News and Events

Our contributions to research and teaching are evident from high-impact publications, awards and grants, new technologies and growing study programmes.

Research Groups

Interdisciplinary research fosters a comprehensive analysis and rational programming of complex cellular systems.

The Department

Based in Basel, the D-BSSE is dedicated to interdisciplinary research and teaching in the area of life sciences and engineering.

Study programmes

At D-BSSE, the interdisciplinary mindset in biology, engineering and computational science is mirrored in its teaching and study programmes.

A new home for D-BSSE

As of November 2023, all the research groups and scientific facilities at D-BSSE are united under one roof, in close proximity to important partners.

Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering

At D-BSSE, experimental and computational biologists and bio-engineers work together on the understanding, rational design and programming of complex biological systems – from the nanoscale up to whole organisms.