ORCID 0000-0001-7205-2975 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality: German Positions: From April 2025 Assistant Professor of Theoretical Biophysics, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland 2021 – 2025…

Biozentrum Discovery Seminars Biozentrum Discovery (BZD) is a seminar series, which alternates between talks by renowned guest speakers and seminars given by graduate students and postdocs from the Biozentrum. The seminars…

T3 Pharmaceuticals (“T3 Pharma”) was founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. The company focuses on bacterial therapies for the treatment of solid tumors. The Basel-based biotech company’s…

The widely used anti-diabetes drug metformin not only reduces blood sugar but also has an anti-cancer effect. However, the metformin dose commonly used in the treatment of diabetes is too low to inhibit cancer growth. The…

Personalized medicine, a drug therapy tailored to the individual patient, is no longer a future vision on the horizon. One of the pioneers of this individualized therapy is Urs A. Meyer, Professor emeritus of Pharmacology.…

Prof. Dr. Thomas Kiefhaber 1993 - 2007 | Professor of Biophysical Chemistry Thomas Kiefhaber studied and graduated with a doctorate at the Universities of Regensburg and Bayreuth in the field of biophysics. From 1991 until…

Prof. Dr. Joachim Seelig, Emeritus 1972 - 2012 | Professor of Structural Biology Since 1972 Joachim Seelig (*1942, † 2024) carried out research, first, as Assistant Professor and since 1982 as Full Professor of Structural…

Cell signaling and dynamics in bacterial growth, adaptation, and persistence Our studies aim at understanding the molecular and cellular principles involved in the growth, differentiation and behavior of bacterial cells. We…

Media & Lab Ware Preparation The Media & Lab Ware Preparation (MLP) team at the Biozentrum is responsible for a wide variety of tasks. One of the main functions is to appropriately treat the used lab and experimental…

CV of Prof. Dr. Ben Engel ORCID 0000-0002-0941-4387 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality : USA Positions: Since 2022 Assistant Professor, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland 2020 – 2022 Junior Fellow ,…