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…

With its Starting Grant, the ERC supports outstanding young researchers who lay the foundation for an independent research program with their innovative projects. One of this year’s awardees is physicist Prof. David…

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 ,…

CV of Prof. Dr. Maria Hondele ORCID 0000-0002-2733-2561 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality: German Positions: Since 2020 Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland 2014…

Prof. Dr. Edward De Robertis 1980 – 1985 | Professor of Cell Biology Edward De Robertis, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, studied Medicine in Uruguay and completed his PhD in Chemistry at the Leloir Institute in Buenos…

2023 This year, we talked to three of our dedicated female PIs at the Biozentrum about their research and ideas of how to achieve gender equality in science. Silvia Arber, Professor of Neurobiology “Follow your dreams, be…

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…

D4: Molecular and Cellular Structural Biology III – 17002 (2 hrs/week; 2 CP; Spring 2026) Timm Maier This lecture series leads towards the understanding of the structural and functional aspects of biological membranes by…

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…

Congenital muscular dystrophy is a rare hereditary disease which cannot be cured. The more than 30 known forms of this neuromuscular disease differ in the type of genetic defect and in the severity of disease progression.…