Prof. Dr. Kelly Tan 2014 – 2021 | Professor of Neurobiology Kelly Tan studied biology at the University of Bordeaux II Victor Segalen in France. She earned her PhD at the University of Bern in 2007, subsequently she moved to…
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schwarz, Emeritus 1971 - 2000 | Professor of Biophysical Chemistry The physicist Gerhard Schwarz (*1930, †2015) studied and completed his doctorate in Göttingen. He subsequently moved as a postdoc to the…
Prof. Dr. Kasper Kirschner, Emeritus 1971 - 1999 | Professor of Biophysical Chemistry Kasper Kirschner (*1933, † 2013) grew up in Indonesia and studied biochemistry at the University of Munich. He earned his doctorate under…
Prof. Dr. Ueli Aebi, Emeritus 1986 – 2011 | Professor of Structural Biology Ueli Aebi (*1946, † 2025) was professor of Structural Biology at the Biozentrum from 1986 to 2011. He was the director of the Maurice E. Müller…
Prof. Dr. Walter J. Gehring, Emeritus 1972 - 2009 | Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics As professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Walter J. Gehring (*1939, † 2014) was active in both research and…
On a peace mission: From NBC protection to arms control May 2020 Whether anthrax, smallpox, Ebola, Hanta or coronaviruses – none of these are exotic to the Biozentrum alumnus Max Brackmann. He works as a postdoc at the Spiez…
Speaking from the soapbox November 2014 Brisk and sometimes bracing walks from his flat to and from the Biozentrum - this is the first thing that comes to mind to the famous Californian. In the early 1980ies the Nobel Prize…
Research focus: From the wing of the fruit fly to the blood vessel in the zebrafish In his research, Markus Affolter addressed key questions of embryonic development, such as how complex organs arise from individual cells or…
This year, the Life Sciences Society LS2 honors the molecular biologist Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi, currently a research group leader at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, for her outstanding achievements…
With his nomination, Prof. Camilo Perez joins a high-ranking network of 73 current and 384 former EMBO Young Investigators , who represent some of the best young scientists in Europe and beyond. Established in 2000, the EMBO…
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