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…

Preventing “drill & fill” June 2019 He has been searching for years for the magic formula to spare us from having to visit the dentist. But André Brunella, Head of Product Development for the oral care brands elmex and…

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…

Biozentrum World Alumni Day, June 23, 2023 Dear Biozentrum Alumni, Do you ever wonder what your former Biozentrum colleagues and friends are up to? What is happening at the Biozentrum now? What does the new building look…

What can the ecology and evolution of pollutant-degrading bacterial communities bring to infection biology? Medical microbiology has traditionally studied pathogens in isolation, for example to understand how they evolve…

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…

Proteins are the workhorses of our cells: They transport substances, digest nutrients and serve as building blocks. To perform this wide range of tasks, they must be folded correctly. This process is ensured by an arsenal of…

Interview with Karolin Berneiser Inspired by a colleague’s experience, Karolin Berneiser applied for the Biozentrum PhD Fellowships program. She is not only enthusiastic about the interdisciplinary and international research…

Although cells are separated from the outside world by a membrane, they can still sense well what is happening around them. They capture hormones and nutrients such as sugar, iron or cholesterol and bring them packed in…

What does it mean to think and work like a scientist? How do you turn ideas into experiments? For the fifth time, the BSSA – organized and run by the Biozentrum at the University of Basel – brought together high school…