Born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1933, Max Burger studied medicine at the University of Zurich. After practicing medicine for several years, he moved his focus to basic research and graduated in biochemistry at Washington…
The coronin pathway and cell population size control T cells require the protein coronin 1 to reach and maintain their cell population size. The movie illustrates T cells dividing until their appropriate density has been…
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…
On 22 June 2022, the scientists of the Biozentrum left their labs and seminar rooms for a three-day retreat on the Sursee campus. Around 300 researchers from a wide variety of disciplines took the time to get to know each…
Shaping the axonal proteome through inter-organelle communication Neuronal function relies on careful regulation of the local proteome in the two distinct neuronal domains, the somatodendritic and axonal domains. It is…
The European Research Council (ERC) recently announced that Prof. Flavio Donato is one of 408 young top researchers to receive one of the much coveted grants. According to the ERC, a total of 621 million euros have been…
Module: Research Projects During the course of study, students carry out two research projects, each worth 10 CP, under the responsibility of a member of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Science or the teaching staff of…
Formation and function of membraneless organelles Life ultimately depends on the tight control of gene expression, which requires ordered and efficient processing of various RNA molecules. Yet, we know very little about the…
LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy (LAMA2 MD; also called MDC1A) Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are a group of genetic muscle diseases with onset at birth or very early infancy. The more than 30 known forms of these…
Quantitative biology of microbes Because bacteria are small and chemical reactions involved in gene expression are inherently stochastic, different individual bacteria display different properties – so called phenotypes –…
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