University of Basel - The Biozentrum

The Biozentrum

The Biozentrum is a Department of the university. It is a research institute, covering the research areas of biochemistry, biophysical chemistry, microbiology, structural biology, and cell biology of the faculty of natural sciences, as well as the areas of pharmacology and neurobiology of the medical faculty. In 2001, the new fields of bioinformatics, genomics & proteomics, and a nanosciences branch were been introduced. A second building has been constructed next to the Biozentrum which was inaugurated in fall 2000, the “Pharmazentrum”. It hosts some Biozentrum research groups, including the bioinformatics unit and Applied Microbiology as well as the Zoological Institute of the Basel University.

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