Basar Molekular: The Talk

Basar Molekular, 23 February 2017: Dr. Gregor Gysi talking with host Ralf Stutzki.
Basar Molekular, 23 February 2017: Dr. Gregor Gysi talking with host Ralf Stutzki.

The purpose of this 2-hour live-program is to stimulate an interdisciplinary discourse between the scientific community and society. Join us for the live talk or tune in to hear Basar Molekular on your favourite radio station.

Leading members of the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering team discuss (non-) scientific issues with opinion leaders, public figures and personalities from the arts, sports, the private sector, politics, and with the live-audience for this radio production. "Basar Molekular. Der Wissens Talk" is an NCCR-Ethics event and takes place twice a year. 

Basar Molekular Archives

23 February 2017

Guests included Prof. Cornelia G. Palivanproject leader of the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering, Christian Weidmann, artistic director argovia philharmonic, Dr. Gregor Gysi, Präsident der Partei der Europäischen Linken, MdB, and Daniel J. MüllerCo-Director NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering, ETH Zurich. Hear the Podcast. For more information, see flyer.

Read the follow-up interview with Dr. Gregor Gysi here (Schweiz am Sonntag, 25.2.2017).

27 Ocotber 2016

Guests included Andrea Schenker-Wicki, rector of the University of Basel, Henryk M. Broder, author and publicist, Verena A. Briner, recently retired as head physician at the "Luzerner Kantonsspital" and as board member of Novartis, and Viola Vogel, biophysicist at ETH Zürich and project leader of the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering. Hear the podcast. For more information, see flyer.

25 February 2016

Guests at the first Basar Molekular at the new venue Sud in Basel were Permi Jhooti (first female soccer professional and inspiration for the movie “Bend it like Beckham”), Eric Gujer (editor-in-chief of Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Thomas R. Ward and Sai Reddy (both are researchers and project leaders of the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering). With musical intermissions by Roli Frei. Hear the podcast.

25 October 2015

Anita Fetz (Council of States member representing Basel-Stadt since 2003), Felix Gmür (who, as the bishop of Basel, leads the largest Swiss diocese since 2011), Stefan Gubser (TV- and theater-actor, aka "Kommissar Reto Flückiger in the Swiss episodes of the Sunday-night favourite "Tatort") and our own Daniel Müller (Professor of Biophysics at ETH Zurich/D-BSSE and Co-Driector of this NCCR. The “Surprise Strassenchor” provided the musical intermissions. Hear the podcast.

12 February 2015

Moritz Leuenberger (former politician), Karin Müller (journalist) and Sven Panke and Wolfgang Meier (both NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering) discussed, while Basel's "The Dennerclan" laid the soundtrack.

Alt Bundesrat Moritz Leuengerger.

Media on Basar Molekular

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Contact for “Basar Molekular. Der Wissens Talk.”

Ralf Stutzki, Head Ethics