History

2005

IMSB is founded with Prof. Ruedi Aebersold as first Institute's Head.
Lukas Pelkmans joins IMSB as an Assistant Professor

2006

Uwe Sauer is appointed by ETH as Professor and joins IMSB
Prof. Stoffel from Rockefeller University joins IMSB

2007

Prof. Ernst Hafen joins IMSB from the University Zurich

2010

Prof. Lukas Pelkmans leaves IMSB for a Faculty position at the University of Zurich
Matthias Heinemann (Sauer group) is appointed Ass. Professor at the University of Groningen
Prof. Christian Wolfrum (originally in the Stoffel lab) is appointed Professor by ETH in the D-HEST Department.

2012

Prof. Markus Stoffel leaves IMSB to join the newly founded Institute of Molecular Health Sciences of ETH Zurich

2013

Prof. Manfred Claassen joins IMSB as Assistant Professor
Prof. Breat Christen joins IMSB as Assistant Professor

2014

Prof. Bernd Wollscheid is appointed by ETH and joins D-HEST
Prof. Lan Huang from UC Irvine joins IMSB on a sabbatical
Prof. Terry Hwa from UCSD joins IMSB on a sabbatical

2016

Prof. Berend Snijder joins IMSB as Assistant Professor

2017

Paola Picotti is appointed by ETH as Associate Professor and joins IMSB

2018

Nicola Zamboni is promoted to Adjunct Professor

2020

Prof. Manfred Claassen leaves IMSB for a professorship at the University/University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany
Prof. Ruedi Aebersold retires from active research but stays on to head the Tumor Profiler Project at ETH Zurich

2021

Prof. Ernst Hafen retires at the end of July
Prof. Ruedi Aebersold retires at the end of August
Prof. Beat Christen leaves IMSB at the end of August
Dr. Hugo Stocker leaves IMSB and takes up a position at the IBC

2022

Pedro Beltrao is appointed by ETH as Professor and joins IMSB
In Feb 2022, Prof. Emma Wetter Slack from D-HEST physically moved to IMSB
At the end of 2022, Dr. Mattia Zampieri leaves IMSB for a Professorship at the University of Basel
Paola Picotti is promoted to Full Professor.

2023

Prof Igor Stagljar from the University of Toronto joins IMSB on a sabbatical