Evolution of viruses and bacteria We want to understand the dynamics of evolution and the forces that drive it. Evolution of plants and animals tend to happen over centuries of even longer time-scales. Microbial organisms,…

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…

Mr. Neher, this is our first interview without masks since the beginning of the pandemic. Will this remain so? Richard Neher: If the number of cases increases, wearing face masks again in some settings makes sense. This not…

Alumni Since its inception, the “Biozentrum PhD Fellowship” program has recruited many extremely talented doctoral students - around half of them women - from over 26 different countries. Over 90 PhD students have in the…

Regulators of gene expression from stem cell differentiation to aging Our group is interested in the mechanisms that control gene expression from very early to very late in human life. In eukaryotes, gene expression is a…

IMCF guidelines 1. General booking Rules: The user can book a microscope only after having received the appropriate introduction. The instruments can be booked up to 14 days in advance. During daily working hours (9-17h),…

“Our gene therapy could be a success” For more than thirty years, Markus Rüegg’s group has been studying muscles and nerves. In the interview, he talks about the development of a gene therapy to treat a severe form of a…

Main Content Ambizione Fellows Janani Durairaj Deep Learning models for studying protein structure and interactions Marc van Oostrum Protein networks controlling brain function Simon van Vliet Complex dynamics of microbial…

A3: New Approaches to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance – 14466 (1 hr/week; 1 CP; Fall 2026) Urs Jena l , Marek Basler, Dirk Bumann, Christoph Dehio, Médéric Diard, Knut Drescher This lecture series was redesigned in the scope of…

Former Professors Prof. Dr. Cécile Arrieumerlou 2006 − 2013 Professor of Infection Biology More Prof. Dr. Simon Bernèche 2008 − 2015 Professor of Biophysics More Prof. Dr. Petr Broz 2013 − 2017 Professor of Infection Biology…