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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 12h
At first, it spread almost unnoticed, but for the past two years the tiger mosquito has been found throughout Basel. Researchers @swisstph.ch & @unibas.ch have now investigated how Basel can treat one of the mosquito’s breeding sites particularly effectively.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 22/09/2026
The University Council has appointed Professor Gregor Hutter @hutterlab.bsky.social as Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at the Faculty of Medicine. Hutter's research focuses on glioblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in adults. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Portrait of Gregor Hutter wearing a white coat against a gray background.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 03/08/2026
A ping-pong game of creative ideas, followed by phases of intensive calculations: that’s how Admir Greljo describes his work as Professor of Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology @unibas.ch. Read more about Admir Greljo in the current Uni Nova issue: www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Man wearing glasses and a white shirt (Admir Greljo) sitting in an office, with a chalkboard covered in mathematical equations behind him.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/07/2026
Four new professors at the University of Basel Emergency medecine: @wolfhautz.bsky.social Systens developmental medicine: @mariuslange.bsky.social Ibero-Romance and general linguistics: Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr Sustainability and behavioral change: Florian Lange 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Prof. Dr. Wolf E. HautzDr. Marius LangeProf. Dr. Sandra Schlumpf-ThurnherrProf. Dr. Florian Lange
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 24/06/2026
Professor Christophe Piveteau (@christophepiveteau.bsky.social) has been appointed the new assistant professor of theoretical quantum computing. @dmi.unibas.ch 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Prof. Dr. Christophe Piveteau
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 17/06/2026
Like a miniature lunar rocket: Researchers at University of Basel developed a modular nanorobot for tasks in medicine, industry or environmental technology. It's even self-assembling and reusable. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even... @nanoscience.ch
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 22/04/2026
The University Council has appointed Professor Samuel Allemann as professor of pharmaceutical care. Allemann's research aims to make medication in chronic and complex diseases safer, more effective and more suitable for everyday use. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Professor Samuel Allemann
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 09/04/2026
Treelines shift uphill with #climatechange, right? A new global study by @ecologybasel.bsky.social shows: it’s not that simple. 25% of treelines are now lower than 20 years ago. Besides warming, land use and fire also play a role. @oeaw.bsky.social 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Mountains with trees growing on their slopes, up to a certain elevation.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 24/03/2026
The University Council has appointed Prof. Gertraud Gradl-Dietsch clinical professor of child and adolescent psychiatry. She will also take over as director of the Clinic for Children and Adolescents at the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel (UPK). 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Gertraud Gradl-Dietsch
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 13/03/2026
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 18/02/2026
Catalina Chaparro-Pedraza @ecoevodevolab.bsky.social has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant and will begin her research at the University of Basel on March 1. Her work will focus on how biodiversity responds to human-induced environmental changes. vist.ly/4rygx @eawag.bsky.social
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 06/02/2026
Congratulations to @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Rainwater Prize for Innovative Early Career Scientists — one of the most prestigious international awards in neurodegeneration and dementia research. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Marc Aurel Busche
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 16/12/2025
In 2026, three new professors will take up positions in the Faculty of Medicine, while one professor will be joining the Faculty of Psychology. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Prof. Dr. Mira Katan Kahles, Prof. Dr. Dr. Cristina Granziera, Prof. Dr. Frauke von Versen, Prof. Dr. Mariëtte van Loon
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 10/12/2025
From artificial intelligence to memory and from gene regulation to treatments for blindness: four projects at the University of Basel will each receive around EUR 2 million over a five-year period to pave the way for new discoveries. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Ivan Dokmanić, Flavio Donato, Claudia Keller Valsecchi, Bence György
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 04/12/2025
Professor Viktoria Jansesberger is to become the new assistant professor of political science, with a focus on environment and development. The professorship is being financed by the Max Geldner Foundation. 👉 vist.ly/4h774
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/11/2025
With Peter Lenz, the University of Basel has named for the first time an honorary councillor. The founder of the legal alumni association Pro Iure and the first president of AlumniBasel has long been a supporter of young academics and an initiator of humanitarian projects.
Peter Lenz
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/11/2025
The Faculty of Psychology awarded @inezgermeys.bsky.social an honorary doctorate for her contributions to understanding mental disorders. Her research on the interaction between individuals and their environment and her digital methods for recording everyday processes have shaped modern psychiatry.
Inez Myin-Germeys
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/11/2025
The Faculty of Business and Economics honored @helene-rey.bsky.social for her groundbreaking contributions to international macroeconomics and financial policy. Her research on the global financial cycle shapes economic policy discussions worldwide.
Hélène Rey
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/11/2025
The Faculty of Science awarded Sabine Himmelsbach an honorary doctorate for her outstanding communication of scientific topics through art. As Director of the House of Electronic Arts in Basel, she promotes dialogue between art, technology and society.
Sabine Himmelsbach
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/11/2025
In recognition of her fundamental research on European and Japanese textile techniques, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences awarded an honorary doctorate to the late textile artist Noémi Speiser.
Noémi Speiser
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/11/2025
The Faculty of Medicine awarded @janethering.bsky.social an honorary doctorate for her pioneering research on the relationship between the environment and health. Her great commitment to equal opportunities has empowered women to advance in traditionally male-dominated fields of science.
Janet Hering
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/11/2025
The Faculty of Law awarded emeritus Professor Regina Kiener an honorary doctorate for her lifelong commitment to the rule of law, fundamental rights, and the independence of the judiciary. With her groundbreaking work, she has had a lasting impact on Swiss legal culture.
Regina Kiener
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/11/2025
The Faculty of Theology awarded artist Samuel Buri an honorary doctorate for his unique work. His contemporary religious art combines texts from the Bible with pictorial depth and brings to life the joy of the sensual world and spiritual expression through poetic painting.
Samuel Buri
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 18/11/2025
Prof. Burcu Tepekule is to become the new assistant professor of Paediatric Infectious and Emerging Diseases Modelling. She will take up her position at the Basel Research Centre for Child Health, which is jointly supported by @unibas.ch & @ethz.ch, on 1 August 2026. www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Burcu Tepekule
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 30/10/2025
Marine microorganisms produce large amounts of nitrous oxide. Biogeochemist Dr. Claudia Frey investigated the exact processes involved during an expedition to the Pacific. «The emission of this almost forgotten greenhouse gas is decisive for the global climate.» 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
A CTD rosette sampler being lowered into the ocean by a crane, with calm blue water and clear sky in the background.A scientist works at a laboratory bench on a research vessel, handling samples under a transparent plastic cover, surrounded by lab equipment and instruments.Five labeled glass vials containing water samples with varying clarity and color, connected to tubing and needles in a laboratory setting.A scientist sitting on a crate collects water samples from a CTD rosette sampler on the deck of a research vessel, wearing gloves and rubber boots.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 21/10/2025
Prof. Dr. Daniel Malz is to become the new assistant professor for theoretical quantum optics with a focus on the physics of light-matter interaction. Daniel Malz will take up his position at the Faculty of Science on 1 February 2026. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Prof. Dr. Daniel Malz
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 23/09/2025
The University Council has appointed Professor Julia Bielicki as clinical professor of pediatric clinical pharmacology. Her research focuses on international, multicentric interventional studies in pediatric clinical pharmacology with a focus on antibiotic therapy. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Julia Bielicki
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 17/06/2025
Professor Alex Schier, Director @biozentrum.unibas.ch, has received an Advanced Grant for his developmental biology project, “Selforganize”. It addresses the fundamental question of how body axes develop in the embryo and how this determines the positions of different organs. @schierlab.bsky.social
Professor Alex Schier
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 17/06/2025
Professor Oliver Wenger has received an Advanced Grant for his research projects in photochemistry, which involve chemical reactions triggered by light. This plays a part in processes such as the conversion of solar energy into other forms of energy. @wengeroliver.bsky.social
Professor Oliver Wenger
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 17/06/2025
Professor Thomas Ward's ERC project "Bionix" explores new ways of producing nitrate, which plays a key role in global agriculture as a plant nutrient in fertilizers. Professor Ward and his team aim to establish an efficient process that uses significantly less energy and produces fewer emissions.
Professor Thomas Ward
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 13/06/2025
Communication isn’t just about what we say. When we eat together, we communicate in different ways. “You can’t view language in isolation,” says linguist Lorenza Mondada. “It goes hand in hand with facial expressions, gestures and other body movements.” www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Portrait of a smiling woman with long, black, beaded dreadlocks and a nose ring. Her eyes are closed in laughter, and a stylized, oversized comic-style mouth graphic is collaged over her real mouth. The background is a collage of a green leaf texture and a solid yellow area.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 05/06/2025
Next stop: Osaka! Our Department of Biomedical Engineering will be presenting its current developments at the World Expo in Japan, as part of the Swiss Pavilion: Robotics, laser systems, 3D printing, and virtual reality – all aimed at improving lives through innovation in biomedical engineering.
The demo setups are packed for their way to Japan.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 27/05/2025
Despite just two years of physics at high school, Andrea Hofmann chose to study the subject in Zurich. Today, she develops qubits with her research group in Basel. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Andrea Hofmann heads the group "Quantum Electronic Devices" at the Department of Physics.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 12/05/2025
It talks, sings, eats, kisses, and laughs. We rarely give it much thought — except, perhaps, when we visit the dentist. In the new issue of Uni Nova, we give the mouth the spotlight it deserves. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Close-up of a black-and-white halftone image of a smiling mouth, surrounded by colorful abstract shapes on a bright pink and teal background with yellow graphic elements pointing toward the mouth.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 28/04/2025
Congratulations to Alain Amstutz for winning the the first prize in the "Object of Study" category of the SNSF Scientific Image Competition! @alainamstutz.bsky.social explores the use of hairdressing salons as alternative venues for healthcare services in Lesotho. 👉 www.snf.ch/en/8qDTRiwkq...
A hairdressing salon in Lesotho
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 25/04/2025
Tell me who you sleep with and I'll tell you who you are. Anthropologist George Paul Meiu talks about why we often confuse sexuality with identity. He says: We are obsessed with sex. Unisonar's new season explores gender. Available wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧 unibas.ch/unisonar
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 27/03/2025
In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers @tschopplab.bsky.social have now discovered that these skeletal cells do not just differ in their developmental origin, but also in their gene regulation. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Microscopic image of a bird embryo in a curled position, with bones and cartilage stained in shades of blue and purple, shown on a white background with a light blue gradient.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 25/03/2025
Two new professors in the Faculty of Medicine: The University Council has appointed Professor Ece Özkan Elsen assistant professor of paediatric digital health data analytics. Professor Sebastian Ludyga is to become professor of sport pedagogy and health development. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Prof. Dr. Ece Özkan Elsen & Prof. Dr. Sebastian Ludyga
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 14/02/2025
Christian R. Ulbrich combines his interest in computer technology with jurisprudence and examines the question of how digitalization influences political power relations. Learn more about why this topic fascinates him here: www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Christian R. Ulbrich, director of e-PIAF, the electronic Public Institutions and Administrations Research Forum
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 11/02/2025
The University Council has appointed Tobias Derfuss and Jens Kuhle as Professors of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis. The shared professorship is part of the newly founded Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience Basel (RC2NB). 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Professor Tobias DerfussProfessor Jens Kuhle
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 29/01/2025
Consumers in Switzerland are prepared to spend much more money on cow’s milk products if they have been produced in an animal-friendly way. This factor is even more important to them than climate sustainability, as shown by a new study by the University of Basel. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
A bar chart in the shape of milk cartons displaying the cost of a liter of milk in Swiss francs based on different attributes. Prices are: low emissions, bad for animal welfare (1.6 CHF), Swiss standard price (1.8 CHF), low emissions (2.0 CHF), organic (2.0 CHF), and free-range cows (2.5 CHF).
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 22/01/2025
Prof. Dr. Mirjam Christ-Crain, an endocrinologist renowned for her pioneering research, believes in interdisciplinary collaboration to develop new ideas. Her motto? "Never give up." Discover more about her in the latest issue of Uni Nova: 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Prof. Dr. Mirjam Christ-Crain
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 17/12/2024
The University Council has appointed five new professors in the fields of geriatric medicine, orthopedics, biomechanics and digital lives: Andrej M. Nowakowski Michael Hirschmann @larawolfers.bsky.social Heike Bischoff-Ferrari @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Andrej M. Nowakowski, Prof. Dr. Michael Hirschmann, Prof. Dr. Lara Wolfers, Prof. Dr. Dr. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, Prof. Dr. Dr. Marc Aurel Busche
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 25/11/2024
Poor working conditions in the healthcare sector are a constant topic of discussion. In an interview, nursing scientist @simonael.bsky.social explains where the system needs improvements, why academization is not a problem, and how nursing robots could help. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Professor Michael Simon is standing outdoors in a park. Trees and a blurred building are visible in the background.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 22/11/2024
Congratulations to the researchers from Basel who are listed among the Highly Cited Researchers in 2024! 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 13/11/2024
The alternation of day and night, light and darkness shapes our lives. In its new issue, Uni Nova sheds light on this interplay and its effects on our bodies, dreams and culture. Read online: www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
A split-image cover design for "UNI NOVA" with a light bulb in the center. The left side is black with white text, and the right side is white with black text. The words "Light and Dark" appear on the right side.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 12/11/2024
Researchers from the University of Basel have created synthetic cells that mimic natural cell communication. These protocells, activated by light, could lead to new advances in basic research and medical applications. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Infographic illustrating how synthetic cell communication works: Within the sender, cells are nanocontainers – essentially artificial organelles – whose membranes contain special light-sensitive molecules known as molecular motors. These allow the researchers to set communication between the two cells in motion using a pulse of light: when light reaches the sender cell, the light-sensitive molecules open the nanocontainers, releasing their contents – let's call it substance A – into the sender cell's interior. Substance A can then leave the sender cell through pores in its polymer shell before reaching the receiver cell via the fluid surrounding the protocells. Then substance A enters the receiver cells – again via pores –  where it encounters artificial organelles harboring an enzyme. In turn, this enzyme converts substance A into a fluorescence signal, and the resulting glow tells researchers that signal transmission between sender and receiver has worked.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 09/04/2024
Microplastic particles can be found in the most remote ocean regions, even in Antarctica. A recent study involving researchers from @UniBasel_en shows that environmental pollution from these tiny plastic particles is even higher than previously assumed. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
The research vessel Polarstern in the southern Arctic Ocean
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 08/04/2024
A free throw in #basketball means high pressure for the player. A team of researchers led by Christiane Büttner has found that a pat on the back, especially after a missed first shot, increases the chance of scoring. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
A basketball referee holding a ball.
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University of Basel @unibas.ch · 04/04/2024
The liberalization of medical marijuana has had little effect on the mental health of the general population in the US. However, legalization for therapeutic purposes does benefit those for whom it is intended. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
A large poster advertising a medical marijuana product.
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