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The Biozentrum welcomes new Director Alex Schier

Since 2005, Prof. Alexander F. Schier has been a professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University in Cambridge (USA). He has received several academic awards, among them the Merit Award and…


Two SNSF Ambizione Fellowships for the Biozentrum

Alexander Harms, project leader in Urs Jenal's group, is one of the two SNSF Ambizione Fellows. He studied at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and earned his PhD in the group of Prof. Christoph Dehio. In 2015, the…


From World Alumni Day to Kunstmuseum Basel – Highlights 2023

2023 was a year of significant scientific discoveries and exciting community activities. A major highlight was our first World Alumni Day, celebrating our global community and renewing as well as fostering connections. More…


A new springboard into research for Bachelor students at the Biozentrum

What questions arise in day-to-day scientific research? How is it to work as a scientist? And how does a research group work? The opportunity to get to the bottom of these questions, to actively participate in everyday…


Science Prize for Sebastian Hiller

The structure of a protein reveals a lot about its function. This means, the more precisely the three-dimensional protein structure is known, the better the conclusions on its function can be drawn. Using NMR spectroscopy,…


Claudia Keller Valsecchi receives prestigious Friedrich Miescher Award

This year, the Life Sciences Society LS2 honors the molecular biologist Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi, currently a research group leader at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, for her outstanding achievements…


Basel’s valuable virus collection for worldwide research

The abundance and diversity of viruses on our planet is unimaginable. It is estimated that there are about a trillion virus particles on each grain of sand. Many viruses are still waiting to be discovered. The majority of…


Anatole Abragam Prize for Prof. Björn Burmann

On July 23, 2017, Prof. Björn Burmann, a recent member of the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has received the Anatole Abragam Prize at the ISMAR Conference 2017 in Canada, together with Dr. Loren Andreas from the Max…


Claudia Keller Valsecchi selected EMBO Young Investigator

Each year, EMBO selects some of the very best junior life science researchers in Europe to join the Young Investigator Program. With her nomination, Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi becomes a member of a high-ranking network of…


ERC Starting Grant for neurobiologist Anissa Kempf

The ERC’s prestigious Starting Grant recognizes innovative research by outstanding early career scientists and enables the recipients to establish their own research program. One of the top researchers to be awarded the…