In times of “home office”, lock downs and closed gyms, endurance sports is back in trend again. Jogging, biking or swimming keeps you healthy and makes your muscles fit. With regular training, the musculature adapts to be…

No Plan B! December 2015 Throwing in the towel has never crossed his mind, despite some severe setbacks. A failure is not the end of the world. And so Santhera CEO Thomas Meier has never had a plan B tucked away at the back…

Cells live and survive by taking up proteins, recycling and reusing or degrading them. The proteins are located on the cell surface and are transported from here into the cell’s interior. About 80 percent of these membrane…

Proteins are the workhorses of our cells: They transport substances, digest nutrients and serve as building blocks. To perform this wide range of tasks, they must be folded correctly. This process is ensured by an arsenal of…

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…

Living in Basel Basel is one of the top cities with the highest quality of living worldwide. It is located in the heart of Europe and embedded in Europe’s most important Life Sciences hub. The Biozentrum is embedded in…

Live and Work in Basel Selection of Funding Opportunities in Switzerland and the EU University of Basel Research Fund University of Basel : funding for excellent junior researchers (Contact: Grants office ) Swiss National…

The ability to turn experiences into memories allows us to learn from the past and use what we learned as a model to respond appropriately to new situations. For this reason, as the world around us changes, this memory model…

Interview with Alexander Kuznetsov From a medical degree in pediatrics to a Master in Bioinformatics, from industry to academia, and from Moscow, via Armenia, to Basel. Alexander Kuznetsov considers things carefully before…

Pathogenesis and treatment of chronic bacterial infections Chronic bacterial infections are a growing global challenge, driven by the rise of antibiotic resistance, an aging population with weaker immune defenses, and the…