Dr. Michael Bachmann

Group Leader Publication Services
+41 58 765 56 08
michael.bachmann@lib4ri.ch

ORCID: 0000-0001-9450-3458

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Major Responsibilities

  • Open Access
  • Institutional repository DORA
  • AI & LLM at Lib4RI
  • Training courses: scientific writing & publishing, copyright, AI & LLM 

Professional Background & Education

  • Group Leader Publication Services (since 2025, Lib4RI, Dübendorf, CH)
  • Postdoc & Senior Scientist (2018-2024, University of Geneva, CH)
  • Postdoc (2017-2018, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GER)
  • Teacher (2015-2017, State Seminar for Teacher Education Kaiserslautern and Helmholtz-Gymnasium Zweibrücken, GER)
  • PhD in Cell & Molecular Biology (2015, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GER)
  • Diploma in Biology and Physics for Teachers (2011, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GER)

Publications 

  • Bachmann, M., & Nunnenmacher, L. (2025). Turn your institutional repository into a service instead of just a platform. In S. Willemin (Ed.), Recommendations for Swiss Higher Education Institutions to enhance the visibility of their research output (pp. 33-34). https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000735240
  • Bachmann, M. (2025). Train and consult researchers about strategies to increase their research visibility. In S. Willemin (Ed.), Recommendations for Swiss Higher Education Institutions to enhance the visibility of their research output (pp. 35-36). https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000735240
  • Idris, T., Bachmann, M., Bacchetta, M., Wehrle-Haller, B., Chanson, M., & Badaoui, M. (2024). Akt-driven TGF-β and DKK1 Secretion Impairs F508del Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelium Polarity. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 71(1), 81–94. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2023-0408OC
  • Mazel-Sanchez, B., Niu, C., Williams, N., Bachmann, M., Choltus, H., Silva, F., Serre-Beinier, V., Karenovics, W., Iwaszkiewicz, J., Zoete, V., Kaiser, L., Hartley, O., Wehrle-Haller, B., & Schmolke, M. (2023). Influenza A virus exploits transferrin receptor recycling to enter host cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 120(21), e2214936120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214936120
  • Bachmann, M., Su, B., Rahikainen, R., Hytönen, V. P., Wu, J., & Wehrle-Haller, B. (2023). ConFERMing the role of talin in integrin activation and mechanosignaling. J Cell Sci, 136(8). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.260576
  • Bachmann, M., Kessler, J., Burri, E., & Wehrle-Haller, B. (2023). New tools to study the interaction between integrins and latent TGFbeta1. bioRxiv, 2023.2001.2026.525682. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.26.525682
  • Bachmann, M., Skripka, A., Weißenbruch, K., Wehrle-Haller, B., & Bastmeyer, M. (2022). Phosphorylated paxillin and phosphorylated FAK constitute subregions within focal adhesions. J Cell Sci. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.258764
  • Bachmann, M., Schäfer, M., Mykuliak, V. V., Ripamonti, M., Heiser, L., Weißenbruch, K., Krübel, S., Franz, C. M., Hytönen, V. P., Wehrle-Haller, B., & Bastmeyer, M. (2020). Induction of ligand promiscuity of αVβ3 integrin by mechanical force. J Cell Sci. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.242404
  • Bachmann, M., Kukkurainen, S., Hytönen, V. P., & Wehrle-Haller, B. (2019). Cell Adhesion by Integrins. Physiol Rev, 99(4), 1655-1699. https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00036.2018
  • Soto-Ribeiro, M., Kastberger, B., Bachmann, M., Azizi, L., Fouad, K., Jacquier, M. C., Boettiger, D., Bouvard, D., Bastmeyer, M., Hytönen, V. P., & Wehrle-Haller, B. (2019). β1D integrin splice variant stabilizes integrin dynamics and reduces integrin signaling by limiting paxillin recruitment. J Cell Sci, 132(8). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.224493
  • Bachmann, M., Fiederling, F., & Bastmeyer, M. (2016). Practical limitations of superresolution imaging due to conventional sample preparation revealed by a direct comparison of CLSM, SIM and dSTORM. J Microsc, 262(3), 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12365
  • Langhe, R. P., Gudzenko, T., Bachmann, M., Becker, S. F., Gonnermann, C., Winter, C., Abbruzzese, G., Alfandari, D., Kratzer, M. C., Franz, C. M., & Kashef, J. (2016). Cadherin-11 localizes to focal adhesions and promotes cell-substrate adhesion. Nat Commun, 7, 10909. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10909
  • Kostina, N. Y., Pop-Georgievski, O., Bachmann, M., Neykova, N., Bruns, M., Michálek, J., Bastmeyer, M., & Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C. (2016). Non-Fouling Biodegradable Poly(ϵ-caprolactone) Nanofibers for Tissue Engineering. Macromol Biosci, 16(1), 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201500252
  • Stephan, C., Schlawne, C., Grass, S., Waack, I. N., Ferenz, K. B., Bachmann, M., Barnert, S., Schubert, R., Bastmeyer, M., de Groot, H., & Mayer, C. (2014). Artificial oxygen carriers based on perfluorodecalin-filled poly(n-butyl-cyanoacrylate) nanocapsules. J Microencapsul, 31(3), 284-292. https://doi.org/10.3109/02652048.2013.843600
  • Pinon, P., Pärssinen, J., Vazquez, P., Bachmann, M., Rahikainen, R., Jacquier, M. C., Azizi, L., Määttä, J. A., Bastmeyer, M., Hytönen, V. P., & Wehrle-Haller, B. (2014). Talin-bound NPLY motif recruits integrin-signaling adapters to regulate cell spreading and mechanosensing. J Cell Biol, 205(2), 265-281. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201308136
  • Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C., Preuss, C. M., Yameen, B., Pop-Georgievski, O., Bachmann, M., Mueller, J. O., Bruns, M., Goldmann, A. S., Bastmeyer, M., & Barner-Kowollik, C. (2013). Controlled cell adhesion on poly(dopamine) interfaces photopatterned with non-fouling brushes. Adv Mater, 25(42), 6123-6127. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201302492