News Archive 2023
15. August 2023
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…
20. Juli 2023
Obituary for Prof. John G. Nicholls
The Biozentrum mourns the loss of John Graham Nicholls, emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the Biozentrum, University of Basel.
04. Juli 2023
Marek Basler newly elected EMBO member
Prof. Marek Basler of the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has been elected as a new member of the renowned European Molecular Biology Organization…
03. Juli 2023
Everything in balance? How a molecular switch controls lipid metabolism
Our body’s fat metabolism plays a vital role in energy production in our body. The research team led by Prof. Anne Spang at the Biozentrum, University…
28. Juni 2023
Great community events: Biozentrum Symposium and first World Alumni Day
The last week was intense: one great event followed the next. The Biozentrum Symposium and the first World Alumni Day brought together generations of…
20. Juni 2023
Should I stay or should I go: Hospital germ’s dual strategy
Infections are among the most frequent complications during a hospital stay. Researchers led by Prof. Urs Jenal at the Biozentrum of the University of…
09. Juni 2023
Cholera bacteria form aggressive biofilm to kill immune cells
Bacteria harness the power of communities. Prof. Knut Drescher's research group at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has now discovered that…
02. Juni 2023
Tagged for arrest: “Barcode” determines receptor’s fate.
Receptor proteins serve as the “eyes and ears” of the cell. The largest receptor family are the so-called G protein-coupled receptors. They respond to…
22. Mai 2023
Under control to the very end – how our cells kill themselves
Every day, millions of cells die in our body. Other than generally assumed, cells do not simply burst at the end of their lives but rather, a specific…
27. April 2023
«We need to learn how to deal with AI tools like ChatGPT because they will not disappear.»
Since December last year, the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT has been making headlines. It independently writes texts of such high quality that…