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Torsten Schwede appointed as new President of the SNSF Research Council

Torsten Schwede, a current member of the President’s Board of the University, is set to lead one of Switzerland's most important academic bodies. The chemist heads a research group for structural bioinformatics at the…


Torsten Schwede appointed new Vice President for Research at the University of Basel

Torsten Schwede has been appointed the new Vice President for Research at the University of Basel. The University Council has approved this election. Schwede studied chemistry in Bayreuth and completed his PhD in structural…


Two Biozentrum researchers selected as International Society for Computational Biology Fellow

Prof. Torsten Schwede The ICSB honors Torsten Schwede, Professor of Structural Bioinformatics at the Biozentrum and Vice President for Research of the University of Basel, for his substantial contributions to computational…


Artificial Intelligence Tools shed light on millions of proteins

In the past years, AlphaFold has revolutionised protein science. This Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool was trained on protein data collected by life scientists for over 50 years, and is able to predict the 3D shape of…


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…


German pharma company acquires Biozentrum start-up for 450 million Swiss francs

T3 Pharmaceuticals (“T3 Pharma”) was founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. The company focuses on bacterial therapies for the treatment of solid tumors. The Basel-based biotech company’s…


"AntiResist": Biozentrum heads a new National Center of Competence in Research for antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

The objectives of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) "AntiResist" are to search for new antibiotics and to develop alternative strategies to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens. "AntiResist" is one of a…


«We need to learn how to deal with AI tools like ChatGPT because they will not disappear.»

Did the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool like ChatGPT surprise you personally? I think we were all surprised by the rapid pace of this development and above all by the quality and versatility of this chat…