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The University Council has appointed five new professors in the fields of geriatric medicine, orthopedics, biomechanics and digital lives: Andrej M. Nowakowski Michael Hirschmann Lara Wolfers Heike Bischoff-Ferrari Marc Aurel Busche 👉 unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

"In the daylight, our lives have a much more rigid schedule. At night, many people are open to whatever may happen." Michel Massmünster has had many all-nighters – for academic purposes, of course. His research focuses on night-time and urbanity. unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

The University of Basel has once again received the “audit family-friendly university” certificate. So it’s a good time to pause and consider: what have we achieved and what do we have planned for the next few years? unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

"The birth of a child symbolizes that something new has come into the world that was not there before." Theology professor Moisés Mayordomo looks at the story of the birth of Jesus and how biblical narratives work. unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

Good news to end the year! European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announces access to Horizon Europe from 1st January 2025, allowing researchers in Switzerland to apply to almost all Horizon Europe Calls. research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-resea…

A research team IOB.ch & University of Basel has developed a therapy to treat Stargardt disease, which often leads to vision loss. Its study shows promising results using a precise technique for gene correction. unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

“Hello ChatGPT, can you help me?” Interactions between humans and chatbots have become part of our daily lives. But do we trust them? And what factors influence our trust? Fanny Lalot Anna-Marie Bertram Social Psych Lab Basel unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

Historian Paul Blickle’s doctoral dissertation explores the history of ballast. Despite its often negative connotations, particularly in German, Blickle emphasizes that “ballast certainly wasn’t useless or superfluous – quite the opposite.” unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

Do you know what "Baselfo" means? In Twi, it refers to people connected to the Basel Mission tradition. If you are curious to explore the entangled histories of Basel and Ghana, discover the stories of students and faculty from Basel, Accra, and Akropong. baselfo.ch

How do bacteria sense potential threats in their environment and initiate protective measures? Researchers led by Knut Drescher have discovered that fragments of the bacterial cell wall serve as an alarm signal. Biozentrum, University of Basel knutdrescher.bsky.social

Linguist Prof. Dr. Lorenza Mondada, cancer researcher Prof. Dr. Mohamed Bentires-Alj, and diabetes researcher Prof. Dr. Marc Donath have each been awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Advanced Grants. unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

Prof. Dr. Mirjam Christ-Crain 🇪🇺🇨🇭, an endocrinologist renowned for her pioneering research, believes in interdisciplinary collaboration to develop new ideas. Her motto? "Never give up." Discover more about her in the latest issue of Uni Nova: 👉 unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

Researchers University of Basel have shown that quantum systems can have antagonistic interactions – one agent attracts the other, but the other way around, there is a repulsion. Such interactions could be realized using cold atoms coupled to each other. unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

Without natural transitions between day and night, our body’s internal clock becomes confused. Corrado Garbazza explains how this can affect our health and why daylight is sometimes the best medicine.

Researchers University of Basel have developed a method to test the mode of action of 1,500+ substances on cells at once, uncovering hidden drug mechanisms and potential new uses - paving the way for repurposing drugs. unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

Consumers in Switzerland are prepared to spend much more money on cow’s milk products if they have been produced in an animal-friendly way. This factor is even more important to them than climate sustainability, as shown by a new study by University of Basel. 👉 unibas.ch/en/News-Events…