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September 30, 2024
Biozentrum spin-off Translation-X receives Venture Kick funding
In 2022, Dr. Özgür Genç together with Prof. Peter Scheiffele from the Biozentrum, University of Basel, founded the startup Translation-X with the goal…
September 26, 2024
New target to treat severe autoimmune disease
Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have made significant progress in understanding a rare but serious immune disease. The team…
September 16, 2024
Two new SNSF Ambizione Fellows at the Biozentrum
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has awarded two young scientists from the Biozentrum at University of Basel a prestigious Ambizione…
September 09, 2024
Balzan Prize for Prof. Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum
Prof. Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has been awarded the 2024 Balzan Prize for Biological Mechanisms of Ageing. The…
August 27, 2024
New Assistant Professor appointed to the Biozentrum
In August 2025, Claudia Keller Valsecchi will join the Biozentrum of the University of Basel as a new Assistant Professor. The molecular biologist,…
August 21, 2024
Obituary for Prof. em. Joachim Seelig (1942 – 2024)
The Biozentrum mourns the loss of Joachim Seelig, Professor emeritus of Structural Biology at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel.
August 19, 2024
Biozentrum Retreat: Fostering Science and Community
From August 14 to 16, 2024, the second Biozentrum Retreat took place at the Campus Sursee, bringing together around 250 researchers, from master's…
August 14, 2024
The brain creates three copies for a single memory
A new study from Prof. Flavio Donato at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, now published in “Science”, reveals that the memory for a specific…
August 14, 2024
Ribosomal component helps cells find their identity
The "protein factories" of the cell, the ribosomes, consist of up to eighty components. Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have…
July 30, 2024
Precise Genetics: New CRISPR method enables efficient DNA modification
The research group led by Prof. Markus Affolter at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has developed a new method that further improves the existing…