How does a complex organism with a large number of different cells develop from a single cell? What are the common ancestors of the individual cells and how are they related to each other? What are the signals that drive the…

Computational Biology I: Quantitative Data Analysis – 23605 (2 hrs/week, 4 CP; Spring 2023) Erik van Nimwegen → This course is part of the BSc Biology and BSc Computational Sciences, and can therefore only be counted to the…

IMCF OMERO Image Management System OMERO is a biological image data management system designed to support the vast amount of imaging data a scientist may work with and to provide easy ways of accessing, showing and working…

TOR signaling and the control of cell growth Cell growth is a highly regulated, plastic process controlled by TOR-dependent pathways in response to nutrients, growth factors and energy. TOR is a major controller of cell…

Interview with Alexander Kuznetsov From a medical degree in pediatrics to a Master in Bioinformatics, from industry to academia, and from Moscow, via Armenia, to Basel. Alexander Kuznetsov considers things carefully before…

“The ball is rolling” December 2024 This also describes Henri Saenz’s life. We met the Biozentrum alumnus in Allschwil, in the Alba building. On the 9th floor. The view is breathtaking – from the Black Forest to the Vosges,…

Prof. Maria Hondele on cell organelles of a special kind Tiny droplets found within the cell have long fascinated Maria Hondele. These structures, known as membraneless organelles, have been well known for a long time, but…

Testimonial of Nathalie Huldi University of Basel, Research Group Jean Pieters Why did you apply for the Research Summer program? I wanted to find out how it is to work in a lab and how the exciting discoveries that the…

Against the current November 2013 High over the roofs of Tübingen, at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, is where Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard carries out research. In 1995, she was awarded the highest…

C7: Multicellular Systems – 61750 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; Spring 2025) Prisca Liberali , Charisios Tsiairis Multicellular organisms are composed of cells and tissues with identical genomes but different properties and functions.…