Samplequeuer Samplequeuer is a web-based solution to submit, schedule and track samples and their associated data sets, developed by Research IT. The software is used by the Biozentrum's Proteomics Core Facility . The…

Prof. Dr. Eduard Kellenberger, Emeritus Kellenberger Eduard 1971 – 1990 | Professor of Microbiology The physicist and molecular biologist Eduard Kellenberger (*1920, † 2004) was one of the founding fathers of the Biozentrum…

Just a question of perspective June 2019 In Tanzania you can wait for five hours for a train and no one complains. In Sweden there is a two-month summer break. In Switzerland, in contrast, this time is used efficiently. The…

Oliver Biehlmaier, Head of Imaging Core Facility For 14 years, the Biozentrum has had its Imaging Core Facility (IMCF) – and for 14 years, it has been led by Oliver Biehlmaier. The IMCF was among the first technology…

On 22 June 2022, the scientists of the Biozentrum left their labs and seminar rooms for a three-day retreat on the Sursee campus. Around 300 researchers from a wide variety of disciplines took the time to get to know each…

From Meningococcus to Gonococcus: The journey of Vaccine Development and Cross-Protection Progress in genomic sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, has opened a new era in vaccine design enabling the discovery of many new…

Epigenetic Inheritance How moms sense the environment and inform their offspring Lamarck believed that animals could respond to their environment and pass that information to their progeny independent of gene mutations.…

I1: How to be a Scientist - 70842 - (Block Course; 4 CP; Spring 2026) Course dates: 26.1.2026 – 6.2.2026 Marek Basler, Médéric Diard, Flavio Donato, Ben Engel, Alexander Schier This course is reserved exclusively for 1 st…

The Biozentrum start-up Aukera Therapeutics was selected to join the BaseLaunch Accelerator Program. With its qualification for this program, the biotech venture receives funding of up to 500,000 Swiss francs as well as…

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the leading life sciences institutes in the world. Its fundamental research embraces a wide range of topics such as biochemistry, biophysics, physics of living systems,…