The purpose of the foundation is to promote experimental, zoologically-molecular biological basic research in genetic, developmental biological and/or cell biological directions at the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Medicine of the University of Fribourg. Should the Department of Biology cease to exist as such or be divided into several departments, the institution of the University of Fribourg that oversees the aforementioned research shall become the beneficiary of the foundation. The foundation does not pursue any profit-making purpose.