A new open online course, developed by the University of Basel in collaboration with the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, will begin at the end of March. The six-week course focuses on interdisciplinary research and is freely accessible on the FutureLearn platform.
The University of Basel is part of the global search for a drug to fight the rampant coronavirus. Researchers in the Computational Pharmacy group have so far virtually tested almost 700 million substances, targeting a specific site on the virus – with the aim of inhibiting its multiplication. Due to the current emergency, the first results of the tests will be made available to other research groups immediately.
Helper T cells play an important role in the immune response against pathogens. The role of a particular subset of these immune cells was previously unclear. It’s now been shown that T follicular helper cells live much longer than previously thought and contribute to long-term immunity. Researchers at the University of Basel’s Department of Biomedicine reported these findings in Science Immunology.
Employees over 50 can feel excluded and demotivated in the workplace for various reasons. They feel particularly excluded when they believe that their cognitive abilities decrease with age.
A research team has uncovered a genetic signature that enables cells to adapt their protein production according to their state. The researchers of the University of Basel’s Biozentrum report in “Genome Biology” that this newly discovered mechanism plays a role in the regulation of protein production during cell division.
The spatial arrangement of genetic material within the cell nucleus plays an important role in the development of an organism. A research team from the University of Basel, in collaboration with scientists from Harvard University, has developed a method to trace the chromosomes in individual cells. Using this method, they have now been able to demonstrate that chromosomes reorganize during embryonic development. The study has recently been published in “Molecular Cell”.
Professor Nicola Aceto of the University of Basel is awarded the prestigious Friedrich Miescher Award 2020 for his research on circulating tumor cell clusters. He shares the award with Professor Greta Guarda, a group leader at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona.
The round goby, one of the most common invasive freshwater fish, boasts a particularly robust immune system, which could be one of the reasons for its excellent adaptability. This is the result of international genome research.
Migraines affect not only adults but frequently also children and adolescents. Researchers from the University of Basel have concluded that in this age group, the preventive pharmacological treatment of migraine is no more effective than placebo in the long term. The results of the review, carried out as part of an international collaboration, have been published in the scientific journal JAMA Pediatrics.
