Tech transfer
FenX closes successful funding round
02.10.2025
FenX, a spin-off from ETH Zurich supported by the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, has successfully closed a Series A funding round, raising CHF 8.2 million.
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Award-winning
Chorafas Prize goes to NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researcher
12.11.2021
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials graduate Dr. Subhajit Pal has been awarded the 2021 Chorafas Prize for the best doctoral thesis in natural sciences at the University of Fribourg.
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Equal opportunities
Highlighting women researchers
03.09.2021
To celebrate Women's Day 2021 and the 50th anniversary of women's right to vote in Switzerland, all 22 National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs) across Switzerland have been working together to…
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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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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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Under pressure
Attacking viruses with nanoparticles
19.12.2017
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at Lausanne’s Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) have created nanoparticles that attract viruses and, using the pressure resulting from the binding process,…
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