UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the University of Basel
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ResearchCombating bacteria with viruses.
Text: Yvonne Vahlensieck / As viruses that specialize in attacking bacteria, phages promise huge potential for the treatment of infections. Scientists in Basel are searching the natural world for new species of phages that can help them identify vulnerabilities in bacteria.
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ResearchMontages at the boundary between art and politics.
Text: Ylenia Sartorel / German artist John Heartfield used photomontages to shine a critical light on social issues in interwar Germany. Now, an art historian in Basel has re-examined his work.
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ResearchBreathing air reveals diseases.
Text: Martin Hicklin / A person’s exhalation reveals their personal metabolic profile. Researchers at the University Children’s Hospital Basel (UKBB) are investigating how this information can be used to diagnose and monitor particular illnesses.
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OpinionBuddha and the early Christians.
Text: Stephan Peter Bumbacher / Did Indian Buddhism influence early Christians in the Middle East? There is evidence that suggests so.
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PortraitA participant observer.
Text: Christoph Dieffenbacher / Social anthropologist Rita Kesselring examines both the legacy of apartheid and mining in southern Africa. For her field research, she often travels alone to townships and inhospitable mining towns.
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AlumniFrom biology to communications.
Interview: Bettina Volz-Tobler / Tanja Dietrich studied biology at the University of Basel. Today, she is communications director at Basel Zoo and owner of a communications agency specializing in online marketing and consulting for small and mediumsized enterprises and associations.
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AlumniAn economist against inequality.
Pia Schneider has worked at the World Bank since 2004, where she has held a position as lead economist for health issues for the last three years. At the University of Basel she studied economics and she obtained a PhD in health economics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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AlumniNew alumni association created.
Text: Jolanda Bucher / Actuarial science has been taught at the University of Basel for 80 years now. This makes the program one of the oldest German-language courses in the field. This year’s anniversary event included the launch of the actuarial science alumni association.
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AlumniSupporting “Offener Hörsaal”.
Text: Annalena Durrer und Timo Posselt / Money collected through this year’s Annual Giving will be donated to the “Offener Hörsaal” association at the University of Basel.
