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Heat stress reduces lifetime of mRNA molecules

The coronavirus pandemic and the development of the novel vaccines has brought mRNA into the public eye. mRNAs are transcripts of DNA. They serve as a template for protein production and are degraded after a certain time.…


Liver cancer: Lipid synthesis promotes tumor formation

In Switzerland, about 650 new cases of liver cancer are diagnosed every year. The incidence of the malignant and aggressive liver cell carcinoma has doubled in the last 20 years, especially in developed countries. One…


Cell receptors: of voids and void fillers

The G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) perform very diverse tasks in our body. They enable us to see, taste food, feel cold or warm, or respond to stress. Located on the cell surface, GPCRs sense a large variety of signals…


Discovery of a new antibiotic against resistant pathogens

The WHO calls the creeping and rapidly growing number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria a “silent pandemic”. The crisis is aggravated by the fact that hardly any new drugs have come onto the market in recent decades. Even…


Liver cancer: How liver cells go astray

The causes of liver cancer are manifold. In addition to metabolic disorders such as those associated with obesity, the main causes in the western world are infections with hepatitis C virus and high alcohol consumption.…


BC2 Seminar Autumn 2019

BC2 - Basel Computational Biology Seminar Series - Fall Semester 2019 16.09.2019 | Timothy Vaughan, ETH Zürich Timothy Vaughan Computational Evolution Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich Basel,…


Georg Halder

Always driven by curiosity May 2016 As a teenager he translated hieroglyphics and built a liquid engine. Later, as a PhD student in Walter Gehring’s lab, he bred some weird flies with eyes on their legs. Georg Halder has…


D6 - D7 Structural Biology and Biophysics Seminar (SBBS)

Structural Biology and Biophysics Seminar (SBBS) D6: Structural Biology and Biophysics I – 76288-01 (Fall 2025) D7: Structural Biology and Biophysics II – 73104 (Spring 2026) (2 hrs/week; 1 CP) Stephan Grzesiek, Sebastian…


Women in Science Day 2024

2024 Celebrating the 2024 International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we recognize women's important roles and achievements in science. This day underscores the need for gender equality in science and the ongoing…


Instruments

Instruments The instruments shown below are available in the Biophysics Facility (BF) of the Biozentrum and can be booked and used by all members of the University of Basel, following training by BF staff. The instruments…