Drug-microbe interactions Our lab uses high-throughput methods and develop systematic approaches to probe how environmental cues and genetic background influence antibiotic activity against Gram-negative bacteria. I will…

A heart and soul patent attorney November 2014 Even before she began her studies, Isabelle Schubert knew where her career path would lead her. When asked about her profession, her eyes beam with delight. Her work as a patent…

WHAT DOES APOCALYPSE MEAN HERE? As a prelude to the dance performance "Surviving Superbugs - A Dance To Resist", an Interfinity Festival event, which deals with the challenge of antibiotic resistance and the "creeping…

Internships for prospective PhD students With a Master's degree, you have successfully completed a basic education in science. Your research experience is, however, still relatively young. If you want to get to know other…

The Skin I Live in The forces that shape embryos, and how embryonic cells respond Embryos undergo dramatic morphogenetic movements during development. For example, C. elegans embryos begin as a compact ball of cells and…

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of biomolecules We apply and develop high-resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) methods to elucidate structure, function, and dynamics of biological macromolecules. The…

Soon children's voices will fill the Biozentrum. Again this year, for the third time, school children will become young research scientists. Wearing white coats, armed with pipettes, pens and notebooks, they will eagerly…

How the brain controls sleep Sleep is essential, yet its function remains one of biology’s biggest mysteries. A short or poor night of sleep is usually followed by longer and/or deeper periods of sleep. The existence of such…

Researchers led by Prof. Erik van Nimwegen at the Biozentrum, University of Basel have discovered a new mechanism in bacteria that controls their response to prevailing environmental conditions. They derived their theory…

TOR signaling and control of cell growth Fig. 1: Architecture of human mTOR complex 1 Introduction Cell growth is highly regulated. Cells respond to nutrients or other appropriate growth stimuli by up-regulating…