University of Basel

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The official Bluesky account of the oldest university in Switzerland.

Prof. Dr. Christophe Piveteau
Animation of a modular nanorobot from the University of Basel that can be magnetically controlled, transport active substances, and attach selectively to surfaces.
Professor Samuel Allemann
Mountains with trees growing on their slopes, up to a certain elevation.
Gertraud Gradl-Dietsch
Marc Aurel Busche
Prof. Dr. Mira Katan Kahles, Prof. Dr. Dr. Cristina Granziera, Prof. Dr. Frauke von Versen, Prof. Dr. Mariëtte van Loon
Ivan Dokmanić, Flavio Donato, Claudia Keller Valsecchi, Bence György
Peter Lenz
Inez Myin-Germeys
Hélène Rey
Sabine Himmelsbach
Noémi Speiser
Janet Hering
Regina Kiener
Samuel Buri
Burcu Tepekule
A CTD rosette sampler being lowered into the ocean by a crane, with calm blue water and clear sky in the background.
Prof. Dr. Daniel Malz
Julia Bielicki
Professor Alex Schier
Professor Oliver Wenger
Professor Thomas Ward
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.
The demo setups are packed for their way to Japan.
Andrea Hofmann heads the group "Quantum Electronic Devices" at the Department of Physics.
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.
A hairdressing salon in Lesotho
Geore-Paul-Meiu on sexuality and politics.
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.
Prof. Dr. Ece Özkan Elsen & Prof. Dr. Sebastian Ludyga
Christian R. Ulbrich, director of e-PIAF, the electronic Public Institutions and Administrations Research Forum
Professor Tobias Derfuss
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).
Prof. Dr. Mirjam Christ-Crain
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
Professor Michael Simon is standing outdoors in a park. Trees and a blurred building are visible in the background.
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.
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.
The research vessel Polarstern in the southern Arctic Ocean
A basketball referee holding a ball.
A large poster advertising a medical marijuana product.
Symbolic image of a stem cell transplant
Radicals generated by light can only unfold their reactivity as soon as they break out of a kind of "cage" that the solvent forms around them. Researchers in Basel show how to make this "cage escape" more successful and how it leads to more efficient photochemistry. (Illustration: University of Basel, Jo Richers)
Clown loach
Skin rash on the back of a woman
Light pulses can be stored and retrieved in the glass cell, which is filled with rubidium atoms and is only a few millimeters in size.
From left to right: Lothar Jäckel, Lisa Schneider, Angelika Offinger, Emilia Terszowska, Sabine Eckervogt, Yasmin Müller-Quijada und Michel Brühlhart. Not in the picture: Vanessa Schull, Johann Himber, Brice Herbrecht und Daniel-Uwe Zimmer. (Picture: Rolf Zeller)