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I1: How to be a scientist

I1: How to be a Scientist - 70842 - (Block Course; 4 CP; Spring 2025) Course dates: 27.1. - 7.2.2025 Marek Basler, Médéric Diard, Flavio Donato, Ben Engel, Alexander Schier This course is reserved exclusively for 1 st year…


Obituary for Prof. John G. Nicholls

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,…


Cancer research: Metabolite drives tumor development

The liver is a vital organ with many important functions in the body. It metabolizes nutrients, stores energy, regulates the blood sugar level and plays a crucial role in detoxifying and removing harmful components and…


A “Catch-22” vaccine against Salmonellosis

Antibiotics are still the treatment of choice in fighting bacterial infections. However, due to their extensive and sometimes improper use in medicine and livestock farming, resistant pathogens are increasingly emerging,…


Resistance can spread even without the use of antibiotics

Bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to common antibiotics. Often, resistance is mediated by resistance genes, which can simply jump from one bacterial population to the next. It’s a common assumption that the…


Designed proteins to treat muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy is a term used to describe many different muscular diseases caused by genetic defects. To date, there are no treatments available to stop disease progression. In their study, the scientists led by Prof.…


CV

CV of Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim ORCID 0000-0001-5015-6087 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality: Singapore Positions: Since 2014 Argovia Professor for Nanobiology (Associate Prof.) at the Biozentrum and the Swiss…


Women in Science

International Day of Women and Girls in Science February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This day was declared by the UN in 2015 in order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in…


First Innosuisse project at the Biozentrum

The project entitled «Development of a lead compound for specific mTORC1 inhibition» is the first Innosuisse funded project at the Biozentrum. Replacing the former Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI), the…


How the key protein mTOR controls cell growth

Cells proliferate by dividing repeatedly. Each cell division produces two daughter cells, which must first grow to a certain size before they can divide, too. This requires an increased production of cell components,…