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The cell’s cholesterol level is decisive for fat regulation and therefore for the lipid metabolism of the entire organism. This has now been demonstrated by a research team at the University of Basel. The team discovered that a specific receptor controls the cholesterol level in the cell and thus the organismal fat metabolism.
Prof. Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has been honored by the Senate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the degree of Doctor philosophiae honoris causa.
The University of Basel submitted plans today for a new research building on the Schällemätteli Life Sciences Campus. The new building for the Department of Biomedicine is to be built on the site of the current Biozentrum and is set to be completed by 2028. Construction work is expected to begin in 2023.
Breath instead of blood: researchers from the University of Basel have developed a new test method to measure treatment success in epilepsy patients. They hope that this will enable doctors to react more precisely when treating the disease.
University of Basel researchers have reached an important milestone in their quest to produce more sustainable luminescent materials and catalysts for converting sunlight into other forms of energy. Based on the cheap metal manganese, they have developed a new class of compounds with promising properties that until now have primarily been found in noble metal compounds.
The President’s Office has awarded temporary assistant professorships to four female fellows of the PRIMA SNSF funding program. This will strengthen the researchers’ status for the duration of the grant.
Many scientific experiments require highly precise time measurements with the help of a clearly defined frequency. Now, a new approach allows the direct comparison of frequency measurements in the lab with the atomic clock in Bern, Switzerland.
For decades, a key brain area has been thought to merely regulate locomotion. Now, a research group in Basel has shown that the region is involved in much more than walking, as it contains distinct populations of neurons that control different body movements. The findings could help to improve certain therapies for Parkinson’s disease.
Prof. Michael Nash has been promoted to Associate Professor for Engineering of Synthetic Systems by the President’s Board of the University of Basel. Since 2016, Nash has served as Assistant Professor at the University. His research focuses on characterization and optimization of protein biophysical properties.
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