What is a shogun doing in a laboratory? May 2013 Shogun in the history of Japan was the title applied to a military general leading an army of samurais. Today, a certain shogun and his samurais seem to play an important role…

Structural Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics Prof. Jan Pieter Abrahams Uncovering the fundamental shapes of life Prof. Marek Basler Unraveling the secrets of bacterial injection needles Prof. Christoph Dehio Molecular…

Physics of Life Prof. Jan Pieter Abrahams Uncovering the fundamental shapes of life Prof. Attila Becskei Mechanisms controlling gene regulatory networks Prof. David Brückner Physical principles of living systems Prof. Knut…

Microbiology, Infection Biology and Immunology Prof. Marek Basler Unraveling the secrets of bacterial injection needles Prof. Dirk Bumann Single-cell pathogen activities during infection and treatment Prof. Christoph Dehio…

Emeriti Prof. Dr. Jan Pieter Abrahams, Emeritus 2015 – 2026 Professor of Structural Biology Emeritus page Prof. Dr. Ueli Aebi, Emeritus 1986 – 2011 Professor of Structural Biology Emeritus page Prof. Dr. Markus Affolter,…

CV of Mohamed Chami PhD Nationality Franco-Moroccan Positions: Since 2016 Head of BioEM lab at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland 2009 – 2015 Senior Scientist in the Center for Cellular Imaging and…

CV of Prof. Dr. Ben Engel ORCID 0000-0002-0941-4387 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality : USA Positions: Since 2022 Assistant Professor, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland 2020 – 2022 Junior Fellow ,…

I1: How to be a Scientist - 70842 - (Block Course; 4 CP; Spring 2026) Course dates: 25.01. bis 05.02.2027 Marek Basler, Flavio Donato, Ben Engel, Claudia Keller Valsecchi This course is reserved exclusively for 1 st year PhD…

Diatoms are too small to see with the naked eye, yet they are one of the most productive algae species in the ocean and play an important role in the global carbon cycle. Using photosynthesis, they absorb large amounts of…

The new Ambizione fellow Dr. Florent Waltz , project leader in Prof. Ben Engel’s team, will study the molecular architecture of mitochondria and their interaction with chloroplasts, the site of photosynthesis, in more…