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December 11, 2025
Aukera Therapeutics Comes Out of Stealth and Enters Preclinical Efficacy Studies
The biotech company Aukera Therapeutics is emerging from stealth to accelerate preclinical development of its first-in-class RAPTOR inhibitors. The…
December 11, 2025
Obituary for Professor Jürg P. Rosenbusch (1938–2025)
The Biozentrum commemorates Jürg P. Rosenbusch, Emeritus Professor of Microbial Biochemistry at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel.
December 09, 2025
ERC Consolidator Grants for two Biozentrum researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Prof. Claudia Keller Valsecchi and Prof. Flavio Donato at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, each a…
December 08, 2025
How bacteria resist hostile attacks
Some bacteria use a kind of molecular “speargun” to eliminate their rivals, injecting them with a lethal cocktail. Researchers led by Prof. Marek…
December 02, 2025
Shapeshifting gates guard the cell nucleus
An international study led by the University of Basel has discovered that nuclear pore complexes – tiny gateways in the nuclear membrane – are not…
December 02, 2025
Obituary for Ueli Aebi (1946–2025)
The Biozentrum mourns the passing of Ueli Aebi, Emeritus Professor of Structural Biology and co-founder of the Maurice E. Müller Institute for…
November 27, 2025
Congenital muscle weakness: Muscles fail to regenerate
For more than two decades, Prof. Markus Rüegg from the Biozentrum at the University of Basel has been investigating a severe form of muscular…
November 10, 2025
Prof. Markus Affolter achieves emeritus status
After more than two decades of groundbreaking research at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Prof. Markus Affolter will become Professor…
October 01, 2025
Longevity research: Dietary stress supports healthy aging
Certain nutrients in food can trigger a mild stress response in nematodes. But instead of making them sick, this actually helps them stay healthier as…
September 04, 2025
ERC Starting Grant for Physicist David Brückner
How do cells decide which role to take on in the body? Prof. David Brückner from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel is investigating this and…