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March 15, 2024

Apply now! Biozentrum PhD Fellowships

With its prestigious and much sought after PhD Fellowships, the Biozentrum enables ambitious and highly motivated young scientists to do their PhD at…

March 14, 2024

Sleep-wake rhythm: Fish change our understanding of sleep regulation

Contrary to common belief, not all vertebrates regulate their sleep-wake rhythm in the same way. Researchers led by Prof. Alex Schier at the…

March 14, 2024

Two Biozentrum researchers selected as International Society for Computational Biology Fellow

Two professors of the Biozentrum, University of Basel, and at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics have now been selected as new fellows of the…

Biozentrum Highlights of the year 2023

January 26, 2024

From World Alumni Day to Kunstmuseum Basel – Highlights 2023

The latest issue of the "Biozentrum Highlights" brochure reviews a year of scientific achievements and community activities at the Biozentrum.

Prof. Torsten Schweden newly elected President of the National Research Council of the SNSF

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,…