ERC grant
European funding to help find order amid chaos
28.03.2019
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials Principal Investigator, Professor Ullrich Steiner (Soft Matter Physics, Adolphe Merkle Institute), has been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. Worth 2.5 million over five years, the grant will fund research into furthering the understanding of structural color found in nature.
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Neue Methode für die Malariadiagnose
11.04.2019
Ein Forschungsteam des Adolphe Merkle Instituts der Universität Freiburg hat eine innovative Methode entwickelt, um die Malariaparasiten im Blut nachzuweisen. Ein Diagnosetool zur Feststellung von symptomlosen…
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Vorsicht, Zapfen! Sensor für Korkgeschmack im Wein entwickelt
10.04.2019
Das für den Korkgeschmack im Wein verantwortliche Molekül kann nun eindeutig nachgewiesen werden: Mit dem neu entwickelten Sensor lässt sich der häufigste Weinfehler bereits in Spuren erkennen. Weitere…
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Hot off the press
A special NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials issue of CHIMIA
28.02.2019
The Swiss Chemical Society's journal CHIMIA has released a special issue dedicated to the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, providing an overview of the research and other activities carried out by Center staff.
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Recognition
Malaria project awarded innovation prize
09.01.2019
The Hemolytics malaria diagnosis project supported by the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials has taken third prize at the Ypsomed Innovation Fund's Innovation Award for research, development and technology transfer.
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Strong
Mother of pearl inspires better composites
05.12.2018
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) are investigating improved composites, using nacre found in mollusk shells as an example of lightweight…
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In press
Our latest activities report
26.11.2018
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials' latest activities report showcases some of our most important recent research breakthroughs. From blue halos that attract bees to vaccine delivery inspired by spider silk,…
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Grant success
ERC grant brings further international recognition for NCCR biologist
18.09.2018
Stefano Vanni, a Professor at the Department of biology at the University of Fribourg and NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials PI, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant. Professor…
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Spectral
New mechanism opens door to more vivid colors
13.09.2018
Researchers from the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials and Yale-NUS College in Singapore have discovered a novel color-generation mechanism in nature, which if harnessed, has the potential to create cosmetics…
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Silk lined
Delivering cancer vaccines to the heart of immune cells
12.06.2018
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers from the universities of Geneva and Fribourg, as well colleagues from Munich, and Bayreuth, in collaboration with the German company AMSilk, have developed spider…
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