Medicine and Life Sciences
Health professionals are in urgent need of new antibiotics to tackle resistant bacteria. Researchers at the University of Zurich and the company Spexis have now modified the chemical structure of naturally occurring peptides to develop antimicrobial molecules that bind to novel targets in the bacteria's metabolism.
In the case of blood poisoning, the bacteria in the blood must be identified as fast as possible so that a life-saving therapy can be started. researchers have now developed "sepsis sensors" with magnetic nanoparticles that detect bacterial pathogens within a short period of time and identify suitable candidates for antibiotic therapies.
A research group at the University of Lausanne has carried out the largest genome-wide study of weight gain induced by psychotropic drugs. This work has identified 4 new genetic variants associated with this metabolic disorder.
A team from the University of Geneva has discovered how the influenza A virus hijacks the mechanism for importing iron into cells to invade its host.
Neuroscientists and neurosurgeons from EPFL/CHUV/UNIL and CEA/CHUGA/UGA report in the journal Nature that they have re-established the communication between the brain and spinal cord with a wireless digital bridge, allowing a paralyzed person to walk again naturally.
Selected Jobs
Postdoktorand/in - Studie zur «Persönlichkeit von Equiden» Agroscope, 1580 Avenches VD
Head of the DNA Sequencing Platform of the Health 2030 Genome Center Health 2030 Genome Center, Genève
PROFESSEUR-E ASSISTANT-E avec pré-titularisation conditionnelle dans le domaine de la virologie Université de Genève
Links - Life Sciences
- BioAlps - The life science cluster of Western Switzerland
- Swiss Biotech Association
- Philip Morris International
- Biotechnology Institute Thurgau
- Geneva Natural History Museum
- Basel Natural History Museum
- Bern Natural History Museum
- Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich
- Papiliorama
- Vogelwarte, Swiss Ornithological Institute
- Swiss Plant Science
- School of Life Sciences, SV
- FHNW - School of Life Sciences
- ZHAW - Life Sciences and Facility Management
Links - Health
- Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
- Krebsliga
- Liguecancer
- Swiss Public Health
- AO Foundation
- Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva
- Lausanne University Hospital
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
- Health 2030 Genome Center
- Geneva University Hospital, HUG
- Bern University Hospital, Inselspital
- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB)
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine
- Institut de Recherche en Ophtalmologie
- Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen
- Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences
- Swiss Paraplegics Research
- Swiss TPH
- University Center for General Medicine and Public Health, Unisanté
- University Hospital Basel
