Prof. Dr. Thomas Mrsic-Flogel 2013 − 2018 I Professor of Neurobiology Thomas Mrsic-Flogel studied biology and neuroscience at the University of Oxford, where he completed his PhD at the Department of Physiology. He then…

Prof. Dr. Max M. Burger 1972 - 1987 | Professor of Biochemistry Max M. Burger (*1933, † 2019) held the position of Professor of Biochemistry at the Biozentrum from 1972 to 1987. From 1987 to 2000, he directed the Friedrich…

Prof. Dr. Hans Thoenen 1972 - 1977 | Professor of Neurobiology Hans Thoenen (*1928, † 2012) studied medicine at the Universities of Bern and Innsbruck and worked in various institutes in Bern, Basel and Gent. In 1972, he was…

Prof. Dr. Kaspar Vogt 2006 – 2014 | Professor of Pharmacology and Neurobiology Kaspar Vogt studied medicine and graduated in 1996 at the University of Berne. After postdoctoral research at both the University of California…

Prof. Dr. Martin Spiess, Emeritus 1986 - 2021 | Professor of Biochemistry As Professor of Biochemistry, Martin Spiess was active in research and teaching at the Biozentrum from 1986 until his retirement in 2021. From the…

Prof. Dr. Andreas Engel, Emeritus 1986 - 2010 | Professor of Structural Biology Andreas Engel was professor of Structural Biology at the Biozentrum from 1986 to 2010. He established the biological use of molecular mass…

Prof. Dr. Heinrich Reichert, Emeritus 2006 - 2015 | Professor of Neurobiology and Molecular Zoology Heinrich Reichert (*1949, † 2019) was Professor of Neurobiology and Molecular Zoology at the Biozentrum of the University of…

Terra incognita. November 2017 One can hardly imagine a more exotic place to do a doctorate. Serej Ley spent four years in Papua New Guinea studying tuberculosis and experienced things that most of us only know from books or…

Childhood dream: Becoming a scientist June 2025 Since she was a child, Ina Sonnen dreamed of becoming a cancer researcher. Although her academic career took a slightly different path, the topic of cancer has never quite left…

Lab news February 2020 Benoit Laventie is the « National winner » of the Wiki Science Competition 2019 . Congratulations to Benoit for his first price in the Category «Microscopy images»…