Sebastian Bolli: «You learn the most by making mistakes» Already involved in hands-on research as a bachelor’s student: Sebastian Bolli explains why the EMB course has become perhaps the most formative experience of his…

Prof. Urs Jenal on the human microbiome Bacteria, fungi and viruses are usually discreet residents of our bodies, but they influence us throughout our lives. When the harmony in this community – known as the microbiome – is…

“Many things just worked out that way” May 2022 Four years ago. Alumninews took up contact with Britta Hartmann. At this time, however, she was in the middle of a career change. Today, the biologist is the Head of the…

Individual visual stimuli are not processed independently by our brain. Rather neurons exchange incoming information to form a coherent perceptual image from the myriad of visual details impinging on our eyes. How our visual…

Muscle aging Rapid advances in treating life-threatening, age-related diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, have extended human lifespan in many developed countries. However, greater longevity has meant more…

Interview with Palmer Bassett She has a passion for the tiny worm C. elegans – not only because it offers so many possibilities for discovery but also because it brings together so many interesting people. This and the fact…

Just a question of perspective June 2019 In Tanzania you can wait for five hours for a train and no one complains. In Sweden there is a two-month summer break. In Switzerland, in contrast, this time is used efficiently. The…

Fabienne Estermann, PhD Student, Group Bumann Tell us more about your PhD project. The aim of my PhD project is to better understand the physiology of the hospital pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with acute…

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…

Insights and outlooks November 2016 It only takes the lift 36 seconds to zoom up to the 38th floor of the Roche Tower. Here, in the Pebbles Lounge, far over the rooftops of Basel, Alumninews meets with Barbara Geering,…