The cross-border commuter May 2017 Borders are not an obstacle for her, they exist to be crossed. Kathrin Thedieck has lived at open borders since her childhood. This has shaped her self-image as a European. The fact that…
Food scarcity, toxins, or pathogens: to survive, organisms must be able to respond to diverse environmental conditions and adapt their behavior appropriately. Parents pass on information about the prevailing living…
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…
The pandemic has presented new challenges to students and faculty alike. The Teaching Excellence Awards provide an opportunity to praise and recognize faculty for their great commitment to providing quality teaching despite…
When infecting a host, pathogens not only need to evade the immune defense but also to survive diverse living conditions, such as the acidic conditions in the stomach or the salty intestinal environment. Gram negative…
Breast cancer is by far the most frequent type of cancer affecting women and a leading cause of death, despite advances in its detection and treatment. There are different forms of breast cancer and the causes are just as…
Fitness clubs are booming: New gyms are springing up like mushrooms. More and more people are striving to build up and strengthen their muscles. But what exactly happens in the muscle during training? In their recent work,…
What questions arise in day-to-day scientific research? How is it to work as a scientist? And how does a research group work? The opportunity to get to the bottom of these questions, to actively participate in everyday…
The protein complex mTORC2 plays a crucial role in the regulation of cellular metabolism. It stimulates, for example, the production of lipids and fatty acids, but it also controls carbohydrate metabolism. In the past,…
The BaseLaunch program was launched in 2017 as an initiative of BaselArea.swiss, the office for business promotion for Northwestern Switzerland, with the aim of strengthening the start-up scene in the Basel region and…
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