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…

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…

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…

Professor Views Prof. Claudia Keller Valsecchi on changing perspectives Claudia Keller Valsecchi, who once studied at the Biozentrum, has now returned as a professor. In this interview, she talks about her love for her…

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…

The Swiss Economic Award is the most important young entrepreneur prize in Switzerland. In a multi-stage selection process, T3 Pharma has succeeded from among the 107 applicants and has been awarded the prize in the…

How the brain controls sleep Sleep is essential, yet its function remains one of biology’s biggest mysteries. A short or poor night of sleep is usually followed by longer and/or deeper periods of sleep. The existence of such…

Getting the point in science. May 2014 “Shhhh. It’s news time!” – That’s what children used to hear at lunch time. This family tradition has been lost over the years. But not so the broadcast of the Swiss Radio main news at…

G5: Translational Control and Post-Translational Protein Modification – 18367 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; Fall 2026) J.Chao , M. Hall, A. Schmidt This course will describe the components of the translational apparatus and their…

What can the ecology and evolution of pollutant-degrading bacterial communities bring to infection biology? Medical microbiology has traditionally studied pathogens in isolation, for example to understand how they evolve…