Immunotherapy
Tackling aggressive brain cancer
26.09.2022
New NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials WINS Fellow Dr. Flavia Sousa is developing a novel approach to treat a form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma, with a biodegradable microneedle loaded with an RNA nanovaccine…
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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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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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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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Repair
Watching polymers heal
28.04.2021
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute have developed a method to monitor the healing process of polymers and discovered that a much thicker interphase is required for…
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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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