When biology becomes a life’s passion December 2020 He cherishes Walter Gehring’s Drosophila strains, an old PCR machine from the Biozentrum, his love for the Basel “Fasnacht” and a key to one of Basel’s old city gates, the…
A Swiss globetrotter May 2013 He is a scientist, founder of a company, businessman and currently CEO of the biotechnology company Cytos. He lives in Switzerland, the USA and Germany. The Biozentrum alumnus Christian Itin…
Silvia Arber, Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) as well as Prof. Alex Schier, Director of the Biozentrum of the University of Basel,…
CV of Prof. Dr. Erik van Nimwegen ORCID 0000-0001-6338-1312 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality: Dutch Positions: Since 2015 Professor in Computational Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel Since 2004 Group…
With great sadness the Biozentrum announces that Prof. em. Andreas Engel passed away on 1 April 2026 at the age of 82. With his passing, the Biozentrum bids farewell to an outstanding scientist, a dedicated teacher, and an…
The prestigious program aims to attract outstanding early-career researchers to one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes and offers full funding for doctoral studies. Applications for the current call are open…
Prof. Dr. Thomas A. Bickle, Emeritus 1973 – 2005 | Professor of Molecular Microbiology Tom Bickle came to the Biozentrum on an EMBO Long Term Fellowship in 1973 and retired as Professor for Molecular Microbiology in 2005.…
Prof. Dr. Howard Riezman 1988 – 2002 | Professor for Biochemistry Howard Riezman first joined the Biozentrum as a postdoc in the lab of Gottfried Schatz and returned later as a Professor of Biochemistry. Riezman earned his…
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…
Prof. Dr. Urs A. Meyer, Emeritus 1983 - 2008 | Professor of Pharmacology Urs A. Meyer was Professor of Pharmacology at the Biozentrum from 1983 to 2008. His scientific achievements in pharmacogenomics and personalized…
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