Malignant breast cancer cells that have undergone partial EMT (green) leave the original cell cluster (red) and migrate to the surrounding area. (Image: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine)

Occasion Cancer cells may promote metastases and resistance to therapy, depending on their state

Photographer University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine

Date 29 Nov 2021

The plankton net used to sample the water surface is rinsed off before sampling to remove any particles that may have adhered beforehand. (Photo: University of Basel, Patricia Holm).

Occasion MM_20211129_Mikroplastik

Date 29 Nov 2021

Ship paint fragments taken as references from the research vessel Polarstern (top) and particles taken from the seawater samples (bottom). Precise chemical analyses showed which microplastic particles came from the water samples from the research vessel and which were of other origin. (Photo: University of Basel, Clara Leistenschneider)

Occasion MM_20211129_Mikroplastik

Date 29 Nov 2021

Prof. Dr. Patricia Holm (left) and Clara Leistenschneider on the research vessel Polarstern on expedition in the Southern Ocean. (Photo: University of Basel, Patricia Holm)

Occasion MM_20211129_Mikroplastik

Date 29 Nov 2021

Prof. Sonja Lyubomirsky was given an honorary doctor by the Faculty of Psychology, here flanked by Dean Prof. Jens Gaab and President Prof. Andrea Schenker-Wicki. (Photo: University of Basel, Christian Flierl)

Occasion Dies academicus 2021

Photographer University of Basel, Christian Flierl

Date 26 Nov 2021

Prof. Margaret Slade was presented with an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Business and Economics by the Dean Prof. Rolf Weder. (Photo: University of Basel, Christian Flierl)

Occasion Dies academicus 2021

Photographer University of Basel, Christian Flierl

Date 26 Nov 2021

Prof. Ruth Lehmann received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Sciences from Dean Prof. Marcel Mayor. (Photo: University of Basel, Christian Flierl)

Occasion Dies academicus 2021

Photographer University of Basel, Christian Flierl

Date 26 Nov 2021

Dean Prof. Dr. Primo Leo Schär awards an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine to the publisher Gabriella Karger. (Image: University of Basel, Christian Flierl)

Occasion Dies academicus 2021

Photographer University of Basel, Christian Flierl

Date 26 Nov 2021

President Prof. Dr. Andrea Schenker-Wicki in the midst of the faculty prize winners. (Photo: University of Basel, Christian Flierl)

Occasion Dies academicus 2021

Photographer University of Basel, Christian Flierl

Date 26 Nov 2021

Dr. Roland Bühlmann, President of AlumniBasel, presents the Alumni Award 2021 to the physician Prof. Regine Landmann-Suter. (Photo: University of Basel, Christian Flierl)

Occasion Dies academicus 2021

Photographer University of Basel, Christian Flierl

Date 26 Nov 2021

Rector Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andrea Schenker-Wicki during her speech at the Dies academicus 2021. (Photo: University of Basel, Christian Flierl)

Occasion Dies academicus 2021

Photographer University of Basel, Christian Flierl

Date 26 Nov 2021

Visualization of the new building for the Department of Biomedicine, view from Metzerstrasse. (Rendering: Burckhardt+Partner)

Occasion Baugesuch für Neubau Biomedizin eingereicht

Photographer Burckhardt+Partner

Date 04 Aug 2021

Scarlet snake entrapped and killed in a black widow web in the corner of the front porch of a house in Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA. (Photo: Trisha Haas)

Occasion Unusual prey: spiders eating snakes

Photographer Trisha Haas

Date 28 Jun 2021

Adult female black widow feeding on a subadult coral snake in Superior, Arizona, USA. (Photo: Lawrence L. C. Jones)

Occasion Unusual prey: spiders eating snakes

Photographer Lawrence L.C. Jones

Date 28 Jun 2021

Juvenile Eastern garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, trapped in a brown widow web (Latrodectus geometricus) observed in Douglas, Georgia, USA. (Photo: Julia Safer)

Occasion Unusual prey: spiders eating snakes

Photographer Julia Safer

Date 28 Jun 2021

Brown widow spider feeding on a Brahminy blindsnake in a garden house in Zaachila, Oaxaca, Mexico. (Photo: Matias Martinez)

Occasion Unusual prey: spiders eating snakes

Photographer Matias Martinez

Date 28 Jun 2021