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,…
Starting 1 February 2026 or upon mutual agreement How does life emerge from molecules and cells? This is the central question that motivates us. With curiosity and passion, we investigate the entire spectrum ranging from the…
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…
Starting on April 15, 2026 or as per agreement The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 32 groups and 500 employees, we are a dynamic and international research…
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…
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…
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