Resolving Protein-Ligand Interactions Across Time and Space Using X-ray Free Electron Lasers Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jörg Standfuss Jörg earned his PhD at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt before joining the MRC…

Microsecond time-resolved cryo-EM Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lorenz Ulrich Lorenz studied Chemistry in Würzburg, did his Ph.D. with Tom Rizzo at EPFL, and was postdoc with Ahmed Zewail at Caltech; since 2016 he has been a…

Module: Research Projects During the course of study, students carry out two research projects, each worth 10 CP, under the responsibility of a member of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Science or the teaching staff of…

From Meningococcus to Gonococcus: The journey of Vaccine Development and Cross-Protection Progress in genomic sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, has opened a new era in vaccine design enabling the discovery of many new…

Epigenetic insights for precision medicine: Sequencing-based real-time brain cancer classification The differentiation of a totipotent cell into a somatic cell type is a highly orchestrated process characterized by changes…

Publications

Prof. Dr. Yves-Alain Barde, Emeritus 2003 - 2013 | Professor of Neurobiology As professor of Neurobiology, Yves-Alain Barde was active in research and teaching at the Biozentrum from 2003 to 2013. In his research he focused…

Genes provide the blueprint for life, determining when and where proteins are made. This process involves two key steps: transcription, from DNA to messenger mRNA (mRNA), and translation, where mRNA is decoded into proteins.…

Fitness effects of horizontal gene transfer Bacteria living in multispecies communities can benefit from a gene pool shared through horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Because alleles, genes, and even operons can be acquired…

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the leading life sciences institutes in the world. Its fundamental research embraces a wide range of topics such as biochemistry, biophysics, physics of living systems,…