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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.
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Research Day of the University Center for Dentistry Basel

The 5th UZB Research Day on April 19, 2024 is dedicated to the anniversary year "100 years of dentistry in Basel". Postdocs, Master's students and researchers from the UZB will present their projects, the University of Basel and an industry…
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Clinical Research Day 2024

The Department of Clinical Research invites you to its Clinical Research Day on Thursday, February 8, 2024, from 11.15 am to 5.15 pm in the small lecture hall at the Center for Teaching and Research (ZLF) at Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel.
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To the Anatomy Museum on Museum Night!

On Friday, January 19, 2024, 41 museums in Basel will open their doors for Museum Night. In addition to the Botanical Garden, the University Library and the Pharmacy Museum, the Anatomical Museum of the Faculty of Medicine will also be…
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This was the graduation ceremony on 17.11.2023

On November 17, 116 new Doctores med. and med. dent. were ceremoniously sworn in at the Elisabethenkirche. After a speech by Dr. Lukas Engelberger, Head of the Health Department of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, Prof. Dr. Primo Schär, Dean of…
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Bachelor Info Day on November 17

Two information markets are open from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm, one in the Kollegienhaus and one in the Biozentrum (find the link to a map below). At the information stands, you can obtain specific information about the degree course you are…
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Mobility and stability at the end of the semester

On Thursday, December 14, 2023, professor of Neuroorthopaedics Heide Elke Viehweger will give her inaugural lecture, which is also the end-of-semester lecture. It is entitled "Mobilität und Stabilität, oder die Reise zur Vernunft".

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Food Met Medicine on September 25!

At the FoodTalk on September 25, 2023 at Unternehmen Mitte, three invited experts spoke to around 110 people about the topics of medicine, agriculture and sustainability. The event was organized by the Medical Faculty of the University of…
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Fall Semester has begun

This week, the fall semester has begun at the university and thus also at the Faculty of Medicine. More than 500 first-year students are being welcomed at all five study programs of the Faculty of Medicine and provided with plenty of…

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New Department of Biomedicine building enters shell construction phase

Following the demolition of the previous building and the excavation of the building pit, the foundations of the spectacular building for the Department of Biomedicine were recently laid. A new, exciting construction phase is now beginning…
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Intensive exercise - longer life

Fabian Schwendinger and colleagues from the Department of Sport, Exercise and Health at the Faculty of Medicine have investigated how the type of physical activity is related to life expectancy. Their study shows that those who engage in…
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Dean Eva Scheurer's favorite place in Basel

The University of Basel traditionally asks all deans about their favorite place in Basel in front of the camera - and it's always on the very site. As Primo Schär's successor, this pleasure has now also been bestowed on the Dean of the…
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Rahel Arquint

Our co-worker Rahel Arquint passed away on September 27 after a long illness. With her passing, the Faculty of Medicine has lost a wonderful person and a great co-worker. Her death touches us deeply and leaves us struggling for admission.
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DSBG staff among the top 2 % of the most cited researchers in their discipline worldwide

According to a recent survey by Prof. Dr. John. P.A. Ioannidis of Standford University, several people from the Department of Sport, Exercise and Health are among the 2% most cited researchers worldwide.
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Welcoming the New Professors

On August 19, 15 new professors and 23 new titular professors of the Faculty of Medicine were welcomed by the new dean Prof. Dr. Eva Scheurer at the Wildt'sches Haus on Petersplatz. From now on, these 17 women and 20 men will shape and…
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RDX: Tenth Research Day of the Department of Biomedical Engineering

On August 21, the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Medicine is holding its tenth Research Day and celebrating its tenth birthday at the same time.
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Eva Scheurer Takes Over the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine

On August 1, Prof. Dr. Eva Scheurer will become Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Here we briefly introduce the new office holder and take a look into the near future with her.
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Primo Schär Hands Over the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine

On August 1, 2024, Prof. Dr. Primo Schär will take up his new position as Vice President for Research at the University of Basel and therefore relinquish his position as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Here we briefly recap who is leaving…
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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…