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…

The ERC Advanced Grants are intended to support established and excellent principal investigators in pursuing groundbreaking and high-risk projects. On June 17, the ERC announced the 281 recipients of the 2025 ERC Advanced…

PhD at a Glance Young scientists from around the world choose the Biozentrum – one of the world-leading Life Sciences institutes – to do their PhD. There are many reasons why they do so. Join us and become part of our…

CV of Prof. Dr. Ben Engel ORCID 0000-0002-0941-4387 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality : USA Positions: Since 2022 Assistant Professor, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland 2020 – 2022 Junior Fellow ,…

D5: Biophysics of Molecules and Cells – 32793 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; Fall 2026) Rod Lim, Dmitry Veprintsev Biophysics tackles biological questions by the quantitative analysis of biomolecules and their interactions. The…

The Ambizione fellow Dr. Janani Durairaj , project leader in the research group of Prof. Torsten Schwede, will study the protein universe of viruses in more detail. Viruses have evolved diverse pathogenic mechanisms and…

CV of Prof. Peter Scheiffele ORCID 0000-0002-9516-9399 Nationality : German Positions: Since 2008 Ordinarius für Zellbiologie und Entwicklungsbiologie Biozentrum der Universität Basel, Switzerland 2001 – 2008 Assistant…

Main Content Communications The Communications team builds a bridge between researchers and the public, the media as well as representatives from the academic, industrial and political sectors. It also promotes communication…

I1: How to be a Scientist - 70842 - (Block Course; 4 CP; Spring 2026) Course dates: 26.1.2026 – 6.2.2026 Marek Basler, Médéric Diard, Flavio Donato, Ben Engel, Alexander Schier This course is reserved exclusively for 1 st…

Services Communications The Communications team is the contact point for the media, facilitating contact to experts for diverse research topics and assisting them with interview planning, video and photo production or search…