Events
D-BSSE seminar
Prof. Bertie Göttgens: From stem cell states to stem cell flux
Prof. Bertie Göttgens (Director, Cambridge Stem Cell institute, Prof. of Molecular Hematology, University of Cambridge)
Host: Prof. Timm Schroeder
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Naama Barkai: How do transcription factors find their targets in vast genomes? A spotlight on intrinsically disordered regions.
Prof. Naama Barkai, Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Host: Prof. Dr. Alex Schier
September 09, 2026
09:00 - 17:00
Location: Swiss TPH, Kreuzstrasse 2, 4123 Allschwil
Swiss TPH Symposium
From Knowledge to Impact: Transformational Learning in Global Health
Seminar Series: New Approaches to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance, VV 14466-01
Prof. Sunny Shin: Innate immune defense against intracellular bacterial pathogens
Prof. Sunny Shin, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Host: Prof. Dr. Christoph Dehio
Abstract
FMI seminar
Dr. Julius Brennecke: Invasion, replication, and silencing of an endogenous retrovirus
Dr. Julius Brennecke (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria)
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV No.: 67912-01
Prof. Marek Mlodzik: New insights and surprises in Wnt/b-catenin and Wnt/Planar Cell Polarity signaling
Prof Marek Mlodzik, ISMMS, New York, USA
Host: Prof. Dr. Alex Schier
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Roy Parker: RNP Granules in health and disease
Prof. Roy Parker, University of Colorado Boulder
Host: Prof. Dr. Maria Hondele
September 22, 2026
14:30 - 18:00
Location: University Medical Library Basel, Spiegelgasse 5
SciLib Forum 2026
AI in Charge or Human in the Loop? Maintaining Scientific Ownership in the Age of Generative AI. 22 September - 23 September
Program and registration here
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV No.: 67912-01
Prof. Simon Hippenmeyer: Principles of Neural Stem Cell Lineage Progression
Prof. Simon Hippenmeyer, ISTA, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Host: Prof. Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi
Graduate Teaching Cycle C2, VV 13182-01
Matteo Allegretti: Built to deliver a genome: architecture of the most extreme nucleus in human cells and the molecular basis of male infertility
Matteo Allegretti, MRC Cambridge, UK
Host: Dr. Birthe Fahrenkrog, Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim
FMI, Young Investigator Seminar Series
Dr. Frederic Roemschied: Modulation of neural function following experience in alternate social realities
Dr. Frederic Roemschied (European Neuroscience Institute, Goettingen, Germany)
FMI seminar
Dr.Jan Padeken: title tba
Dr. Jan Padeken, (Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany)
Graduate Teaching Cycle C2, VV 13182-01
Tobias Williams: Nuclear speckles
Tobias Williams, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel
Host: Dr. Birthe Fahrenkrog, Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV No.: 67912-01
Prof. Mark Ashe: Translation factories" as sites for the co-ordinated production of protein
Prof. Mark Ashe, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Host: Dr. Debdatto Mookherjee (Group Spang)
Graduate Teaching Cycle C2, VV 13182-01
Juliane Glaser: Transposable elements during mammalian development
Juliane Glaser, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
Host: Dr. Birthe Fahrenkrog, Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Darren Gilmour: Title tba
Prof. Darren Gilmour, University of Zurich
Host: Prof. Dr. Alex Schier
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV No.: 67912-01
Dr. Ali Seleit: Title tba
Dr. Ali Seleit, University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Host: Dr. Joaquin Navajas Acedo (group Schier)
Graduate Teaching Cycle C2, VV 13182-01
Valentin Flury: Epigenome maintenance (across cell divisons)
Valentin Flury, Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
Host: Dr. Birthe Fahrenkrog, Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Xavier Trepat: Programming Shape in Living Tissues
Prof. Xavier Trepat , Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Host: Prof. Dr. David Brückner
Abstract
October 19, 2026
14:00 - 12:30
Location: University Hospital, Klinikum 1, Spitalstrasse 21, 4031 Basel, Auditorium: Hörsaal 2 / 2nd floor
Basel Breast Consortium, October 19 -21, 2026
International Annual Meeting on Breakthroughs in breast cancer research and treatment
Registrations with abstract submissions will be open until September 10, 2026
Late registrations without abstract submission will be possible until October 05, 2026.
Seminar Series: C2 Graduate Teaching Lecture: Functional Organisation of the Cell Nucleus
Susanne Wegmann: Title tba
Susanne Wegmann, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, Charité, Berlin, Germany
Host: Dr. Birthe Fahrenkrog, Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim
October 27, 2026
19:00 - 19:45
Location: Biozentrum, Lecture hall Maurice E. Müller Saal, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056 Basel
Einblicke Biozentrum: Aktuelles aus der Forschung
Prof. Yuping Li - lecture in English: From Basic Biology to Phage Therapy
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Marta Zlatic: Title tba
Dr. Marta Zlatic,University of Cambridge, UK
Host: Prof. Dr. Alex Schier
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Nadine Vastenhouw: Title tba
Prof. Nadine Vastenhouw (University of Lausanne )
Host: Prof. Susan Mango
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV 67912-01
Dr. Dafni Hadjieconomou: Title tba
Dr. Dafni Hadjieconomou, Brain Institute, ICM, Paris, France
Host: Dr. Joaquín Navajas Acedo (Group Schier)
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Dr. Irene Miguel-Aliaga: The sex and geometry of organs
Dr. Irene Miguel-Aliaga, Crick Institute, London, UK
Host: Prof. Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV 67912-01
Dr. Núria Ros i Rocher: Title tba
Dr. Núria Ros i Rocher, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Host: Dr. Alexey Baldin (Group Pieters)
Graduate Teaching Cycle C2, VV 13182-01
Ramona Jühlen: Chromatin decondensation
Ramona Jühlen, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Host: Dr. Birthe Fahrenkrog, Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim
November 24, 2026
19:00 - 19:45
Location: Biozentrum, Lecture hall Maurice E. Müller Saal, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056 Basel
Einblicke Biozentrum: Aktuelles aus der Forschung
Prof. Alex Schier: Genesis: Vom Ei zum Embryo
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Aleksandra Walczak: Title tba
Prof. Aleksandra Walczak, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Host: Anne Moor
Cell Biology Lecture Series I, VV No.: 67912-01
Dr. Yonghua Li-Beisson: Title tba
Dr. Yonghua Li-Beisson, CEA Cadarache, France
Host: Fanny Le Blanc (Group Engel)
Einblicke Biozentrum: Aktuelles aus der Forschung
Prof. David Brückner: Physik trifft Biologie - Wie Zellen sich selbst organisieren
Cell Biology Lecture Series II, VV 67912-01
PhD Associate Prof. Jan Zylicz: Title tba
PhD Associate Prof. Jan Zylicz, Dept. Biomedical Sciences, Uni Copenhagen, Denmark
Host: Prof. Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi
Biozentrum Discovery seminar - Discoveries in Life Sciences VV 62641
Prof. Iñaki Ruiz: Title tba
Prof. Iñaki Ruiz (Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona
Host: Prof. Dr. Jean Pieters