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December 04, 2019
Biozentrum spin off ARTIDIS raised 8.8 Million Swiss Francs
ARTIDIS announced the successful closure of a CHF 8.8 million seed financing securing early clinical validation and the next development phase towards…
November 29, 2019
Randy Schekman receives honorary doctorate from the University of Basel
The University of Basel awarded Prof. Randy Schekman, who has been closely associated with the Biozentrum for many years, an honorary doctorate at…
November 22, 2019
Magnesium deprivation stops pathogen growth
When pathogens invade the cells, our body combats them using various methods. The team led by Prof. Dirk Bumann from the Biozentrum, University of…
November 12, 2019
Obituary for Max Burger
The Biozentrum is mourning the death of Max M. Burger, former Professor of Biochemistry at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, and former director of…
October 23, 2019
Development of a novel class of antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is rapidly advancing and poses a global health hazard. The situation is further aggravated by the fact that hardly any new drugs…
September 25, 2019
T3 Pharma: Lead product expected to enter clinical phase
The closing of the second financing round of over 12 million Swiss Francs and the strengthening of the development team pave the way for T3…
September 05, 2019
Resistance can spread even without the use of antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance does not spread only where and when antibiotics are used in large quantities, conclude researchers from laboratory experiments.…
September 03, 2019
Flavio Donato awarded ERC Starting Grant
In May this year, Prof. Flavio Donato started his own research group at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. For his pioneering research project…
September 02, 2019
Unique fingerprint: What makes nerve cells unmistakable?
Protein variations that result from the process of alternative splicing control the identity and function of nerve cells in the brain. This allows…
August 02, 2019
How brain tumors promote their own growth
Research groups at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, in collaboration with the Department of Biomedicine and the University Hospital Basel,…