UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the University of Basel
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ResearchSmart molecules heal wounds.
Text: Angelika Jacobs / When a serious injury occurs, bleeding can overwhelm the body’s healing mechanisms. Artificial molecules could help by giving a boost to the clotting process.
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OpinionThe ghost in the machine.
Text: Markus Schöbel / How high-risk industries are sustained by a culture of safety.
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AlumniBetween literature and geography.
Interview: Bettina Volz-Tobler / Dr. Barbara Piatti mediates between academia and the public. She manages and develops interdisciplinary and cultural history projects, creating formats ranging from books to digital portals, festivals to audio dramas and staged walks – both on her own initiative and on behalf of official bodies, institutions and businesses.
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Alumni
Signs of increasing appeal.
Text: Bettina Volz-Tobler / The Alumni Prize was launched in 2015, the 10th anniversary of AlumniBasel. It is endowed with a CHF 10,000 prize by an alumnus and patron and aims to show the many ways in which University of Basel alumni go on to enrich society after completing their studies.
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AlumniSpecial issue stamps by a Basel alumnus.
Molecular biologist Dr. Martin Oeggerli, alumnus of the University of Basel, created two special Swiss Post stamps.
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AlumniGlobal challenges and the coronavirus crisis.
Text: Pascale Baeriswyl / Pascale Baeriswyl studied law, history and French literature and linguistics at the University of Basel. Today she is an ambassador to the UN in New York.
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ColumnBolaño’s The Savage Detectives: An unflinching, urgent narrative.
Text: Moisés Mayordomo / My book: The theologian Prof. Dr. Moisés Mayordomo recommends the 1998 published novel "Los detectives salvajes" by the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño.
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Dossier“Different people make different decisions.”
Interview: Christoph Dieffenbacher / Research into human decision-making brings together the fields of psychology and economics. One of the first researchers to study this topic intensively at the University of Basel is Professor Jörg Rieskamp.
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DossierHow our memory can trick us.
Text: Martin Hicklin / When we have to make a choice, we often select the options that trigger the strongest memories. One reason for this is that weak memories tend to make us feel uncertain.
