The National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) AntiResist is a Swiss-wide research consortium funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). AntiResist is transforming antibiotic discovery and development…
Define your story, forget the fears. May 2016 Nobody can stop her. Effervescent, waving her hands and laughing, Natalya Izergina recounts the story of her relocation from Russia to Switzerland, when she couldn’t speak either…
New users I have never used the FCF If you never booked instruments and services in one of the other core facilities you first need to create a user profile on our booking homepage. You can request it directly at the PPMS…
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. By endowing a professorship, the Georg H. Endress Foundation is helping the University of Basel expand its research into the biophysical foundations of…
You are likely to lose around one third of your muscle mass over your lifetime. An excessive loss of muscle mass and muscle strength is known as sarcopenia. As life expectancy increases, so does the number of people…
Michelle Gut, PhD student, group Maria Hondele What inspired you to pursue a career in science? Already back in high school, I loved the STEM subjects. At fifteen, I took a bold step and moved out from home to pursue an…
"From 1971 to 1978 Jacques carried out research at the Biozentrum and in 1974 he received his PhD from Eduard Kellenberger, one of the founders of the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. To the very last, the two had a…
Art around the Biozentrum building There are two art-and-architecture works around the Biozentrum building: the installation "Vita Parcours (Life Science)" by the well-known Basel artist Christoph Büchel and the work…
The goal of the ERC Advanced Grants is to support established, leading principal investigators to pursue a groundbreaking and high-risk project. As all ERC grants, they are in high demand and therefore very competitive. This…
Stochastic promoter choice during differentiation of neurons Mammals, including humans, have relatively few genes (20-50’000) but millions of neurons with distinct cellular identities. The combinatorial expression of protein…
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