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The team of the Biozentrum startup Translation-X has received funding from Venture Kick.

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…

Enlarged endolysosomes in fibroblasts of patients with LRBA deficiency.

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…

Janani Durairaj and Fengjie Wu have received an SNSF Ambizione Fellowship.

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…

Balzan Prize winner: Prof. Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum, University of Basel.

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…

New Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology: Claudia Keller Valsecchi

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,…

Prof. em. Joachim Seelig passed away on August 15, 2024.

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…

Early-born neurons in the hippocampus of the mouse brain.

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…

Differentiating mouse embryonic stem cells.

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…