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Measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus

The corona crisis in Switzerland has steadily deteriorated over the past several weeks. In order to protect the population and to relieve the burden on the health system, the Federal Council approved last Friday far-reaching…


Overview

Technology Ventures The primary goal of the basic research investigations in molecular and biomedical biology at the Biozentrum is to investigate central questions about the smallest unit of life, the cell, as well as vital…


Sacha Glardon

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…


Christian Itin

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 and Alex Schier elected to the “National Academy of Sciences”

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,…


Prof. Jan Pieter Abrahams awarded emeritus status

After eleven years at the Biozentrum and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Jan Pieter Abrahams is becoming Professor Emeritus. To mark this occasion, a scientific symposium will be held at the Biozentrum on June 29, 2026,…


CV

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…


Obituary for Prof. Andreas Engel (1943 – 2026)

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…


Summer Call for PhD Fellowships now open

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…


Thomas A. Bickle

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.…