Facing conflicts without fear December 2020 Seven different countries, seven different cultures. Hilde Janssens has experience in how differently people communicate with each other. And yet, certain problems are the same…
Silvia Arber, one of the world’s most prominent neurobiologists, is a leading figure in the study of neuronal circuitry controlling motor behavior. Her research on the assembly, structure and function of motor circuits has…
Getting the point in science. May 2014 “Shhhh. It’s news time!” – That’s what children used to hear at lunch time. This family tradition has been lost over the years. But not so the broadcast of the Swiss Radio main news at…
Biozentrum Highlights 1971 - 2021 1968 − Pioneering concept The potential of molecular biology was recognized early in Switzerland – in the 1960s. Due to the visionary leadership of Arnold Schneider, a member of the Cantonal…
2026 Prof. Fiona Doetsch Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine News Weblink 2025 Prof. Claudia Keller Valsecchi ERC Consolidator Grant News Weblink Prof. Flavio Donato ERC Consolidator Grant News Weblink Prof. David Brückner ERC…
Soon children's voices will fill the Biozentrum. Again this year, for the third time, school children will become young research scientists. Wearing white coats, armed with pipettes, pens and notebooks, they will eagerly…
In 1949, the Canadian psychologist Donald O. Hebb described that connections between neurons become stronger when the neurons are active at the same time, and that strengthened connections facilitate signal transmission. The…
Today, the BBVA Foundation announced that Prof. Michael Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and Prof. David Sabatini from the MIT, USA, have been awarded the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category…
Alumni Name Position Held in Lab Current Position AGUILAR Gustavo PhD & PostDoc ALBORELLI Ilaria PhD & PostDoc Head of Data Analysis Unit, Pathology Department, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland AYDOGAN Vahap PhD &…
Unraveling the functioning and evolution of genome-wide regulatory networks Gene regulatory networks underlie much of the characteristic complex behaviors of biological systems. They allow single-celled organisms to "act on…
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