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Study challenges a long-held view in cell biology

Coronins are found throughout the animal kingdom, from single-celled amoebae to humans, and are involved in many vital processes including immunity, development and cell survival. For decades, textbooks and hundreds of…


D6 - D7 Structural Biology and Biophysics Seminar (SBBS)

Structural Biology and Biophysics Seminar (SBBS) D6: Structural Biology and Biophysics I – 79575 (Fall 2026) D7: Structural Biology and Biophysics II – 81233 (Spring 2027) (2 hrs/week; 1 CP) Sebastian Hiller , Rod Lim, Timm…


Anna Mandinova

Well prepared for life July 2018 What a coincidence. Shortly, after we sent out our request for an interview, Harvard Professor Anna Mandinova replied that she is currently traveling through Europe and Switzerland.…


Björn Grünenfelder

From block course to cooking class. July 2018 In the block course they were simply known as the Nirvanas. Twenty years on, in a cooking class, their hair now short, yet each slipped back into his old role. The Biozentrum…


New way to improve the efficacy of innovative RNA therapies

In modern medicine, personalized therapies are becoming increasingly important – particularly in the treatment of genetic diseases. One such promising approach is the use of so-called antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs). These…


Should I stay or should I go: Hospital germ’s dual strategy

In Switzerland, it is not uncommon for a patient to develop an infection during a hospital stay. One reason for this is insufficient hygiene, as shown recently in a study by the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products,…


New glial cells discovered in the brain: Implications for brain repair

The brain is malleable well into adulthood. Brain plasticity is not only due to the formation of new nerve connections. Stem cells present in the adult brain also generate new nerve cells. For more than a hundred years,…


How does a wing grow? A journey on the path of proteins.

How organs develop and how they grow to the right size and shape are fundamental questions in developmental biology. The morphogen Dpp is a signaling molecule controlling the development of different organs with regard to…


Brain Prize 2022 for Silvia Arber

The neurobiologist Prof. Silvia Arber receives the Brain Prize together with Prof. Ole Kiehn from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Prof. Martyn Goulding from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA. The…


Who am I? How cells find their identity

The origin of every cell of our body is a single cell, the fertilized egg. On the way to become a specialized cell, whether blood, heart or nerve cells, its descendants follow a genetic program. This program determines the…