What makes things funny? What makes people aggressive? What makes objects different? Here we will discuss how our brain creates emotions and memories.
The language of stand-up comedy
Thomas C. Messerli, Oberassistent (Research and teaching Fellow) at Department of Languages and Literatures, University of Basel
In my talk I will do what you should never do: explain a joke. I use my PhD in humour and repetition in sitcoms as a backdrop, and my perspective is that of someone who studies how we use language to communicate. From that point of view I will show you some ways in which humour can be studied, and I will share with you some interesting trends I have observed in stand-up comedy specials by comedians like Hannah Gadsby, Taylor Tomlinson, and Bo Burnham.
Are we born to be aggressive? What does science tell us?
Christina Stadler, Professor at University Psychiatric Hospital Basel, Departement of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
As a Professor and research group leader at the Department at the University of Basel my special interest lies in investigating the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of deficits in emotion processing in mental health disorders. In this talk I will discuss the question which factors contributes to aggression and antisocial behaviour: Is aggression a result of nurture or nature? I will present results of recent studies on adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders. Additionally, I will discuss the question how families and professionals can contribute to improve emotional and social skills in children.
What's this? - An informal guide to recognizing objects
Tommaso Caudullo (PhD Student at Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI))
Apples, clouds, chairs. Different across and different within, objects and the fuzzy categories they belong to populate our perception of the world. But how can we know whether we are having a beer or a softdrink?Indeed, how can we recognize or remember any object in isolation, with nothing to compare it to. In this talk, we will be looking for the little pint in our own heads, to define all pints soon to be in our stomach.
Pint of Science Festival
Pint of Science brings some of the most brilliant scientists to your local pub to share their latest research and findings with you. You don't need any prior knowledge, and this is your chance to meet the people responsible for the future of science (and have a pint with them). The festival takes place annually over three days in the month of May simultaneously in over 400 cities across the world. Pint of Science Switzerland is a not-for-profit association run by volunteers scientists and science enthusiasts.
Our brain and mind are tightly connected with our body. Blood brings nutrients to the brain and hormones to every organ. How do blood, brain, and mind affect each other in health and disease? And what can science, medicine and technology do about it?
The fascinating dance of blood vessel formation
Maria Kotini, Postdoctoral researcher at Biozentrum, University of Basel
Blood vessels serve as the intricate routes of our circulatory system, crucial for delivering oxygen and nutrients to all tissues and organs. Yet the formation of blood vessels remains a captivating mystery. In this presentation, we delve into the cutting-edge realm of real-time live imaging and we will explore the tools which allow us to catch a glimpse into the fascinating world of embryonic development. Through the lens of advanced microscopy and visualisation techniques, we trace the precisely choreographed cell movements that are essential to form these vital conduits, illuminating the extraordinary process that underpins our circulatory system's development.
Nutritional Psychiatry: How the Food Affects Our Mental Health
Ilya Smolensky, Postdoctoral researcher at Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel
Why can unhealthy food exacerbate anxiety and impair cognitive functions? How does the Mediterranean diet alleviate symptoms of depression and schizophrenia when medications are ineffective? What conditions besides epilepsy might be treated with the ketogenic diet? Answers to these questions are sought by nutritional psychiatry, a young interdisciplinary science studying the relationship between diet and mental health. This research involves biochemical experiments, animal models of mental disorders, observational studies of people with different dietary habits, and randomized clinical trials. I will overview what is currently known in this exciting and rapidly evolving field.
Neuroprotection and Regeneration After Childhood Stroke
Raphael Guzman, Chief of pediatric neurosurgery Professor at the Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel
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Pint of Science Festival
Pint of Science brings some of the most brilliant scientists to your local pub to share their latest research and findings with you. You don't need any prior knowledge, and this is your chance to meet the people responsible for the future of science (and have a pint with them). The festival takes place annually over three days in the month of May simultaneously in over 400 cities across the world. Pint of Science Switzerland is a not-for-profit association run by volunteers scientists and science enthusiasts.
Universität Basel, Kollegienhaus, Haupteingang/Foyer, Petersplatz 1, 4051 Basel
Interdisciplinary
Zukunft Inklusion – Aktionstag Behindertenrechte
Infostand im Kollegienhaus mit Interaktion und Parcours
Am Donnerstag, 16. Mai 2024 präsentiert die Universität Basel ihre spezifischen Angebote für Studierende mit Behinderung an einem Informationsstand im Kollegienhaus.
Die Veranstaltung bietet eine Menge an Informationen und ungewöhnlichen Interaktionen. Vor Ort können Sie zum Beispiel einen Rollstuhlparcours absolvieren oder sich zeigen lassen, wie man sich mit dem Blindenstock orientiert. Kommen Sie vorbei und lassen Sie sich von den vielfältigen Eindrücken inspirieren.
Zudem stellt sich an der Veranstaltung auch die Servicestelle StoB – Studieren ohne Barrieren vor. Sie unterstützt Studierende mit einer Behinderung oder chronischen Krankheit in ihrem Studium. Am Aktionstag präsentiert sie verschiedene Behinderungsformen und zeigt deren Auswirkungen auf den Studienalltag. Ausserdem besteht die Möglichkeit zum Austausch mit Betroffenen und den Mitarbeitenden der Servicestelle.
Zukunft Inklusion
Der Aktionstag im Kollegienhaus ist Teil der Kampagne «Zukunft Inklusion», die vom 15. Mai bis zum 15. Juni 2024 in den Kantonen Basel-Stadt und Basel-Landschaft sowie in der ganzen Schweiz stattfindet. 2014 hat die Schweiz die UNO-Behindertenrechtskonvention unterschrieben. Mit den nationalen Aktionstagen feiern wir 2024 das 10 Jahre Jubiläum und die Umsetzung der Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen.
Organizer:
Universität Basel, Servicestelle Studieren ohne Barrieren (StoB)
Doctoral candidates and postdocs from the University of Basel present their research in short talks
diss:kurs is all about doctoral and postdoctoral research: Doctoral candidates and postdocs from different departments of the University of Basel present their research projects in short talks to an academic and wider public.
The event is aimed at anyone who is interested in doing or is already pursuing a PhD or who is curious about the research conducted at the University of Basel.
The next diss:kurs will take place on 16 May 2024, 5:00 pm at Theater Tabourettli. The Graduate Center cordially invites you to this event followed by an apéro riche.
Basler Doktorierende und Postdocs verschiedener Fachbereiche präsentieren ihre Forschungsprojekte in Kurzvorträgen. Das Graduate Center lädt Sie herzlich zu dieser Veranstaltung mit anschliessendem Apéro riche ein.
Universität Basel, Kollegienhaus, Aula, Petersplatz 1, 4051 Basel
Interdisciplinary
«Die Welt von morgen»
Ein Gespräch mit dem österreichischen Schriftsteller Robert Menasse über ein post-nationales Europa
Der österreichische Schriftsteller Robert Menasse spricht in Basel über seine Vision von der Überwindung des Nationalismus in einem künftigen demokratischen Europa, seinen Widersprüchen und Grenzen – und was das für die Schweiz heisst.
Robert Menasse ist in den letzten Jahren besonders mit seinen Europaromanen «Die Hauptstadt» und «Die Erweiterung» in Erscheinung getreten. Für letzteren erhielt er 2023 den Europäischen Buchpreis. In diesem Frühling erscheint sein Europaessay «Die Welt von morgen» bei Suhrkamp.
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller und Dr. Christoph Spenlé (Universität Basel, Juristische Fakultät).
Robert Menasse (*1954 in Wien) studierte Germanistik, Philosophie sowie Politikwissenschaft in Wien, Salzburg und Messina und promovierte im Jahr 1980. Menasse lehrte anschliessend sechs Jahre – zunächst als Lektor für österreichische Literatur, dann als Gastdozent am Institut für Literaturtheorie – an der Universität São Paulo. Seit seiner Rückkehr aus Brasilien 1988 lebt Menasse als Literat und kulturkritischer Essayist hauptsächlich in Wien.
Organizer:
Juristische Fakultät und Europainstitut der Universität Basel
Universität Basel, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Peter Merian-Weg 8, 4002 Basel, PRO IURE Auditorium
Economy & Law
Von Bitcoin bis Tulpenzwiebel. Wie alternativ soll ich investieren? Antworten aus Praxis und Wissenschaft
Öffentliches Panel über Investieren abseits des Aktienmarkts: Chancen & Risiken für private Investoren durch alternative Anlagen
Aktien, Private Equity, Bitcoin oder Betongold? Den Möglichkeiten, sein Geld anzulegen, sind keine Grenzen gesetzt. Doch was ist auch sinnvoll?
Sollen private Anlegerinnen und Anleger in Bitcoin investieren, um an der Krypto-Bonanza teilzunehmen? Gilt die alte Regel noch, Aktien breit zu diversifizieren und dann am besten «lange zu schlafen»? Oder sind Fintechs die Lösung, die abseits des traditionellen Bankensystems Investments ermöglichen? Wir diskutieren diese Fragen mit Vertretern aus Forschung und Praxis.
Die Panel-Teilnehmer:innen:
Prof. Dr. Pascal Böni, CEO Remaco Advisory Services AG, Academic Director MBA in Finance (WWZ &TIAS)
Dr. Aurelio Perucca, CEO & Mitgründer Splint Invest,WWZ Alumni und Lehrbeauftragter
Dr. Jacqueline Henn, Dozentin für Alternative Investments & Personal Finance (WWZ), Bankrätin Basler Kantonalbank
Prof. Dr. Fabian Schär, Professor für Distributed LedgerTechnology and Fintech (WWZ)
Michael Heim, Moderation, Leiter Ressort Unternehmen und Politik, Handelszeitung
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, 4051 Basel, Aula
Medicine & Health
Unsere Welt geht viral: das Immunsystem im Kampf gegen Viren
Öffentliche Antritts- und Habilitationsvorlesung
PD Dr. Karoline Leuzinger, Privatdozentin für Mikrobiologie: „Unsere Welt geht viral: das Immunsystem im Kampf gegen Viren”
Öffentlichen Antritts- und Habilitationsvorlesungen der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Basel im Frühjahrsemester 2024, Eintritt frei, keine Anmeldung nötig
A short stroll through the last years of research with psychedelics conducted by the division of clinical pharmacology and toxicology at the University Hospital Basel. In recent years evidence is re-growing that psychedelics might have beneficial effects on symptoms of depression or anxiety. Besides taking a closer look on how psychedelics can be used as tools in psychiatry and psychotherapy, there is a need of investigating their acute psychological and physiological effects. What are positive or negative effects of a substance? Which dose can be regarded as safe? Are there some similarities or differences between substances? Focus of our research lies on characterizing the acute effects of classical psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, DMT and mescaline. The presentation will give an overview of recent findings in our lab of how psychedelics induce their effects on a pharmacological, psychological and physiological level.
Mit anschliessendem Apéro
Organizer:
Studentischer Verein PARAB (Psychedelic Awareness & Research...
«The State of the Science on Implementation Strategies», Byron J. Powell, PhD, LCSW Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School (USA)
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 – 17.00-18.30 CEST
«Systems Analysis Methods for Implementation Science», Bo Kim, PhD United States Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System & Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston (USA)
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 – 17.00-18.30 CEST
Round Table with Editors of Implementation Science Journals:
Gregory Aarons, PhD, University of California, San Diego (USA) & Paul Wilson, MS, University of Manchester (UK)
Bianca Albers, PhD, University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Anne Sales, PhD, University of Missouri (USA)
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 – 17.00-18.30 CET
The Swiss Implementation Science Network (IMPACT) was founded in October 2019 with the goals to:
Showcase implementation science projects in health care and health care related sciences conducted by Swiss researchers and institutions especially;
Provide networking opportunities for implementation science researchers and other interested stakeholders in Switzerland;
Provide training opportunities for implementation science; and
Leverage funding options for implementation science in Switzerland.
Implementation science is the scientific study of methods to promote the integration of research findings and evidence-based interventions into healthcare policy and practice. It seeks to understand the behavior of healthcare professionals and support staff, healthcare organizations, healthcare consumers, and policymakers in context as key variables in the sustainable uptake, adoption, and implementation of evidence-based interventions.
Organizer:
Medizinische Fakultät, Departement Public Health,...
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