Research Areas Research at the Biozentrum embraces a wide range of topics, with the physical basis of life as well as the behavior and dynamics of multicellular communities - from simple bacterial communities to complex…

Prof. Dr. Clemens Cabernard 2011 − 2016 I Professor of Cell Biology Clemens Cabernard studied molecular biology at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and graduated as a PhD in Developmental Biology under the…

Technology Ventures The primary goal of the basic research investigations in molecular and biomedical biology at the Biozentrum is to investigate central questions about the smallest unit of life, the cell, as well as vital…

CV of Prof. Dr. Timm Maier ORCID 0000-0002-7459-1363 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality: German Positions: Since 2023 Full Professor of Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland 2016-2023…

CV of Mohamed Chami PhD Nationality Franco-Moroccan Positions: Since 2016 Head of BioEM lab at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland 2009 – 2015 Senior Scientist in the Center for Cellular Imaging and…

CV of Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hiller ORCID 0000-0002-6709-4684 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality: German, Swiss Positions: Since 2022 Full Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland 2015 – 2022…

CV of Prof. Dr. Erik van Nimwegen ORCID 0000-0001-6338-1312 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality: Dutch Positions: Since 2015 Professor in Computational Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel 2008 – 2015…

Prof. Dr. Howard Riezman 1988 – 2002 | Professor for Biochemistry Howard Riezman first joined the Biozentrum as a postdoc in the lab of Gottfried Schatz and returned later as a Professor of Biochemistry. Riezman earned his…

CV of Prof. Dr. Silvia Arber ORCID 0000-0002-6261-250X Nationality : Swiss Positions: 2015 – 2018 Deputy Director of the Biozentrum Since 2008 Full Professor for Neurobiology/Cell Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel,…

Networks for our research Research is increasingly carried out in interdisciplinary networks and in both national and international research associations. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that interdisciplinary…