News Archive 2021

May 27, 2021
Farewell of Prof. Martin Spiess
What paths do proteins take within the cell and how do they reach their destination? These are the central questions addressed by Prof. Martin Spiess…

April 30, 2021
Sanity: Analyzing single-cell data without distortion
Single-cell RNA sequencing is a powerful experimental method for determining the molecular identities and characteristics of individual cells.…

April 29, 2021
A bacterial toxin facilitating chronic infection
Some pathogens persist in the body causing chronic infections. Researchers led by Prof. Christoph Dehio and Prof. Tilman Schirmer at the Biozentrum,…

April 22, 2021
ERC Advanced Grant for Silvia Arber
This year’s recipients of the prestigious Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) have been announced today. The neurobiologist Prof.…

April 15, 2021
Novel antibiotic deceives bacteria through mimicry
Most antibiotics need to penetrate their target bacteria. But Darobactin, a newly discovered compound, is much too large to do so. Nonetheless, it…

March 04, 2021
Researchers crack a puzzle of bacterial genome evolution
Phylogenetic trees map the evolutionary history and ancestral relationships of organisms. At least that is the theory. However, researchers working…

March 01, 2021
Apply now! Biozentrum PhD Fellowships
With its prestigious and much sought after PhD Fellowships, the Biozentrum enables ambitious and highly motivated young scientists to do their PhD at…

February 22, 2021
Aging muscles – uncovering the causes of sarcopenia
Age-related muscle loss has a huge impact on autonomy and life quality of the elderly. Animal models help us to better understand the ageing process…

January 26, 2021
Handover of the new Biozentrum building to the University of Basel
The two cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft today handed over the new Biozentrum building to the University of Basel. The technical facilities…

January 13, 2021
Virtual Biozentrum Symposium 2021
The Biozentrum Symposium has been a permanent fixture in the Institute’s event calendar for many years. In order to provide the researchers with a…