News Archive 2020
March 20, 2020
Tracing the coronavirus with Nextstrain
Labs and seminar rooms are empty, lectures are being held online. Even research at the Biozentrum has been reduced to the minimum. However, for Prof.…
March 16, 2020
Measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus
Due to the increasingly rapid spread of the coronavirus, the management of the University of Basel has decided on far-reaching measures. As a…
March 11, 2020
Sabotage attack: How a bacterial protein tricks our innate immune response
Upon sensing an infectious agent our immune system triggers inflammation in order to clear the infection. Prof. Christoph Dehio’s team at the…
March 10, 2020
Prof. Peter Scheiffele participates in EU-funded research project CANDY
The CANDY project investigates the biological links between neurodevelopmental disorders and co-occurring somatic illnesses and how treatment of…
February 27, 2020
Genetic signature boosts protein production during cell division
Prof. Mihaela Zavolan’s team at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has uncovered a genetic signature that enables cells to adapt their protein…
February 26, 2020
GPS for chromosomes: Reorganization of the genome during development
The spatial arrangement of genetic material within the cell nucleus plays an important role in the development of an organism. In collaboration with…
February 10, 2020
Inner “clockwork” sets the time for cell division in bacteria
Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have discovered a “clockwork” mechanism that controls cell division in bacteria. In two…
February 04, 2020
Michael Hall awarded Sjöberg Prize 2020
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Sjöberg Prize 2020 jointly to Prof. Michael N. Hall, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, and…
January 27, 2020
Nanocontainers introduced into the nucleus of living cells
An interdisciplinary team from the University of Basel has succeeded in creating a direct path for artificial nanocontainers to enter into the nucleus…
January 27, 2020
Kiss and run: How cells sort and recycle their components
What can be reused and what can be disposed of? Cells also face this tricky task. Prof. Anne Spang's team from the Biozentrum of the University of…