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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…


Flavio Donato

Prof. Flavio Donato on the mysteries of memory Why do we remember some moments vividly, while others seem to vanish? We asked neuroscientist Flavio Donato about how the brain stores experiences – and whether forgotten…


Aukera Therapeutics Comes Out of Stealth and Enters Preclinical Efficacy Studies

Aukera Therapeutics was founded in 2021 at the Biozentrum, University of Basel. Built on pioneering academic research and deep mTOR expertise, the company is now officially emerging from stealth as it advances its lead…


Obituary for Professor Jürg P. Rosenbusch (1938–2025)

On 2 December 2025, Prof. em. Jürg P. Rosenbusch passed away in Basel at the age of 87. With his death, the Biozentrum loses an outstanding biochemist and a warm-hearted colleague who shaped the institute for two decades as…


Claudia Keller Valsecchi

Out of the Bubble She grew up with three sisters in Pratteln. Chance led her to molecular biology. Claudia Keller Valsecchi, who once studied at the Biozentrum, has now returned as a professor. In this interview, she talks…


Probing cytoplasmic crowding and viscosity during morphogenesis and drug tolerance in a human fungal pathogen

Probing cytoplasmic crowding and viscosity during morphogenesis and drug tolerance in a human fungal pathogen The human fungal pathogen, Candida albicans can switch from an oval yeast form to a filamentous form, a transition…


Sebastian Bolli

Sebastian Bolli: «You learn the most by making mistakes» Already involved in hands-on research as a bachelor’s student: Sebastian Bolli explains why the EMB course has become perhaps the most formative experience of his…


Cycle G: Gene Expression and Epigenetics

Cycle G: Gene Expression and Epigenetics G1: Dynamics and maintenance of the Genome: DNA Replication, Repair, Recombination – 19520 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; t.b.a.) G2: Transcription, Regulation and Gene Expression in Eukaryotes –…


G1: Dynamics and maintenance of the Genome: DNA Replication, Repair, Recombination

G1: Dynamics and maintenance of the Genome: DNA Replication, Repair, Recombination – 19520 This lecture is being paused and will not be held at this point in time.


Individual genetic differences render some therapies ineffective

Antibody-based therapies are used to treat numerous diseases, from cancer to rheumatic disorders and multiple sclerosis. Antibodies recognize and bind to very specific structures. This allows them to direct active substances…