UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the University of Basel
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Research
Microfactories in the body
Tim Schröder / Can you imagine having a tiny factory under your skin or in your body? A biochemical machinery that produces antibiotics or cancer medication when required?
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Research
Few regrets in the face of death
Christoph Dieffenbacher / People who take time to think about death do not regret as much in their lives as one might imagine. One reason for this could be that we do not, when we come to contemplate our mortality, wish to endanger our self-esteem and so we somehow reinterpret the past.
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Research
When sleeper cells cause problems
Karin Bundschuh / Infectious diseases are becoming increasingly hard to treat. Slow-growing bacteria in particular are making therapy difficult.
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Opinion
“With Europe in our backpack, Africa as a sparring partner, the world in our sights.”
Antonio Loprieno / Africa at a European university.
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Portrait
Perspectives on Europe and the world at large
Julia Konstantinidis / Ralph Weber likes to cross boundaries. As assistant professor at Basel’s Institute for European Global Studies, his frame of reference is global rather than Swiss or European.
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University
Positive balance thanks to budget discipline and additional income
The University of Basel closed its accounts for 2014 with expenditure of about CHF 707 million and a profit of CHF 6.7 million.