Living in Basel Basel is one of the top cities with the highest quality of living worldwide. It is located in the heart of Europe and embedded in Europe’s most important Life Sciences hub. The Biozentrum is embedded in…

The ability to turn experiences into memories allows us to learn from the past and use what we learned as a model to respond appropriately to new situations. For this reason, as the world around us changes, this memory model…

Professor Views Prof. Markus Rüegg on the development of a gene therapy For over 30 years, Markus Rüegg has been studying muscles and nerves. In this interview, he talks about his gene therapy to treat muscular dystrophy in…

Interview with Alexander Kuznetsov From a medical degree in pediatrics to a Master in Bioinformatics, from industry to academia, and from Moscow, via Armenia, to Basel. Alexander Kuznetsov considers things carefully before…

Live and Work in Basel Selection of Funding Opportunities in Switzerland and the EU University of Basel Research Fund University of Basel : funding for excellent junior researchers (Contact: Grants office ) Swiss National…

FEI Tecnai G2 Spirit TEM Configuration BioTWIN lens configuration for increased contrast. 120kV TEM microscope (operated at 80kV) with a LaB6 filament and an EMSIS Veleta camera (top, side-mounted). The Camera operates using…

Pathogenesis and treatment of chronic bacterial infections Chronic bacterial infections are a growing global challenge, driven by the rise of antibiotic resistance, an aging population with weaker immune defenses, and the…

Bruker timsTOF Ultra 2 The latest addition to the PCF. The new timsTOF Ultra MS from Bruker was just upgraded to the Ultra 2 version. With its Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry (TIMS) and Parallel Accumulation Serial…

From one who left… May 2014 She dared to take the big step into the unknown. The Biozentrum Alumna, Nadine Cybulski, left for Canada almost three years ago. No job, no plans, just like that! In an interview the Biochemist…

Roughly once a year in Switzerland, a family receives the devastating diagnosis that their child is affected by a severe form of muscle weakness. This hereditary disease, known as LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy, is very…