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Using lasers rather than scalpels and saws has many benefits in surgery. Yet they are only used in isolated cases. But that could be about to change: laser systems are getting smarter and better all the time, as a research team from the University of Basel demonstrates.
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has awarded another six Starting Grants to University of Basel researchers. The projects come from the fields of biomedicine, chemistry, environmental sciences history and urban studies.
The University of Basel has appointed new professors of experimental pathology, pneumology, Latin studies, statistics and data science and youth mental health.
The Science Faculty of the University of Basel awarded Prof Kelly Chibale (59) with an honorary doctorate for his contributions to the life-science-cluster in Basel. He is a renowned chemist, who founded the Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Center in Cape Town, South Africa.
At the Dies Academicus, the University of Basel awarded honorary doctorates to seven figures from academia and society.
Pregnancy and motherhood lead to brain remodeling. A research team at the University of Basel has now discovered through experiments with mice that distinct pools of stem cells in the adult brain are turned on during pregnancy. They give rise to specific types of olfactory bulb neurons, the team reports in “Science”.
The biotech company T3 Pharmaceuticals, a spin-off from the University of Basel, is being acquired by the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. T3 Pharma has developed a novel technology that uses live bacteria to deliver therapeutic proteins to cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment.
Recent research by Basel archaeologist Dorota Wojtczak together with a team of researchers from France and Denmark has shown that engravings in a cave in La Roche-Cotard (France) were actually made by Neanderthals.
When bacteria build communities, they cooperate and share nutrients across generations. Researchers at the University of Basel have been able to demonstrate this for the first time using a newly developed method. This innovative technique enables the tracking of gene expression during the development of bacterial communities over space and time.
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