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Molecular Biology
Switzerland
2026

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
92
Citations
36926
World Ranking
695
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2000 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Konrad Basler is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has a research focus spanning Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in Medicine. Their work is particularly concentrated in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Oncology, Genetics, Immunology, and Surgery.

Their research extensively covers topics including Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, Digestive system and related health, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Cancer-related gene regulation, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Key recent publications by Basler include:

  • "Active eosinophils regulate host defence and immune responses in colitis" (2022, Nature)
  • "Distinct populations of crypt-associated fibroblasts act as signaling hubs to control colon homeostasis" (2020, PLoS Biology)
  • "The diverse nature of intestinal fibroblasts in development, homeostasis, and disease" (2023, Trends in Cell Biology)
  • "TBX3 acts as tissue-specific component of the Wnt/β-catenin transcriptional complex" (2020, eLife)
  • "Cryo-EM structure of the Hedgehog release protein Dispatched" (2020, Science Advances)

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Tomáš Valenta, George Hausmann, Andreas E. Moor, Costanza Borrelli, and Kristina Handler.

Basler's publications are often found in venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science Advances, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, and PLoS Biology. The highest number of publications appears in bioRxiv with eight contributions.

Their professional recognitions include membership in Academia Europaea since 2000 and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • An optimized transgenesis system for Drosophila using germ-line-specific φC31 integrases

    Johannes Bischof;Robert K. Maeda;Monika Hediger;François Karch

  • The many faces and functions of β‐catenin

    Tomas Valenta;George Hausmann;Konrad Basler

  • Scrapie and cellular PrP isoforms are encoded by the same chromosomal gene

    K. Basler;B. Oesch;M. Scott;D. Westaway

  • Compartment boundaries and the control of Drosophila limb pattern by hedgehog protein.

    Konrad Basler;Gary Struhl

  • Direct and long-range action of a DPP morphogen gradient.

    Denise Nellen;Richard Burke;Gary Struhl;Konrad Basler

  • Organizing activity of wingless protein in Drosophila.

    Gary Struhl;Konrad Basler

  • Direct and Long-Range Action of a Wingless Morphogen Gradient

    Myriam Zecca;Konrad Basler;Gary Struhl

  • Wntless, a Conserved Membrane Protein Dedicated to the Secretion of Wnt Proteins from Signaling Cells

    Carla Bänziger;Davide Soldini;Corina Schütt;Peder Zipperlen

  • Wnt/Wingless Signaling Requires BCL9/Legless-Mediated Recruitment of Pygopus to the Nuclear β-Catenin-TCF Complex

    Thomas Kramps;Oliver Peter;Erich Brunner;Denise Nellen

  • Beta-catenin hits chromatin: regulation of Wnt target gene activation.

    Christian Mosimann;Christian Mosimann;George Hausmann;Konrad Basler

  • dMyc Transforms Cells into Super-Competitors

    Eduardo Moreno;Konrad Basler

  • Dispatched, a Novel Sterol-Sensing Domain Protein Dedicated to the Release of Cholesterol-Modified Hedgehog from Signaling Cells

    Richard Burke;Denise Nellen;Manolo Bellotto;Ernst Hafen

  • Sequential organizing activities of engrailed, hedgehog and decapentaplegic in the Drosophila wing

    Zecca M;Basler K;Struhl G

  • pangolin encodes a Lef-1 homologue that acts downstream of Armadillo to transduce the Wingless signal in Drosophila

    Erich Brunner;Oliver Peter;Liang Schweizer;Konrad Basler

  • Skinny Hedgehog, an Acyltransferase Required for Palmitoylation and Activity of the Hedgehog Signal

    Zeina Chamoun;Randall K. Mann;Denise Nellen;Doris P. von Kessler

  • MorphoGraphX: A platform for quantifying morphogenesis in 4D

    Pierre Barbier de Reuille;Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska;Daniel Kierzkowski;George W Bassel

  • CONTROL OF CELL PATTERN IN THE NEURAL TUBE: REGULATION OF CELL DIFFERENTIATION BY DORSALIN-1,A NOVEL TGF-BETA FAMILY MEMBER

    Konrad Basler;Thomas Edlund;Thomas M. Jessell;Toshiya Yamada

  • Cells compete for Decapentaplegic survival factor to prevent apoptosis in Drosophila wing development

    Eduardo Moreno;Konrad Basler;Ginés Morata

  • Sevenless, a cell-specific homeotic gene of Drosophila, encodes a putative transmembrane receptor with a tyrosine kinase domain

    Ernst Hafen;Konrad Basler;Jan-Erik Edstroem;Gerald M. Rubin

  • Sending and Receiving the Hedgehog Signal: Control by the Drosophila Gli Protein Cubitus interruptus

    María Domínguez;Martina Brunner;Ernst Hafen;Konrad Basler

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Hafen
Ernst Hafen ETH Zurich
Markus Affolter
Markus Affolter University of Basel
Michel Aguet
Michel Aguet École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Lukas Sommer
Lukas Sommer University of Zurich
Gary Struhl
Gary Struhl Columbia University
Jussi Taipale
Jussi Taipale University of Cambridge
Bianca Habermann
Bianca Habermann Aix-Marseille University
Christian von Mering
Christian von Mering University of Zurich
Sven Bergmann
Sven Bergmann Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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