January 02, 2025

A springboard into research for Bachelor students

With the "Biozentrum Research Summer" program, Bachelor students in the life sciences have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a cutting-edge…

December 16, 2024

New insights into blood vessel formation

The formation of blood vessels is a complex process involving the interplay of proteins and mechanic forces. In two studies, Prof. Markus Affolter’s…

December 03, 2024

Claudia Keller Valsecchi selected EMBO Young Investigator

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has selected Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi to join the Young Investigator Program. The molecular…

November 14, 2024

SNSF Starting Grant for Yuping Li

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has awarded Prof. Yuping Li from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel one of the coveted "SNSF…

October 22, 2024

Protected while sleeping: How pathogens survive antibiotic treatment

Drug tolerant bacteria pose a major challenge, because they can survive antibiotic therapies and cause recurrent infections. Researchers at the…

October 17, 2024

New discovery reveals how diatoms capture CO2 so effectively

Tiny diatoms in the ocean are masters at capturing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the environment. They fix up to 20 percent of the Earth’s CO₂. Prof. Ben…