The new project funded by ASAP brings together researchers from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and FMI, and the US-based universities Northwestern, Columbia, Berkeley and Stanford. “Each team selected for the…

Alumni Portrait Ina Sonnen, Research Group Leader at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht June 2025 Childhood dream: Becoming a scientist Since she was a child, Ina Sonnen dreamed of becoming a cancer researcher. Although her…

Our brain consists of hundreds, if not thousands, of different types of nerve cells that control our brain functions due to their individual characteristics. But how do the different cell types manage to develop their…

Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases worldwide. This disease is typically accompanied by motor defects such as the tremor of arms and legs, slowness of movements and muscle rigidity, which…

Biozentrum Highlights 1971 - 2021 1968 − Pioneering concept The potential of molecular biology was recognized early in Switzerland – in the 1960s. Due to the visionary leadership of Arnold Schneider, a member of the Cantonal…

The scientist passed away at the age of 89 years, on 2 January 2022, in Therwil. With him, the Biozentrum loses an outstanding structural biologist and one of its founding professors. He contributed fundamental insights into…

The kick off for this year’s “Biozentrum Lectures” series will be presented by the distinguished developmental biologist and Nobel laureate Prof. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental…

Computational structure biology Protein structure modeling The main interest of our group is the development of methods and algorithms for molecular modeling and simulations of three-dimensional protein structures and their…

Laura de Smalen, PhD Student, Group Handschin Why did you decide to do a PhD? During my bachelor's in Nutrition and Dietetics, I developed a strong interest in the causes and mechanisms that underlie the human diseases that…

Odors, light, hormones and a tremendous variety of signaling molecules are recognized by a large family of cell receptors, known as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). They are located on the cell surface and transduce…