“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,…

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…

Each living cell grows and divides, thus generating new offspring. This process is also known as the cell cycle. Strictly speaking, it describes a periodic repetition of two coordinated cycles: the duplication of a cell’s…

The cell envelope is covered with a wide variety of receptor proteins. They are the sensors to the environment, perceive signals such as the availability of nutrients and transmit this information to the inside of the 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…

Proteomics at the Biozentrum Proteomics rapidly evolves from a discovery-oriented technique to a robust and sensitive quantitative tool in biological research to study changes in protein expression and protein modifications…

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…

News & Events Where can I find the latest news and announcements from the Biozentrum? Visit the News and Events sections for current highlights and announcements. What are the upcoming seminars, symposia, and conferences? A…

Throughout our body there is a dense, widely ramified network of blood vessels. It is estimated to be about 150,000 kilometers in length. The vessels supply all cells, even those in most far away regions of the body with…

The Biozentrum, University of Basel The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the leading life sciences institutes in the world. Its primary focus is on fundamental molecular and biomedical research and teaching.…