Welcome! We are a research lab in the Department of Cell Biology at the Biozentrum Basel. Our main research interest is to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that control the formation of neuronal circuits during nervous system development. To address this question, we are using a combination of in vitro culture assay systems, biochemistry, timelapse microscopy, and transgenic mouse models. Several of the signaling systems that we have identified are mutated in neuro-developmental syndromes such as autism and mental retardation. An important extension of our work on normal nervous system development is therefore to analyze the cellular defects that underlie these disorders.

Peter Scheiffele
Professor of Cell and Developmental Neurobiology