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…

Prof. Dr. Eduard Kellenberger, Emeritus 1971 – 1990 | Professor of Microbiology The physicist and molecular biologist Eduard Kellenberger (*1920, † 2004) was one of the founding fathers of the Biozentrum in 1971. He…

Self-organized guidance of cells and tissues From immune responses and cancer invasion to tissue morphogenesis, directed motion is a hallmark of living systems. But how do cells “know” where to go? Traditional models invoke…

On August 14, 2024, the Biozentrum scientists left their labs for a three-day retreat on the Campus Sursee. Around 250 researchers from a wide variety of disciplines took the time to get to know each other and make new…

Testimonial Victoire Tribout EPFL Lausanne, Research Group Sebastian Hiller Where do you come from and what are you studying? I grew up in Paris and now I study in Lausanne in the French part of Switzerland. I have just…

Internships for prospective PhD students With a Master's degree, you have successfully completed a basic education in science. Your research experience is, however, still relatively young. If you want to get to know other…

Mutational hotspots drive rapid evolution of bacterial defenses against protistan predation Soils are a hotspot of microbial predation, with numerous bacterivorous protists scavenging for bacterial prey. Despite this…

“We are very pleased to be joined by two experienced and specialised investors, the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund and Reference Capital SA. This is optimal for completing preclinical work, and for planning and conducting…

Samplequeuer Samplequeuer is a web-based solution to submit, schedule and track samples and their associated data sets, developed by Research IT. The software is used by the Biozentrum's Proteomics Core Facility . The…

LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy (LAMA2 MD; also called MDC1A) Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are a group of genetic muscle diseases with onset at birth or very early infancy. The more than 30 known forms of these…