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February 18, 2022
Aukera Therapeutics qualifies for BaseLaunch funding program
The spin-off Aukera Therapeutics, which was founded at the Biozentrum last year, has been selected for the start-up accelerator program BaseLaunch.…

February 16, 2022
Heat stress reduces lifetime of mRNA molecules
Using a newly developed method, the team led by Prof. Attila Becskei at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has succeeded in precisely…

January 31, 2022
Biozentrum Highlights: 2021 in Review
An intensive year lies behind us. We mastered the move into the new Biozentrum and since fall research and teaching is again in full swing. We have…

January 28, 2022
Safeguarding the cell nucleus
The nucleus is guarded by a highly secure door, the so-called nuclear pore, that controls the transport of substances from the cytoplasm to the cell…

January 26, 2022
"Even Omicron has three variants"
Prof. Richard Neher from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel is using his Nextstrain platform to investigate which variants of the SARS-CoV-2…

January 26, 2022
Alex Schier awarded distinction of AAAS Fellow
Prof. Alex Schier from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science…

January 11, 2022
Obituary for Johan N. Jansonius (1932 - 2022)
The Biozentrum is mourning the death of Johan N. Jansonius, Professor emeritus of Structural Biology at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, who…

January 10, 2022
ERC Starting Grant for neurobiologist Anissa Kempf
How does our brain control sleep? A five-year European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant is enabling Professor Anissa Kempf at the Biozentrum of…

January 03, 2022
A springboard into research for Bachelor students
With the "Biozentrum Research Summer" program, Bachelor students in the life sciences have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a cutting-edge…

December 21, 2021
T cells: No time to die
They are at the forefront in the fight against viruses, bacteria, and malignant cells: the T cells of our immune system. But the older we get, the…