2020: Evaluation of Developmental Toxicity, Developmental Neurotoxicity, and Tissue Dose in Zebrafish Exposed to GenX and Other PFAS1. In […]
Bilan magazine selects Bionomous as one of the most promising startups in Switzerland
The magazine Bilan, the leading swiss business magazine has named us one of the most promising and best start-ups in Switzerland! We are very proud to announce that Bionomous has been named one of the best Swiss startups to invest in. Every year, Bilan conducts a search for new start-ups appearing in the Swiss ecosystem (start-ups less than […]
Studying breast cancer with zebrafish: a case study
In this new series of articles, we will review some of the key scientific publications of 2020 which included zebrafish in their studies. This first review will cover an article published in Clinical Cancer Research on March 15th 2020: Deubiquitinase Activity Profiling Identifies UCHL1 as a Candidate Oncoprotein that Promotes TGFβ-induced breast cancer metastasis1. In […]
IMD and Bionomous: collaborating for success
We are so excited to have started the collaboration with the IMD’s MBA students ! Last December we won the IMD Startup Competition to participate in a program which provides a unique opportunity to get the insights of participants in IMD’s MBA and Executive MBA programs and work with them. This last month we have started working […]