E1: Current research in Bioinformatics I – 22830 (2 hrs/week, 1 CP; Fall 2025, Lecture series with invited speakers) Attila Becskei, Richard Neher , Torsten Schwede, Erik van Nimwegen, Mihaela Zavolan Computational biology…

E2: Current research in Bioinformatics II – 21563 (2 hrs/week, 1 CP; Spring 2026, Lecture series with invited speakers) Attila Becskei, Richard Neher , Torsten Schwede, Erik van Nimwegen, Mihaela Zavolan Computational…

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…

2023 This year, we talked to three of our dedicated female PIs at the Biozentrum about their research and ideas of how to achieve gender equality in science. Silvia Arber, Professor of Neurobiology “Follow your dreams, be…

G4: Chromatin and Epigenetics – 17913 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; Spring 2027) Prisca Liberali, Antoine Peters, Dirk Schübeler This course will cover all aspects of heritable patterning of gene expression and the biological…

Research Research Groups Research Groups A-Z Project Leaders A-Z Postdocs PhD Professor Views Silvia Arber Markus Affolter Médéric Diard Maria Hondele Urs Jenal Anissa Kempf Richard Neher Markus Rüegg Anne Spang Women in…

PhD Retreat The PhD retreat is a way to foster interactions between the PhD students of the Biozentrum and the Pharmazentrum, regardless of focal area or year in the program. It is an opportunity for students to share their…

H6: Molecular Basics of Tumours in Humans - Detection to Treatment – 52325 (3 days; 1 CP; Fall 2025) Ellen Obermann This series of lectures will give a systematic overview of cancer in humans. The first part of the course…

“Many things just worked out that way” May 2022 Four years ago. Alumninews took up contact with Britta Hartmann. At this time, however, she was in the middle of a career change. Today, the biologist is the Head of the…

A1.1: New Trends in Developmental and Molecular Immunology – 13167 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; Fall 2025) Daniela Finke In the present lecture series various immune cell subsets and immune pathways which regulate health and disease…