Join our international research community Scientists from around the world are welcome to pursue their career at Swiss research institutions, including the Biozentrum. Switzerland and Basel offer a stable, well-supported…
Emergence of globular protein folds from random amino acid sequences The origin and evolution of protein folds are among the most challenging, long-standing problems in biology. Emphasizing the challenge, evolutionary…
The GENCODE CLS project: massively expanding the lncRNA catalog through capture long-read RNA sequencing Accurate and complete gene annotations are indispensable for understanding how genome sequences encode biological…
Enigmatic Translons – Animalcules of Molecular Biology? Ribosome profiling has revealed the extensive utilization of multiple start codons in eukaryotic mRNAs, including in humans. Translation initiation at these start…
How cells agree on making an embryo During development, an orderly structure progressively emerges as cells acquire more specialized identities and rearrange in space. Successive steps in this continuous process can draw on…
Working at the Biozentrum Working at the Biozentrum means joining one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes, where outstanding research meets an open and collaborative culture. With state-of-the-art facilities,…
PhD Fellowships Apply now for the Biozentrum PhD fellowships program that provide a unique rotation-based selection of research group. More Bachelor & Master of Sciences In the training of top scientists, we emphasize an…
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…
D3: Molecular and Cellular Structural Biology II – 17001 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; Fall 2025) Sebastian Hiller , Timm Maier Structural Biology Across Scales - This course will provide an overview of integrative structural…
Sara Congedi, Polymechanic Apprentice The mechanical workshop has been training polymechanics for several decades. The current head of the workshop, Patrick Schlenker, began his training here over 25 years ago. Sara Congedi…
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