Registration for our Transferable Skills Fall Semester 2026 program is now open! Free courses for UniBasel PhDs & postdocs, now including our new AI-Skills focus area — a certificate track in AI literacy. Places go by lot within the first 24h. 👉 tinyurl.com/3nrf7ah7

PhD candidates, postdocs & professors: a 12-week entrepreneurship course is open for registration! 🚀 Topics include customer discovery, business models, pitching, IP, financial planning & more. Worth a look if you're curious about startups. buff.ly/thalY8H

From Wiccan mythology to black metal album covers: Lavinia Pflugfelder studies how religious imagery is retold and reinvented in pop culture. A striking example of the diverse research fields at @unibas.ch. 👉 tinyurl.com/3kszx5v5

Registration for our Transferable Skills Fall Semester 2026 program opens Wed, Aug 5 at 9 am! Free courses for UniBasel PhDs & postdocs, now including our new AI-Skills focus area — a certificate track in AI literacy. Places go by lot within the first 24h. 👉 tinyurl.com/3nrf7ah7

Earn a certificate in generative AI! Our new AI Skills focus area (fall 2026) covers 3 modules for doctoral candidates & postdocs of @unibas.ch: tech foundations, tools & application, and normative dimensions/future development. Find more info on our new AI-Skills website: buff.ly/KojDlC7

After volunteering in refugee camps in Greece, Florian Knappe now researches how sports programs can support refugees' mental health, and trains asylum center staff to run them well. Just one example of the diverse research at @unibas.ch. 👉 tinyurl.com/4y3zhz2j

From a botched seminar paper to biomechanics research: David Koch now studies how to predict who benefits from surgery for spinal stenosis, a condition affecting ~180,000 people in Switzerland. Diverse research happens across @unibas.ch. 👉 tinyurl.com/bdcepdfc

AI is reshaping research and the job market across every field. From fall 2026, our Transferable Skills program offers PhD students & postdocs of @unibas.ch a new AI Skills focus area, with a certificate to show for it. You can find details on our new AI-Skills website: buff.ly/KojDlC7

Registration for ScienceComm26 is open. Switzerland's annual science communication congress (organized by Science et Cité) takes place September 9 at Neubad Luzern. Theme: "Check! – Truth, Trust and the Role of Science in a Turbulent World." Keynotes, workshops, and more. 👉️

ScienceComm 2026 – ScienceComm – Swiss annual congress of science communication

Swiss annual congress of science communication

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📢 We are launching a new AI Skills focus area within our Transferable Skills program (fall 2026)! Doctoral candidates & postdocs of @unibas.ch can earn a certificate in generative AI literacy across 3 modules. Find more info on our new AI-Skills website: buff.ly/KojDlC7

Interesting opportunity for master's & PhD students in natural/life sciences: an 11-week project-based course on green chemistry, run with Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry & BaselCircular. Interdisciplinary teams, real industry challenges. buff.ly/W7XbRBW

🎤 FameLab Switzerland Final: Sep 16, 2026, 6pm, PROGR Bern. Switzerland's best young scientists explain their research in just 3 minutes, in English, with wit and passion. Free entry, no registration needed. The winner represents Switzerland in Katowice! 👉️ buff.ly/DdINxVC #FameLab

In the final talk of the evening at #disskurs 2026, Pia Karbiener explored how airborne germs can be measured. The event gave doctoral candidates and postdocs from the University of Basel the opportunity to share their research with a wider public. 👉 buff.ly/WdkqPV0

Deep Tech apprenticeship in Singapore: SGInnovate's Summation Programme. 3 to 6 months for undergrads, postgrads & fresh grads. AI, Quantum, Robotics, Biotech & more. Monthly award S$3,000 to S$6,000. 70+ projects, open year round. buff.ly/2m0q1dh

Forschung live im Tabourettli: Am #disskurs 2026 präsentierten sieben Forschende der Universität Basel ihre Projekte vor Publikum. Hier geht es zum Vortrag von Maximilian Theisen: «Moral bei Nacht: Ratsuche in öffentlichem Talkradio». 👉 buff.ly/kNTsPW9

What does leadership need in 2026? More collaboration. More reflection. More learning together. That's why @unibas.ch is launching two new formats based on its Leadership Core Competencies Model: Leadership Basic Program & Leadership Connect 2026. Learn more & register: buff.ly/ZOgPAit

How do we remember? Noëlle Burri addressed this question in her presentation at #disskurs 2026 on May 7. The event gave doctoral and postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to share their research with a wider public. 👉 buff.ly/5Iepj5b

Interesting opportunity for master's & PhD students in natural/life sciences: an 11-week project-based course on green chemistry, run with Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry & BaselCircular. Interdisciplinary teams, real industry challenges. buff.ly/W7XbRBW

PhD candidates, postdocs & professors: a 12-week entrepreneurship course is open for registration! 🚀 Topics include customer discovery, business models, pitching, IP, financial planning & more. Worth a look if you're curious about startups. buff.ly/thalY8H

How can a miniature human bladder help fight urinary tract infections? In “Beating Urinary Infections with Human Bladders-on-a-Bench”, Carlos Flores shows how 3D human bladder tissue can help researchers study infections. Watch the presentation from #disskurs 2026. 👉 buff.ly/7BDHDzT

How can breakthrough science become real-world impact? The #iFSummerSchool is a selective 6-day program bringing together PhD students from physics, medicine, medtech, innovation and business for a 6-day intensive format in Hamburg. 📅 13–18 September 2026 ⏳ Deadline: 31 July 2026 👉 buff.ly/MytwXbC

Forschung verständlich, direkt und live: Beim #disskurs 2026 im Tabourettli präsentierten sieben Doktorierende und Postdocs der Universität Basel ihre Projekte. Jetzt reinschauen: der Vortrag von Düzgün Dilsiz: “Warum Privatjets dort registriert sind, wo sie nie landen”. 👉 buff.ly/QEo2AtM

Martin Vahlensieck, PhD candidate, computer science, invites you to the world of databases. Watch his talk “The Database Systems of the Future” presented at #disskurs 2026, where doctoral candidates and postdocs shared their research with a wider public. 👉 buff.ly/Fcrpsc3

🏳️‍🌈 Juni = Pride Month! An der @unibas.ch gibt es dieses Jahr wieder Angebote rund um LGBTIQ+: ✅ Workshop "Ally werden" (16. Juni, mit Uni Zürich) ✅ Pride-Banner für E-Mail-Signaturen ✅ Veranstaltungshinweise auf der LGBTIQ+-Website Mehr erfahren & anmelden 👇 buff.ly/jOkFy13

Wie lässt sich aktuelle Forschung einem breiten Publikum vermitteln? Sieben Forschende stellten sich am #disskurs 2026 dieser Herausforderung. Sehen Sie den ersten Vortrag des Abends: “Kunstgeschichte an Kunstschulen: eine vergessene Geschichte” von Melissa Rérat, Kunstgeschichte. 👉 buff.ly/3ltqCmw

Eucor Science Slam Competition 2026: early-career researchers in the Upper Rhine can learn how to turn their research into a stage performance. Workshops and coaching at KIT, Strasbourg and Freiburg, with the grand finale at KIT Triangel on 1 December. Info & registration: buff.ly/tLfJzb2

🎓 Today is the very first European Doctoral Day! Across Europe, 170+ events are celebrating PhD holders and the role of doctoral education in driving science, innovation, and societal progress. Find an event near you 👉 eurodocday.org #PhD #Research #AcademicSky

Sharing an opportunity 👇 Curious2027 – Future Insight, an international & interdisciplinary conference in Heidelberg, is open for abstract submissions. Accepted contributors (posters, ignites, startups) get a free ticket. Online participation possible too. buff.ly/Ob9DAPM

Pitch Lab @unibas.ch, Wed May 13, 5:30–8:30 PM at the Biozentrum. Bring an early-stage idea or come as a collaborator. All faculties, all levels welcome. Food + drinks provided. One idea wins a prize + uniBIA support. Submit your idea: buff.ly/MQVphwt Come as collaborator: buff.ly/flpg40x

Today is the day: #disskurs 2026 starts at 5 pm at Tabourettli. Seven doctoral candidates and postdocs of @unibas.ch present their research to an academic and wider public. For more information, please see buff.ly/KSnK2r7