E11: Physical principles of living systems - 77750 (3hrs/week, 4 CP; Spring 2026, Lectures and Excercises) Knut Drescher , David Brückner Contents: This course presents an overview of how physical processes shape the…

Testimonial of Míriam Condeminas Rodríguez University of Barcelona, Spain, Research Group Torsten Schwede Where do you come from and what do you study? I come from Barcelona in Spain. I am studying chemistry and have just…

H5: Translational Cancer Research – 12420 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; Spring 2026) Mohamed Bentires-Alj , Markus H. Heim, Jürg Schwaller, Matthias P. Wymann, Alfred Zippelius The aim of the course is to give students in the life…

E5: From Data to Physical Models in Biology - 74535 (2.5hrs/week - lecture and exercises - 4 CP - Spring 2026) Richard Neher , Erik van Nimwegen Over the past 3 decades, biology has become a data rich science and making…

E8: Analysis of Genomics Data with R/Bioconductor – 45038 (2 hrs/week, 2 CP; Spring 2026, Lecture and exercises) Florian Geier, Robert Ivanek , Kloc Michal, Panagiotis Papasaikas, Julien Roux, Jenny Charlotte Soneson,…

A2: Molecular Virology – 12412 (2 days; 2 CP; to be announced) N .N. This course covers the biological principles of viruses in vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, and in bacteria. Lectures will focus on virion and genome…

Look into my eyes… May 2017 Tobias Pauli looks deeply into people’s eyes every day. It’s his job. He is a practicing ophthalmologist and even after so many years, their beauty does not cease to fascinate him. Already during…

Synthetic Microbiology – 12469 (Block Course / 3 weeks, 8 CP; Fall 2025) Attila Becskei → 1-2 students could take part, depending on space availability. If you are interested, please contact A. Becskei . The course covers…

E9: Computational Biology II – Sequence Modeling and Analysis – 27247 (2 hrs/week, plus 1h exercises; 4 CP; Spring 2026, Lectures and Exercises) Mihaela Zavolan This course will introduce students to fundamental problems in…

After more than two years of the Covid pandemic, research and life at the Biozentrum have largely returned to normal. This extraordinary time has taught us that much can be replaced by virtual formats, but face-to-face…