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February 12, 2018
Marek Basler received renowned Friedrich Miescher Award
Prof. Marek Basler from the Biozentrum at the University of Basel and Prof. Paola Picotti from the ETH Zurich have been selected to receive the…
February 07, 2018
T3 Pharma qualifies for BaseLaunch funding program
T3 Pharmaceuticals, a spin-off from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, has been selected for the second phase of the BaseLaunch start-up…
February 01, 2018
The Biozentrum welcomes new Director Alex Schier
On February 1, 2018, Prof. Alexander F. Schier took over as new Director of the Biozentrum, University of Basel. The University Council had appointed…
January 25, 2018
Lab-on-a-chip for tracking single bacterial cells
The research group led by Prof. Erik van Nimwegen at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, together with researchers from the Max Planck…
January 18, 2018
Pradel Research Award 2018 for Silvia Arber
Prof. Silvia Arber, Neuroscientist at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, receives…
January 17, 2018
Farewell Symposium for Prof. Erich Nigg, Director of the Biozentrum, on 1 February 2018
Erich Nigg, Professor of Cell Biology and, since 2009, Director of the Biozentrum will retire from the University of Basel on January 31, 2018. On…
January 15, 2018
Nobel laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard at the Biozentrum
How does the zebrafish get its stripes? Why does it change from species to species? Which cells are responsible for the variety and beauty of the…
January 08, 2018
kids@science 2018 – very young researchers at the Biozentrum
This year the Biozentrum of the University of Basel will open its doors again for school children to participate in the study week kids@science, a…
January 08, 2018
Survival strategy of messenger RNAs during cellular sugar shortage
If a cell runs low on sugar, it stores certain messenger RNAs in order to prolong its life. As Prof. Anne Spang’s research group at the Biozentrum of…
December 27, 2017
Bacteria acquire resistance from competitors
Bacteria not only develop resistance to antibiotics, they also can pick it up from their rivals. In a recent publication in "Cell Reports", Prof.…