The Biozentrum

June 01, 2026
Protection for newborns: new treatment aims to prevent meningitis without antibiotics
Meningitis is rare in newborns but often dramatic. For the first time, scientists have developed a preventive approach that stops harmful bacteria in…

May 28, 2026
Sebastian Hiller elected member of the Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences
Prof. Sebastian Hiller, structural biologist at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, has been elected as a new member of the German National…

May 08, 2026
AI models still reach limits in drug discovery
Developing new medicines is a slow and costly process. For some years now, artificial intelligence (AI) has been considered a promising tool to…

April 27, 2026
How pathogens switch on their virulence
During infection, pathogens must adapt quickly to the conditions to thrive inside the body. Prof. Sebastian Hiller’s team at the Biozentrum,…
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