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Events

October 06, 2025

Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV 67912-01

Prof. Sandhya P. Koushika: Making and moving synaptic vesicles

12:15 - 13:15

October 16, 2025

Basel Seminars in Neuroscience

Dr. Vanessa Stempel: Midbrain circuits for instinctive behaviour production in mice

16:00 - 17:00

October 20, 2025

Seminar Series: Infection Biology - from in vitro models to human patients

Prof. Tanmay Bharat: Multi-scale, correlated imaging reveals principles of bacterial biofilm formation

11:15 - 12:15

October 20, 2025

Seminar Series: Current Research in Bioinformatics I

Roderic Guigó Serra: The GENCODE CLS project: massively expanding the lncRNA catalog through capture long-read RNA sequencing

16:15 - 17:30

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Important Dates

Miniatur-Recycling – Wie Zellen recyceln und was wir daraus lernen können
Prof. Anne Spang Mehr

28. Oktober 2025, 19:00 Uhr
Maurice E. Müller Saal
Öffentlicher Vortrag, Eintritt frei

Career Event at the Biozentrum
Big Decisions, Bold Moves
Roche CEO Interview & Panel with Leaders from Roche and McKinsey & Company
More information & registration

October 22, 2025, 5:30 pm

 

 

Research

Professor Views

sleep – movement – microbiome – CRISPR/Cas9  influenza – cell recycling

Women in Science

Researchers at the Biozentrum share their perspectives on gender equality in science

Awards & Honors

Nobel Prize - Lasker Award – Gairdner Award – Louis Jeantet Prize for Medicine …

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Bachelor - Master - PhD

▪ BSc in Biology

▪ MSc in Molecular Biology

▪ MSc in Physics of Life

 

Benefit from early involvement in active research, intensive mentoring and our international environment. 
 

▪ PhD program

▪ International PhD program

▪ Biozentrum PhD Fellowships

 

Benefit from exceptional research expertise, state-of-the-art technology facilities and an interdisciplinary teaching program.

 

Chris Peyer, Bachelor student: Interview

He chose molecular biology because he really enjoys the practical work in the lab where the times just flies by. More

 

Palmer Bassett, Master student: Interview
She wanted to find out about how it is to work and study in Europe. So, she took the leap over the ocean to do her master’s at the Biozentrum. More
 

 

Talia Ulmer, PhD student: Interview
During her master’s in neurobiology a lot of really exciting questions came up and so she decided to do a PhD and continue her research. More

 

Alexander Kuznetsov, PhD student: Interview

Since he considers things carefully before making a  decisions, the rotation-based selection of a research group suits him perfectly. More

 

 

 

Spotlights

Advance your scientific career at the Biozentrum

Join our vibrant international research community and benefit from cutting-edge facilities and interdisciplinary collaboration. Live and work in Basel, at the heart of Europe’s most dynamic life sciences hub, where scientific excellence meets cultural diversity. Switzerland offers attractive career and funding opportunities as well as an outstanding quality of life. More

Open Positions

Professor
Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging

Postdoctoral Position Research Group Yuping Li
Postdoc position (100%, funded) in “bacterial and jumbophage interaction”

Doctoral Position Research Group Knut Drescher
PhD student – Bacterial biofilms

More Open Positions

 

 

Alumni

 

Welcome
The Biozentrum Alumni organization enables the former employees and students to keep in touch and to keep on sharing in the life at the Biozentrum. Join in! More

 

Interview with Ina Sonnen
"Childhood dream: Becoming a scientist"
Since she was a child, Ina Sonnen dreamed of becoming a cancer researcher. Although her academic career took a slightly different path, the topic of cancer has never quite left her. More

 

Interview with Alumnus Henri Saenz
“The ball is rolling" 

This also describes Henri Saenz’s life. We met him at Medgate's headquarters in Allschwil and chatted with him about his journey from biology to digital health management. More