According to the WHO, more than one million people worldwide die of pneumococcal infections every year. Young children, elderly and immunocompromised persons are particularly affected. After the introduction of…
The „Gottfried Schatz“ PhD Student Prize of the Biozentrum, University of Basel Background In 1980, Dr. Heide Tullberg-Reinert and Dr. Kjell Fredrik Tullberg met each other as students at the Biozentrum of the University of…
Since his time as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Marek Basler has been fascinated by a tiny bacterial injection apparatus, the so-called type 6 secretion system (T6SS). This nanomachine works like…
The issue of intestinal bacteria is a complex one. On the one hand, we are dependent on the microorganisms because they are the ones that digest the food in our intestine. On the other hand, there are also numerous pathogens…
With the revolutionary CRISPR/Cas technology, the DNA of living organisms can be precisely altered. Using a guide RNA that recognizes a specific DNA sequence, Cas9 protein is recruited to that sequence and cuts the DNA. This…
Master's Exam The master's examination is an oral exam lasting 60 min. It comprises the topic of the master's thesis, the specialist literature on the master's thesis and the subject area associated with the master's thesis.…
Cholesterol-lowering agents, antihypertensives or malaria medications, cancer drugs and antibiotics - many of our current drugs are based on natural products. Bacteria and fungi actually produce these chemical substances in…
The scientist passed away at the age of 89 years, on 2 January 2022, in Therwil. With him, the Biozentrum loses an outstanding structural biologist and one of its founding professors. He contributed fundamental insights into…
On 2 December 2025, Prof. em. Jürg P. Rosenbusch passed away in Basel at the age of 87. With his death, the Biozentrum loses an outstanding biochemist and a warm-hearted colleague who shaped the institute for two decades as…
On Monday, July 1, 2024, the University Council approved the appointment of two new professors to the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. Yuping Li is to become the new assistant professor (with tenure track) for…
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