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• 21 Apr 2026 / Uni Info

  New professor of pharmaceutical care

  The University Council has appointed Professor Samuel Allemann as professor of pharmaceutical care in the Faculty of Science. Furthermore, the university has initiated the process to select a successor to President Professor Andrea Schenker-Wicki and has confirmed several additional academic appointments.

• 15 Apr 2026 / Uni Research

  MitoCatch delivers healthy mitochondria to diseased cells

  In many diseases, damaged mitochondria play a central role. These small structures supply cells with energy. Researchers have now developed the system MitoCatch, which delivers healthy donor mitochondria specifically to the cells that need them most urgently.

  
• 14 Apr 2026 / Uni Research

  Plague outbreaks in the Early Modern period hit working youths the hardest

  Excavations beneath Basel’s Stadtcasino uncovered graves from the 17th century, including plague burials. Analysis by researchers at the University of Basel shows that it was primarily young people from lower social strata who fell victim to the disease.

  
• 09 Apr 2026 / Uni Research

  Why treelines don’t simply rise with the climate

  A global study by the University of Basel reveals a surprising picture: while 42 percent of treelines worldwide are shifting upslope, 25 percent are retreating. This seemingly contradictory trend involves more than just warming. Climate change and human land use are interacting.

  
• 24 Mar 2026 / Uni Info

  New professor of child and adolescent psychiatry

  The University Council has appointed Professor Gertraud Gradl-Dietsch clinical professor of child and adolescent psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine. She will also take over as director of the Clinic for Children and Adolescents at the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel (UPK).

• 24 Mar 2026 / Uni Research

  Local immune coordination in the lung reveals a new layer of defense

  When a virus enters the lungs, the immune system has to react fast. The lung maintains its own community of immune cells capable of mounting a local defense on the spot. Researchers from the University of Basel now describe the role of a specialized group of cells that orchestrates this local response, directing neighboring immune cells to work together. Their findings could pave the way for new inhalable vaccines against respiratory viruses such as influenza.

  
• 19 Mar 2026 / Uni Research

  AI helps to evaluate skin lesions in rare disease more accurately

  There is a promising new drug for the rare disease mastocytosis, which is associated with skin lesions, among other things. Researchers at the University of Basel have now been able to use artificial intelligence to quantitatively measure for the first time the extent to which it reduces skin lesions.

  
• 19 Mar 2026 / Uni Info

  Smart facade for Basel’s new biomedicine building

  With the arrival of spring, facade installation has begun on the new building of the Department of Biomedicine (DBM) at the University of Basel. The envelope is more than just a barrier; it symbolizes the advanced research, innovation and technical progress that will characterize the work conducted within.

  
• 13 Mar 2026 / Uni Info

  Senate advocates change at the top of the President’s Board

  The Senate of the University of Basel has decided to seek new appointments to the President’s Board for the coming term of office and not to accept the President’s offer to extend her mandate.