June 28th is the kickoff. The Services teams, ranging from the Workshops, Store and Supply and Reception to the Biozentrum Administration, will move and start the ball rolling. The caravan of Research Groups and Technology…

After more than two years of the Covid pandemic, research and life at the Biozentrum have largely returned to normal. This extraordinary time has taught us that much can be replaced by virtual formats, but face-to-face…

Individual visual stimuli are not processed independently by our brain. Rather neurons exchange incoming information to form a coherent perceptual image from the myriad of visual details impinging on our eyes. How our visual…

Available Microscope Systems Searching for a decision tree? Clicking on the image below and you will be directed to our internal documentation that will help you to decide which system is best for your research project. If…

Thin Sectioning Application To determine the ultrastructure of whole tissues and cells at ~2nm resolution by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Method Tissues or cells are chemically fixed, dehydrated, embedded in resin…

Structure, function, and evolution of genome-wide regulatory networks Most projects that we pursue concern the functioning and evolution of genome-wide regulatory systems in organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. The…

Did the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool like ChatGPT surprise you personally? I think we were all surprised by the rapid pace of this development and above all by the quality and versatility of this chat…

Cell receptor dynamics and signaling G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family of membrane proteins crucial for cell signaling and the target of about 35 percent of all drugs. Despite that the knowledge of GPCRs…

Cilia perform numerous functions for the cell: they help cells swim, move fluid, and send messages to each other. Cilia ensure that we can see, they remove substances from the lungs, move fluid in the brain, and enable us to…

The Biozentrum is mourning the death of Joachim Seelig, emeritus Professor of Structural Biology and former Chairman of the Department Biozentrum. Joachim Seelig passed away on August 15, 2024, at the age of 82 years. With…