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Venture Kick support for Biozentrum spin-off Aukera Therapeutics

It was only at the beginning of the year that the Biozentrum spin-off Aukera Therapeutics qualified for the BaseLaunch Accelerator program. Now the two young entrepreneurs Dr. Stefan Imseng and Dr. Dritan Liko can add…


Two new SNSF Ambizione Fellows at the Biozentrum

The Ambizione fellow Dr. Janani Durairaj , project leader in the research group of Prof. Torsten Schwede, will study the protein universe of viruses in more detail. Viruses have evolved diverse pathogenic mechanisms and…


Alexander Kuznetsov

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…


Richard M. Franklin

Prof. Dr. Richard M. Franklin, Emeritus 1971 - 1995 | Professor of Structural Biology In 1971, Richard M. Franklin (*1930, † 2020) was appointed to the Biozentrum as one of its first professors. It was here that he began to…


"AntiResist": Biozentrum heads a new National Center of Competence in Research for antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

The objectives of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) "AntiResist" are to search for new antibiotics and to develop alternative strategies to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens. "AntiResist" is one of a…


Video Publications

Video Engineered kinases as a tool for phosphorylation of selected targets in vivo "The Dawn of Life" Cells into organs. Forscherportrait Prof. Markus Affolter (German) University of Basel: Interview Prof. Dr. Markus…


Aukera Therapeutics qualifies for BaseLaunch funding program

The Biozentrum start-up Aukera Therapeutics was selected to join the BaseLaunch Accelerator Program. With its qualification for this program, the biotech venture receives funding of up to 500,000 Swiss francs as well as…


Development of a novel class of antibiotics

A number of pathogens protect themselves with an outer membrane that makes it difficult to combat them with antibiotics. In addition, the widespread use of antibiotics promotes the development of resistant bacteria. In…


Sanofi-Institut Pasteur International Junior Award for Marek Basler

The distinguished jury announced that Prof. Marek Basler from the Biozentrum, University of Basel, will receive the Sanofi-Institut Pasteur International Junior Award this year together with Prof. Ido Amit, Weizmann…


Balzan Prize for Prof. Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum

Michael N. Hall receives the Balzan Prize for his groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that regulate cell growth and ageing. Michael Hall discovered two proteins, TOR1 and TOR2, which…