Events and news from the Faculty of Medicine
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Register now: Swiss Robotics Day 2024 on 1 November in Basel
The most important Swiss event on the subject of robotics is taking place in Basel this year - co-organized by Prof. Dr. Georg Rauter from the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Register now and get to know the present and future of more…
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108 new Drs. med. and med. dent.
On May 31, 108 new medical and dental medicine doctors were sworn in at the Elisabethenkirche. The keynote speaker was Thomi Jourdan, Head of the Basel-Landschaft Department of Economic Affairs and Health.
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Birthday: The Faculty of Medicine turns 564!
On April 4, 1460, the Faculty of Medicine was founded as part of the University of Basel. In the same year, the Inca military leader Cápac Yupanqui subdued the Huanca people in Junín (Peru), Portuguese sailors discovered the Cape Verdean…
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This was the event "Sustainability in the healthcare sector"
The Swiss healthcare sector is responsible for almost 7% of national greenhouse gas emissions and consumes a considerable amount of resources. To discuss how these environmental impacts can be reduced, an event on the topic of…
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Inaugural lecture at the end of the semester by Prof. Petya Apostolova
At the end of the semester, Prof. Petya Apostolova will give her inaugural lecture on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 11.15 am. It is entitled 'Immunotherapies to fight cancer: the best are yet to come'. The lecture will be in English.
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The University Center for Dental Medicine Basel turns 100!
The Volkszahnklinik for adults was founded in Basel in 1924. Because it was later merged with the school dental clinic and the dental department of the University Hospital into the University Center for Dental Medicine Basel (UZB), the UZB…
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Women in the sciences: Prof. Petya Apostolova
On March 14, Prof. Petya Apostolova will give a lecture on women in the sciences at the Biozentrum. She will be speaking as part of the lecture series "Athena's Journey. Empowering Women in Science", which is organized by the Department of…
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Green Health Revolution: visions for a more sustainable hospital routine
The healthcare sector causes more CO2 emissions than air travel, for example. At the event 'Green Health Revolution: Visions for a more sustainable everyday hospital life', students of human medicine will discuss possible sustainable and…
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Information event on starting a career in the clinic
On February 27, the Faculty of Medicine and the Career Service Center of the University of Basel are offering an information event on starting a career in the clinic. Students of human medicine in the first and second year of their Master's…
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Master's information evening on March 14, 2024
On March 14 from 17:00 to 20:00, the University of Basel is organizing a Master's information evening. Just come to the Kollegienhaus at Petersplatz 1 and find out which program suits you best.News
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Stern-Gattiker Prize for Magdalena Filipowicz Sinnreich
The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences has awarded Prof. Dr. Magdalena Filipowicz Sinnreich the 2024 Stern-Gattiker Prize, endowed with CHF 15,000. With this honor, the jury recognized "a strong woman who has encouraged others to break…
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Career opportunities: professorships in cardiac surgery
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Basel and the University Heart Center of the University Hospital Basel are looking for a Professor of Cardiac Surgery in conjunction with the function of Chief Physician of the Clinic for Cardiac…
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Career opportunities: Professorship of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Basel and the University Children's Hospital Basel are looking for a Professor of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology to start on May 1, 2025 or as agreed.
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Valérie Hilgers new Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Prof. Dr. Valérie Hilgers is to become Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Faculty of Medicine. She will take up her position at the Department of Biomedicine on August 1, 2025.
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Andreas J. Keller new Professor of Physiology
Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Keller is to become the new Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine. He will take up his position at the Department of Biomedicine on August 1, 2024.
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Physical Exercise Prevents Nerve Damage during Chemotherapy
Cancer therapies often cause nerve damage, which leads to permanent symptoms in some of those affected. Medication is ineffective against this. A sports scientist from the Faculty of Medicine and an interdisciplinary team from Germany have…![[Translate to English:] medF](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/b/csm_DSCF6100_39efb11512.jpg?1719413700)
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Primo Schär Bidden Farewell in Faculty Assembly
Primo Schär is stepping down from his position as Dean to take up his new post as Vice President Research at the University of Basel on August 1, 2024. He was officially bid farewell at the Faculty Assembly on June 24.
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Technology and Fitness: Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss in the Unisonar Podcast
Are measuring devices and tracking apps actually improving our health? Find out in the Unisonar podcast from the appointed mouth of Prof. Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Head of the Division of Rehabilitative and Regenerative Sports Medicine at the…
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Eva Scheurer elected Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
At the Faculty Assembly on 27 May 2024, Prof. Dr. Eva Scheurer was elected as the new Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. She will take over from Prof. Dr. Primo Schär, who will have held the post for exactly six years, on August 1.
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Judith Zaugg Professor of Molecular Medicine
The University Council has appointed Prof. Dr. Judith Zaugg as Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Department of Biomedicine (DBM) of the Faculty of Medicine. Zaugg researches how cells integrate genetic and epigenetic information with…News from the MedF cosmos
Inaugural and Habilitation Lectures
27
Nov 2024
18:00
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, Basel, Aula
Habilitation lecture
Spins and Twitches: Reproducible Imaging of Muscle Dynamics
06
Dec 2024
18:00
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, Basel, Aula
Habilitation lecture
The trip to therapy: psychedelics as medication?
11
Dec 2024
18:00
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, Basel, Aula
Habilitation lecture
Bariatric surgery in transition: innovation and future prospects
13
Dec 2024
18:00
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, Basel, Aula
Habilitation lecture
What form of current is optimal for your electric garden fence, and should you use placebos or cannabidiol for analgesia if you have touched it? - Findings from electrical human pain models
10
Jan 2025
18:00
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, Basel, Aula
Habilitation lecture
Large Animal Models in Critical Care
24
Jan 2025
18:00
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, Basel, Aula
Habilitation lecture
Heart over head?
31
Jan 2025
18:00
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, Basel, Aula
Habilitation lecture