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Women in Science Day

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…


CV

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

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…


Edward De Robertis

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…


ERC Starting Grant for Physicist David Brückner

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…


German pharma company acquires Biozentrum start-up for 450 million Swiss francs

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…


Lethal combination: Drug cocktail turns off the “juice” to cancer cells

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…


Christian Sengstag

Exploring new horizons November 2016 Christian Sengstag had never imagined that he would one day do anything other than research. But then he was presented with a fait accompli: His research institute was to be closed down.…


I4: Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis: From Basics to High-End Techniques

I4: Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis: From Basics to High-End Techniques – 34605 4 days; 2 CP; Spring 2026, 5. - 8.5.2026 Oliver Biehlmaier , Nikolaus Ehrenfeuchter, Alexia Loynton-Ferrand, Ana Rita Faria, Laurent…


New discovery reveals how diatoms capture CO2 so effectively

Diatoms are too small to see with the naked eye, yet they are one of the most productive algae species in the ocean and play an important role in the global carbon cycle. Using photosynthesis, they absorb large amounts of…