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October 23, 2019
Development of a novel class of antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is rapidly advancing and poses a global health hazard. The situation is further aggravated by the fact that hardly any new drugs…
September 25, 2019
T3 Pharma: Lead product expected to enter clinical phase
The closing of the second financing round of over 12 million Swiss Francs and the strengthening of the development team pave the way for T3…
September 05, 2019
Resistance can spread even without the use of antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance does not spread only where and when antibiotics are used in large quantities, conclude researchers from laboratory experiments.…
September 03, 2019
Flavio Donato awarded ERC Starting Grant
In May this year, Prof. Flavio Donato started his own research group at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. For his pioneering research project…
September 02, 2019
Unique fingerprint: What makes nerve cells unmistakable?
Protein variations that result from the process of alternative splicing control the identity and function of nerve cells in the brain. This allows…
August 02, 2019
How brain tumors promote their own growth
Research groups at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, in collaboration with the Department of Biomedicine and the University Hospital Basel,…
July 25, 2019
One or the other: Why strength training might come at the expense of endurance muscles
The neurotransmitter brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acts in the muscle, so that during strength training endurance muscle fiber number is…
July 25, 2019
How neuromuscular connections are maintained after nerve lesions
After nerve injury, the protein complex mTORC1 takes over an important function in skeletal muscle to maintain the neuromuscular junction, the synapse…
July 12, 2019
Speed controllers for protein production
The translation of the genetic code into proteins is a vital process in any cell. Prof. Mihaela Zavolan’s team at the Biozentrum, University of Basel,…
July 01, 2019
Very first “Summer Science Academy” for high school students
The first Basel Summer Science Academy is taking place at the University of Basel this year. In a two-week course, sixteen high school students from…