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June 25, 2021
We’re moving!
The big moment arrives on June 28th. The first of the almost 500 Biozentrum employees will move into the newly constructed Biozentrum. We are so…
June 21, 2021
Anne Spang newly elected member of the Leopoldina
Prof. Anne Spang, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, has become a member of the German National…
June 18, 2021
Virtual PhD Retreat 2021
The PhD Retreat is organized every year by graduate students of the Biozentrum and Pharmaceutical Sciences. For many students, the event is an…
June 16, 2021
Immune defense: How immune cells are activated
Immune cells protect our body against invading pathogens. The chemokine receptor CCR5 on the surface of T cells plays an important role in this…
June 11, 2021
New glial cells discovered in the brain: Implications for brain repair
Neurons, nerve cells in the brain, are central players in brain function. However, a key role for glia, long considered support cells, is emerging. …
June 03, 2021
How the key protein mTOR controls cell growth
In order to grow in size, cells require many proteins. Their production is regulated by the protein complex “mTORC1”. Researchers at the Biozentrum of…
June 02, 2021
A “Catch-22” vaccine against Salmonellosis
Researchers from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and the ETH Zurich have designed a vaccine cocktail that sets an evolutionary trap for the…
May 27, 2021
Farewell of Prof. Martin Spiess
What paths do proteins take within the cell and how do they reach their destination? These are the central questions addressed by Prof. Martin Spiess…
April 30, 2021
Sanity: Analyzing single-cell data without distortion
Single-cell RNA sequencing is a powerful experimental method for determining the molecular identities and characteristics of individual cells.…
April 29, 2021
A bacterial toxin facilitating chronic infection
Some pathogens persist in the body causing chronic infections. Researchers led by Prof. Christoph Dehio and Prof. Tilman Schirmer at the Biozentrum,…