Program Overview

University Programs

The university offers a range of programs for students, including Bachelor's and Master's degrees, as well as PhD programs.

Bachelor's Programs

• BSc in Biologie
• BSc in Computational Sciences
• Diplom in Biotechnologie

Master's Programs

• MSc in Molekularbiologie
• MSc in Physics of Life

PhD Programs

• International PhD Program
• PhD Fellowships
• Graduate Teaching Program
• PhD Dokumente

Graduate Teaching Program

The Graduate Teaching Program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in their chosen field. The program includes:

• Teaching Cycles
  • Cycle A: Infection Biology
  • Cycle B: Neuroscience
  • Cycle C: Growth and Development
  • Cycle D: Structure and Function of Macromolecules
  • Cycle E: Computational and Systems Biology
  • Cycle G: Gene Expression and Epigenetics
  • Cycle H: Molecular Medicine
  • Cycle I: Practical and Experimental Skills

Course Offerings

• E4: Current Topics in Biophysics 25661
  • Description: This course reviews how ideas and concepts from physics have helped understanding biological systems by discussing landmark papers in the field.
  • Topics: Quantitative laws in genome evolution, trade-offs between unicellular and multicellular organization, regulatory circuits for gene regulation and their specific behaviors, the role of gene expression noise, bacterial growth laws, regulatory principles in metazoan development, and the application of maximum entropy and information theory principles to biological problems from protein structure to development.
  • Pre-requisites: A good mathematical background (calculus, linear algebra, dynamical systems, probability theory) as well as a basic background in biology.

Research Areas

The university has a strong research focus, with research areas including:

• Forschungsfelder
• Publications
• Technology Ventures
• Partner

Facilities

The university has a range of facilities to support research and teaching, including:

• BioEM Lab
• Biophysics Facility
• FACS Core Facility
• Imaging Core Facility
• Proteomics Core Facility
• Research Instrumentation Facility
• Research IT
• Swiss High-field NMR Facility
• Bioinformatics Core Facility
• Genomics Facility Basel
• sciCORE

Summer Schools

The university offers summer schools, including:

• Biozentrum Research Summer
• Basel Summer Science Academy

Praktika

The university offers praktika (internships) for students, including:

• Angehende Doktorierende
• Primarschülerinnen und -schüler