News Archive 2022
April 12, 2022
Blood vessel formation: how the vascular cells respond to blood pressure
Our blood vessels must remain sealed to prevent blood leakage. During blood vessel formation vascular cells are able to reinforce their cell junctions…
March 23, 2022
Genetic engineering in research: same same, but different
In order to better understand the recycling of receptors in the cell, Prof. Martin Spiess' team from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel…
March 17, 2022
Benjamin Engel awarded ERC Consolidator Grant
Benjamin Engel recently joined the Biozentrum of the University of Basel as an Assistant Professor of Structural Biology and Biophysics. For his…
March 03, 2022
Brain Prize 2022 for Silvia Arber
Prof. Silvia Arber from the Biozentrum, University of Basel, and at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research receives the renowned…
March 02, 2022
Tackling the Achilles' heel of pneumonia-causing bacteria
Babies and infants are particularly at risk of developing severe pneumonia or meningitis caused by pneumococcus. The team of Prof. Camilo Perez at the…
February 28, 2022
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 28, 2022
Therapy for muscular dystrophy: A new start-up at the Biozentrum
Prof. Markus Rüegg and Dr. Judith Reinhard from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have founded the start-up “SEAL Therapeutics AG” together…
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…