News Archive 2023
December 08, 2023
Torsten Schwede appointed as new President of the SNSF Research Council
The Committee of the Foundation Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has elected Professor Torsten Schwede as the new President of…
November 23, 2023
Pregnancy remodels the brain: stem cells shape the sense of smell in mothers
Pregnancy and motherhood lead to brain remodeling. Prof. Fiona Doetsch's team at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has now discovered that…
November 22, 2023
German pharma company acquires Biozentrum start-up for 450 million Swiss francs
The biotech company T3 Pharmaceuticals, a spin-off from the Biozentrum, University of Basel, is being acquired by the German pharmaceutical company…
November 21, 2023
Sophisticated swarming: Bacteria support each other across generations
When bacteria build communities, they cooperate and share nutrients across generations. The team led by Prof. Knut Drescher at the Biozentrum,…
October 11, 2023
Win-win in muscle research: faster results and fewer laboratory animals thanks to new method
To study muscle diseases, scientists rely on the mouse as a model organism. Markus Rüegg's research group at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has…
October 09, 2023
Cancer research: Metabolite drives tumor development
Cancer cells are chameleons. They completely change their metabolism to grow continuously. The team led by Prof. Michael N. Hall at the Biozentrum,…
October 05, 2023
New findings pave the way for hearing loss therapies
As we age, many of us will eventually need hearing aids. In some cases, the reason for this may be a signaling pathway that controls auditory sensory…
September 20, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Tools shed light on millions of proteins
A team led by Dr. Joana Pereira and Prof. Torsten Schwede at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics…
September 11, 2023
Novel insights: How muscles change during endurance training
The more we exercise our endurance, the fitter we become – and so do our muscles. They adapt to the load and are able to perform better for a longer…
September 05, 2023
Two SNSF Ambizione Fellowships for the Biozentrum
This year, two young scientists from the Biozentrum, University of Basel, have been awarded a prestigious Ambizione Grant from the Swiss National…