Gene expression regulatory programs Although the genetic material is more or less identical in all cells of our body, which genes are being “read” and how they are read to produce RNAs and proteins varies between cell types.…

State-of-the-art infrastructure for leading-edge research In 2021, the Biozentrum moved into its new home to continue fostering its world class research. The “Beacon of Science” houses 400 researchers from around the world…

Art around the Biozentrum building There are two art-and-architecture works around the Biozentrum building: the installation "Vita Parcours (Life Science)" by the well-known Basel artist Christoph Büchel and the work…

CV of Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher ORCID 0000-0002-7340-2444 Google Scholar Google Scholar Positions: Since 2021 Associate Professor at the Biozentrum 2015 - 2021 Professor of Biophysics, Philipps-Universität Marburg 2014 - 2021…

Videos Robotic sampling system that was developed for spatiotemporal transcriptome measurements of bacterial swarms Material properties of bacterial biofilms revealed, by tracking all cells during deformation. Introduction…

Research Projects Our team is comprised of people with different training: Some team members are trained in physics or mathematics, some are trained in molecular biology, and others are trained in interdisciplinary sciences…

Benefits Biozentrum Alumni members can take advantage of the offers and services provided by both the Biozentrum and the parent organization AlumniBasel. This is because members of the Biozentrum Alumni automatically also…

Pseudocontact Shifts in Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy Thomas Müntener, Daniel Joss, Daniel Häussinger*, and Sebastian Hiller* Paramagnetic centers in biomolecules, such as specific metal ions that are bound to a protein,…

Publication list - curated & annotated Curated publication list of the Drescher group . The curated publication list provides a better overview of the lab activities and important publications. The automatically generated…

Our thanks to donors In recognition of the high scientific quality of its research, the Biozentrum is also generously supported by companies, private individuals and foundations who, for example, finance new research…