This edition of “Uni-Ein-Blicke” takes us behind the scenes of the Basel Mission (today Mission 21) and its archives – an important resource for research at the University of Basel. This year, the mission is celebrating its 200-year anniversary. The guided tour is open to all employees and students of the University of Basel and takes place October 27 in German and English.
The international research project ‘imagineTrains’ studies perceptions, ideas, and problems that decision makers and passengers associate with rail as a mode of transport.
Our innate immune system rapidly eliminates invading pathogens. When a pathogen is detected in the body, the “inflammasome” protein complex initiates the defense response of the immune cells. By combining two high-resolution methods, researchers from the University of Basel’s Biozentrum have now determined the atomic structure of an important part of the inflammasome.
Researchers at the University of Basel have succeeded in building protein gates for artificial nano-vesicles that become transparent only under specific conditions. The gate responds to certain pH values, triggering a reaction and releasing active agents at the desired location.
One in four young people have experienced chronic pain and a mental disorder. According to a new report in the Journal of Pain, the onset of pain is often preceded by mental disorders: an above-average rate of incidence of depression, anxiety disorders, and behavioral disorders occurs before the onset of headaches, back pain and neck pain.
In 2013, an Indian TV channel named Venki Ramakrishnan one of the “25 greatest global living Indians”. On 13th October, 2015, the structural biologist and Nobel Prize laureate will visit the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. As a part of the Biozentrum Lectures series, the scientist will talk about the structure and function of the ribosome.
The Biozentrum is mourning the death of Gottfried Schatz, Professor emeritus of Biochemistry at the University of Basel.
When cells from the connective tissue collide, they repel one another – this phenomenon was discovered more than 50 years ago. It is only now, however, that researchers at the University of Basel have discovered the molecular basis for this process. Their findings could have important implications for cancer research.
Displaying false information in order to deceive is one of the most ingenious survival strategies in the natural world. Zoologists at the University of Basel have now revealed a particular example of this kind of trickery in an African cichlid that is specially adapted to feeding on the scales of other fish.
