UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
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OpinionAnimal-human embryos: monster or marvel?
Text: David Shaw / Hybrid embryos are created by the addition of human stem cells to animal embryos. What ethical issues are involved?
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ResearchA cultural history of Switzerland’s dams
Text: Samuel Schlaefli / Dams are more than just pioneering technical feats. For the valley dwellers who had to move when they were built, they are often associated with life-changing upheavals and the loss of home. The website verschwundene-taeler.ch that has been started up in Basel relates for the first time the cultural history of the construction of Switzerland’s dams.
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PortraitLikes for the lab
Text: Olivia Poisson / Doing a doctorate can be a lonely business. Not so for Martina Hestericová, a chemist with a passion for making science more accessible on social media.
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OpinionCRISPR/Cas9 – Opportunity or Risk, Rolf Zeller?
Text: Rolf Zeller / Discovered just a few years ago, the CRISPR/Cas9 method promises new possibilities for editing the genome of living creatures. While some see this as an opportunity, others focus on the risks of this efficient technology.
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OpinionCRISPR/Cas9 – Opportunity or Risk, Priya Satalkar?
Text: Priya Satalkar / Discovered just a few years ago, the CRISPR/Cas9 method promises new possibilities for editing the genome of living creatures. While some see this as an opportunity, others focus on the risks of this efficient technology.
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In picturesBetween the tides
Text: Thomas Jermann, Christoph Dieffenbacher / Since the middle of the 1980s zoology students have been examinating the same coastal section every year in the northern Brittany.
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AlumniDerya Tokay-Sahin, criminal court judge
Text: Bettina Huber / This summer, aged just 27, the Basel University alumna Derya Tokay-Sahin overcame fierce competition to be re-elected as a judge on Basel’s criminal court. Doggedness, discipline and determination have been her hallmarks ever since she was a child.
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ResearchNew treatment concepts for recurrent lymphoma
Text: Yvonne Vahlensieck / Cancer recurrence is not always what it seems, at least not in lymphoma, or cancer of the lymphatic system. A study conducted at the Institute of Pathology of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ has revealed how the genetic profiles of tumors could, in the future, help identify the appropriate therapy for each patient with lymphoma relapse.
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ResearchAn almost forgotten pioneer
Text: Martin Hicklin / Healthy aging is an aspiration for many and a hot topic in research. The Basel physiologist Fritz Verzár (1886–1979) is regarded as a trailblazer for modern gerontology. Although largely forgotten today, his ideas are now being taken up once again.
