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Clinical Research Day on 6 February 2025

The Department of Clinical Research invites clinicians and researchers to join their Research Day on Thursday, 6 February 2025 from 11.15 - 17.15 o'clock at Kleiner Hörsaal, Zentrum für Lehre und Forschung (ZLF) of the University Hospital…
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Department of Biomedicine Research Day on January 23, 2025

The Department of Biomedicine invites clinicians and researchers to join their 2025 Research Day on Thursday, 23 January 2025 from 8.25 - 12.30 o'clock at Grosser Hörsaal, Zentrum für Lehre und Forschung (ZLF) of the University Hospital…
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Museum Night 2025 - the Faculty of Medicine is present again

This year's Museum Night will take place on January 17, and the Anatomical Museum of the Faculty of Medicine will be there again. To mark its 200th anniversary last year, it will be taking a journey through the centuries and addressing the…
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116 new Doctrices and Doctores medicinae and medicinae dentalis

For the second time this year, the Faculty of Medicine awarded doctorates for over 100 new medical and dental medicine candidates in the Elisabethenkirche in Basel. The keynote speaker was Dr. Severin Schwan, Chairman of the Board of…
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Bachelor's Info Day on November 22

How the heck am I supposed to know what I want do be as a job? Some people are sure from childhood, for others this is one of the most difficult questions of all. A visit to the bachelor's info day can help here, because you can talk to…
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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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Brain Signals of Good Memory Performance Revealed

People differ in their memory performance. Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine have now discovered that certain brain signals are related to these differences.
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Master’s Thesis Awards 2023

This year, the prizes of the Medical Faculty for the best Master's theses go to Simon Gallmann, Fabienne Bruggisser and Claudia Hauser.
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Welcoming of the New Professors

25 new professors were welcomed to the Faculty of Medicine by Dean Primo Schär on August 21. The event once again took place at Wildt'schen Haus on St. Peter's Square, the appropriate setting for an aperitif riche at 37 degrees in the…
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Medical Faculty’s Sustainability Efforts Honored

The Medical Faculty participated for the first time in an international sustainability reporting exercise and ranked among the top institutions in a Switzerland-wide comparison. The initiative called "Planetary Health Report Card" evaluates…
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New Building for Department of Biomedicine: All Systems are Go

With a new research building for the Department of Biomedicine, the University of Basel is setting the next building block on the Schällemätteli campus. The building permit has been issued, the contract with the general contractor has been…
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Birthday: The Faculty of Medicine turns 563

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Basel was founded on April 4, 1460, at a time when the cosmos still seemed to revolve around the earth and human health depended on four humors. No one in Europe knew about the Americas, and…

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Inaugural and Habilitation Lectures

31 Jan 2025
18:00

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, Basel, Aula

Habilitation lecture

Criminal law measures to reduce risk: does it work and if so, how?

PD Dr. med. Tobias Vogel
12 Feb 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Better together: targeting hematological neoplasms with combination therapies"

PD Dr. Simona Stivala, Associate Professor of Experimental Medicine
14 Feb 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

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"Grasping the world"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Alexandre Kämpfen, Associate Professor of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery
19 Feb 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"From the nose to the brain and back"

PD Dr. med. Simona Negoias, Privatdozentin for Otorhinolaryngology
20 Feb 2025
14:15

Institut für Pathologie Schönbeinstrasse 40, Basel, Hörsaal oben. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Introduction to the principles and clinical relevance of the cerebral circulatory system"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. Szilvia Mezey, Associate Professor of Anatomy
26 Feb 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Fertility preservation: part of cancer therapy"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Tamara Diesch-Furlanetto, Privatdozentin for Pediatric Haematology and Oncology
28 Feb 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Small Cuts, Big Impact: Reinventions and Progress in Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Benito Benitez, private lecturer for oral and maxillofacial surgery
14 Mar 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Ups and downs of glucose - on the tracks of a rollercoaster ride"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Matthias Hepprich, private lecturer in endocrinology
11 Apr 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Artificial intelligence: revolution in heart attack diagnostics?"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Jasper Boeddinghaus, private lecturer in cardiology
25 Apr 2025
16:00

Departement Sport, Bewegung und Gesundheit, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, grosser Hörsaal. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Vascular Aging - What's that and who cares?"

PD Dr. med. Karsten Königstein, private lecturer in sports medicine