As EMBO announced on May 14, 2018, Prof. Alex Schier is now a newly elected EMBO member. Including Alex Schier a total of 26 scientists have been recognized for their achievements with an EMBO Membership since the foundation…

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…

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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…

Oliver Biehlmaier, Head of Imaging Core Facility For 14 years, the Biozentrum has had its Imaging Core Facility (IMCF) – and for 14 years, it has been led by Oliver Biehlmaier. The IMCF was among the first technology…

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…

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…

In response to last year’s call for SNSF Advanced Grants 232 researchers submitted applications. 24 of these projects were awarded the Swiss National Science Foundation grant, totaling 50 million Swiss francs in funding.…

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…

What does real scientific research outside the classroom feel like in a fully equipped laboratory? And what exactly are phages? These and many other questions were explored by 43 students aged 15 to 19 during this year's…