27 May 2025

Department of Biomedicine Newsletter No. 10

We are pleased to announce the release of the tenth edition of our DBM newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading it!

23 May 2025 / News, Campus

Laying the Foundation for the Future of the Department of Biomedicine

A major milestone in the advancement of biomedical research in Switzerland was reached today with the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new research building of the Department of Biomedicine (DBM) at the University of Basel.

01 Apr 2025 / News, People

Welcome to the Team – Pietro Cippà Lab!

Professor Dr. Pietro Cippà has been appointed Professor of Nephrology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel and Head of the Nephrology Laboratory at the DBM. He will also head the Department of Nephrology and Transplant…

31 Mar 2025 / News, Research

Microdosing LSD for ADHD: No Therapeutic Benefit Found (Liechti Lab)

LSD is widely known as a hallucinogenic drug, but is increasingly being studied for its potential to treat mental disorders. Researchers have now systematically tested whether microdoses of LSD can alleviate symptoms of attention deficit…

05 Mar 2025 / News, Research

Cartilage implants offer hope for knee injuries (Barbero Lab and Martin Lab)

Researchers at the Department of Biomedicine, together with colleagues at the University Hospital Basel and other centers in Germany, Italy and Croatia, have developed cartilage implants from nasal septum cells that offer a promising…