Each year at the Dies academicus, the University of Basel awards honorary doctorates to deserving personalities from academia and society. On 29 November 2019, Prof. Randy Schekman was given the title of “Doctor honoris…
25 students from Basel-Stadt and Basel-Land secured one of the few places at the Basel Summer Science Academy 2024 at the Biozentrum. The program was established in 2019 to give high school students insight into the research…
Since the coronavirus pandemic led to the cancellation of the retreat in 2020 and jeopardized the organization of the 2021 edition, this year’s PhD retreat was completely held online from June 17th to 18th 2021.The…
In the world of microbes, peaceful coexistence goes hand in hand with fierce competition for nutrients and space. Certain bacteria outcompete rivals and fend off attackers by injecting them with a lethal cocktail using tiny,…
June 28th is the kickoff. The Services teams, ranging from the Workshops, Store and Supply and Reception to the Biozentrum Administration, will move and start the ball rolling. The caravan of Research Groups and Technology…
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…
What does it mean to think and work like a scientist? How do you turn ideas into experiments? For the fifth time, the BSSA – organized and run by the Biozentrum at the University of Basel – brought together high school…
The Biozentrum is mourning the death of Prof. em. John Nicholls, who passed away on July 13, 2023, at the age of 94 years. It bids farewell to a pioneer in neurobiological research and a dedicated and passionate scientist,…
On March 30th, 2023, Prof. em. Walter Keller passed away at the age of 84 years in Basel, after a long illness. With his death, the Biozentrum has lost an outstanding scientist, an important figure in shaping the institute…
The jury of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recognized Prof. Anne Spang's research, “particularly using yeast and nematode models to reveal mechanisms of membrane vesicle sorting, secretion,…
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