Events
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Alex Dunn: Progress in defining cellular routines that construct multicellular tissues
Prof. Alex Dunn (Stanford University) Further link
Host: Prof. Alex Schier
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Prof. Dr. Jean Pieters: Regulation of autoimmunity and transplant rejection by the coronin 1 pathway—lessons from mouse models
Prof. Dr. Jean Pieters, Biozentrum, Basel
Program
FMI, Young investigator seminar series
Dr. Daniel Krueger: Epithelial tension controls intestinal cell extrusion
Dr. Daniel Krueger (Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands) Hans Clevers group
Seminar Serie
Dr. Ryan Hylton: Streamlined Montage Cryo-Electron Tomography for the Exploration of Cellular and Tissue Ultrastructure
Dr. Ryan Hylton, Max-Planck-Gymnasium, Dortmund, Germany
Host: Prof. Dr. Ben Engel
Abstract
November 17, 2025
18:00 - 20:00
Location: Bar du Nord, Schwarzwaldallee 200 (Badischer Bahnhof)
SeminBar
Prof. Csaba Szabo: In Science We Trust? - The Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research
SeminBar with Prof. Csaba Szabo (Professor at the Section of Pharmacology and Department of Oncology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Fribourg)
Csaba is also the author of the recently published book “Unreliable” on bias, fraud, and the reproducibility crisis in biomedical research.
More about Csaba here
Host: NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering
PANORAMA event
Marion Neumann and Prof. Matthias Liechti: From Basel to the World: A Funny Trip on Psychedelics
Marion Neumann – Artist, filmmaker; Swiss Psychedelic Society & Prof. Matthias Liechti – Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the University Hospital of Basel and DBM
The 45-minute interview with our experts is followed by a Q&A session and an informal apéro
Register here
FMI Seminar
Prof. Torben Heick Jensen: Nuclear RNA processing
Prof. Torben Heick Jensen (University of Aarhus, Denmark )
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV 67912-01
Dr. Philippe Bastin: In search of mechanisms driving evolution of cilia and flagella
Dr. Philippe Bastin, Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
Host: Dr. Alexey Baldin (Group Pieters)
Abstract
November 20, 2025
17:30 - 18:30
Location: ZLF Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel, Seminar room 2nd floor
Prof. Dr. Judith Zaugg, Speaker of the month
Athena’s Journey: Empowering Women in Science
Followed by Networking and Apéro
Please register here
Flyer
Internal Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Fengjie Wu: Atomic Tuning of Cell Signaling & Dr. Stefan Imseng: title tba
Dr. Fengjie Wu (Ambizione fellow; group Hiller)
Dr. Stefan Imseng (Aukera)
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Dr. Stavros Giaglis: Exploring the innate immune system in autoimmune diseases: from individual cell populations to complex organotypic models
Dr. Stavros Giaglis, DBM, Basel
Program
Seminar Series: Current research in Bioinformatics I
Prof. Donate Weghorn: Decoding the origins of mutations: From tumor signatures to germline hotspots
Prof. Donate Weghorn, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
Host: Aleksei Mironov
Abstract
Seminar Series: Infection Biology - from in vitro models to human patients
Prof. Amandine Guérin: Host manipulation by the parasite Cryptosporidium
Prof. Amandine Guérin, University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine
Host: Prof. Dr. Marek Basler
Abstract
Einblicke Biozentrum - Aktuelles aus der Forschung
Prof. Roderick Lim: Nuclear pores: How to protect and penetrate the cell nucleus
Prof. Roderick Lim (Biozentrum, Universität Basel)
Webpage
FMI Seminar
Prof. Sutapa Chakrabarti: Molecular mechanisms of function and regulation of RNA helicases
Prof. Sutapa Chakrabarti (Free University, Berlin)
Seminar Series: Infection Biology - From in vitro models to human patients
Prof. Franziska Faber: Spore formation in Clostridioides difficile is governed by small RNAs
Prof. Franziska Faber, Universität Würzburg
Host: Prof. Dr. Dirk Bumann
Abstract
FMI Young Investigator seminar series
Dr. Jerome Nicolas Janssen: title tba
Dr. Jerome Nicolas Janssen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva)
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Martin Beck: Nuclear Pores as Guardians of the Genome
Dr. Martin Beck, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany
Host: Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim and Dr. Birthe Fahrenkrog
Lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research, VV 76078-01
Prof. Dr. Yuping Li: Bacteria-jumbophage arms race
Prof. Dr. Yuping Li, Biozentrum, Basel
Program
Seminar Series: Current Research in Bioinformatics I
Dr. Fridtjof Brauns: Title tba
Dr. Fridtjof Brauns
Host: Prof. Dr. David Brückner
Seminar Series: Infection Biology - From in vitro models to human patients
Prof. Suzan Rooijakkers: Antibodies & complement against bacterial infections
Prof. Suzan Rooijakkers, UMC Utrecht
Host: Prof. Dr. Urs Jenal
Prof. Stefano Vanni: Discovering new membrane protein functions with multi-scale molecular simulations
Prof. Stefano Vanni, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg
Seminar Series: Cell Biology Lecture Series I
Host: Fanny Le Blanc (group Engel)
Abstract
FAREWELL LECTURE Prof. Markus Affolter: 37 years at the Biozentrum – Thank you!
Internal Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Meric Ataman: title tba & Dr. Raul Ortiz: title tba
Dr. Meric Ataman (group Zavolan)
Dr. Raul Ortiz (group Scheiffele)
DBM lecture series: Genetic Approaches in Biomedical Research VV 76078-01
Prof. Dr. Daniel Pinschewer: Immunity and Tolerance in Persistent Viral Infection
Prof. Dr. Daniel Pinschewer, DMB, Basel
Program
Seminar Series: Infection Biology - from in vitro models to human patients
Prof. Elina Laanto: Uncovering the hidden diversity and functional potential of bacteriophages through isolatebased research
Prof. Elina Laanto, University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
Host: Prof. Dr. Yuping Li
Abstract
Einblicke Biozentrum - Aktuelles aus der Forschung
Prof. Peter Scheiffele: Autismus - Neuronale Besonderheiten und neue Behandlungswege
Prof. Peter Scheiffele (Biozentrum)
Webpage
FMI Seminar
Dr. Filip Roudnicky: Functional Genomics of Antisense Medicines: From Genome-Scale Screens to Mechanism
Dr. Filip Roudnicky (Roche, Basel)
Dr. Matthias C. Truttmann: Targeting AMPylation-mediated chaperone regulation in proteostasis and aging
Dr. Matthias C. Truttmann, University of Michigan Medical School
Host: Prof. Urs Jenal
January 08, 2026
10:00 - 18:00
Location: Pharmacenter, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel, Lecture hall 1
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Basel Cell Therapy Symposium 2026
The symposium will include three Sessions, "Cellular Therapies for Infectious Disease and Cell Manufacturing”, "Hematopoietic Stem Cell Engineering” and "Engineering Immune Cells”, posters sessions and three Keynote Lectures held by Luca Gattinoni (Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany), Luigi Naldini (San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Milan, Italy), Chiara Bonini (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy).
Cell Biology Lecture Series II, VV 67912-01
Prof. Edan Foley: Title tba
Prof. Edan Foley
Host: Host: Dr. Joaquín Navajas Acedo (Group Schier)
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life sciences VV 62642
Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz: Title tba
Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Campus, Ashburn,VA, USA
Host: Prof. Anne Spang
Cell Biology Lecture Series II, VV 67913-01
Dr. Ginny Farías: Title tba
Dr. Ginny Farías, Neuronal Organelle Dynamics, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Host: Dr. Debdatto Mookherjee (group Spang)
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62642
Prof. Suliana Manley: title tba
Prof. Suliana Manley (EPFL Lausanne)
Host: Prof. Anissa Kempf
Discovery Seminar
Dr. Silvia Fre: Conserved signals dictate symmetry braking and regeneration of multilayered epithelia
Dr. Silvia Fre, Developmental Biology and Genetics, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Host: Prof. Dr. David Brückner
Abstract
Cell Biology Lecture Series II, VV 67913-01
Dr. James Briscoe: Title tba
Dr. James Briscoe, Developmental Dynamics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Host: Dr. Joaquin Navajas Acedo (group Schier)