The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) has announced that its 2019 Nakasone Award will be awarded to Prof. Michael Hall of the Biozentrum, University of Basel, for his discovery of the master regulator of cell growth, the target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase. The discovery of TOR allowed scientists to better understand cell growth and its importance in development, aging and disease.
The first Basel Summer Science Academy is taking place at the University of Basel this year. In a two-week course, sixteen high school students from various gymnasiums in the region will have the opportunity to get a taste of research life and immerse themselves into invisible worlds at the Biozentrum. Apart from research, there will also be time to discover the Life Sciences hub Basel and for social activities.
An international team of researchers involving members of the University of Basel’s Biozentrum challenges the conventional understanding of the cause of Parkinson’s disease. The researchers have shown that the inclusions in the brain’s neurons, characteristic of Parkinson‘s disease, are comprised of a membranous medley rather than protein fibrils. The recently published study in “Nature Neuroscience” raises new questions about the etiology of Parkinson’s disease.
The President’s Board of the University of Basel has appointed Prof. Dr. Ola Mahmoud as Assistant Professor for Corporate Finance at the Faculty of Business and Economics. She will take up her five-year assistant professorship on 1 July 2019.
Sports scientists from the University of Basel found that providing telephone-based coaching over the phone is an effective method for getting people in Switzerland to adopt a physically active lifestyle.
The University Council has elected Prof. Dr. Caroline Klaver as Professor of Genetic Epidemiology of Ophthalmic Diseases in a joint professorship with the University of Rotterdam. Prof. Dr. Luzius Cavelti was appointed as the new Professor of Tax Law at the Faculty of Law.
How does the university contribute to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals? Which degree programs address issues of sustainability? What are the university’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas balance levels? Details of these and other questions can be found in the University of Basel’s first Sustainability Report, which is published online and provides a summary of key figures and information relating to operations, research and teaching.
The President`s Board of the University of Basel has appointed Prof. Dr. Cordula Kropik as Assistant Professor of German Medieval Studies and General Literature.
Celebrations in honor of literature are rare, but on June 16, Bloomsday – a day that honors the works of James Joyce – will be celebrated all over the world. In keeping with this, the English Seminar of the University of Basel once again invites you to a literary-inspired festival with music, theatre, and culinary surprises. The tradition has been cultivated at Nadelberg 6 for seven years now. Attracting upwards of 200 guests, Bloomsday in Basel has now established itself as the largest Bloomsday in Switzerland.
