Early detection
Bioinspired nanosensors to track down cancer
17.01.2023
For several cancers, detection at an early stage translates into more effective treatments and a better survival rate. NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the University of Fribourg have developed…
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Promotion
WINS Fellow awarded PRIMA grant
05.09.2022
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials WINS Fellow Dr. Jessica Clough has been awarded a PRIMA grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The funding will allow her to develop an independent research project…
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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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Reproducing nature
Polymers with an extra twist
09.08.2021
Researchers from the National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials at the University of Fribourg have developed a new method of polymerization that provides more control over the process,…
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Crop protection
Reducing pesticide use with nanoparticles
14.12.2020
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Biology at the University of Fribourg, have discovered how certain silica nanoparticles…
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Making changes
New directorship for the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials
08.06.2020
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials director, Professor Christoph Weder, and his deputy, Professor Curzio Rüegg have stepped down after six years at the helm. Professor Ullrich Steiner has taken over as NCCR…
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Grants
Major fellowships for NCCR scientists
28.02.2020
Two NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials post-doctoral researchers have been awarded prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships. Philip Scholten and Samet Kocabey will investigate degradable plastics and cancer…
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PhDs
NCCR alum awarded best thesis prize
20.02.2020
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials alum Omar Rifaie Graham (Adolphe Merkle Institute) has been awarded the University of Fribourg's prize for best experimental thesis.
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Equal opportunities
Award goes to NCCR team to promote professional role confidence
06.01.2020
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials Principal Investigators Professors Alke Fink and Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, along with Outreach manager Dr. Sofia Martin Caba, are one of two recipients of the inaugural 2019…
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