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Lukas and Maria's paper highlighted in UniBasel News!

Our publication on inter- and intra-communication in artificial cells triggered by light in collaboration with Feringa group from the University of Groningen was highlighted in the University of Basel News!
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Group retreat 2024

For this years group retreat, Palivan group spent 3 days in beautiful Saas-Fee. We had a chance to feed marmots at Murmeliweg Spielboden, walk the Yoga Trail Kreuzboden, see the Fee Glacier and hike to Saas-Almagell and Saas-Grund. Thank…
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Anamarija won the Best Poster Award at the SNI Annual Event - Congratulations!

Anamarija received the Best Poster Award at the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) Annual Event held at Meisterschwanden. Well done!

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Congrats, Dr. Muthwill!

Moritz successfully defended his PhD Thesis. He gave an excellent presentation about his work entitled "Solid-Supported Block Copolymer Membranes - from Membrane Preparation to Functional Insertion of Nanocapsules". We wish you all the best…

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Congrats, Dr. Heuberger!

Lukas successfully defended his PhD Thesis. He gave an excellent presentation about his work entitled "Bioinspired Synthetic Compartments - Microfluidic Approaches to Artificial Cellular Models". We wish you all the best for your future,…
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Moritz won the ECR prize at ScotChem Polymer & Soft Materials III Conference - Congratulations!

Moritz received an Early career researcher (ECR) prize at the third ScotChem Polymer & Soft Materials Conference held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. With his excellent talk “Solid-supported block copolymer membranes for…

PostDoc position open!

We are currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher for the development of clusters of compartments for bio-applications. Find the job description in the document below.

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Congrats, Dr. Korpidou!

Maria successfully defended her PhD Thesis. She gave an excellent presentation about the work she has done as a part of BIOMOLMACS. We wish you all the best for your future, Maria!

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Congrats, Dr. Bina!

Maryame successfully defended her PhD Thesis. She gave an excellent presentation about her work entitled "Textured solid-supported polymer membranes as antibacterial platforms". We wish you all the best for your future, Maryame!

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Prof. Cornelia Palivan looks back on a decade of NCCR MSE research in a podcast "10 Years in 5 Minutes"

NCCR Molecular Systems and Engineering marks the 10th anniversary in 2024. To celebrate the occasion, researchers, friends and associates look back on a decade of groundbreaking research in a podcast "10 Years in 5 Minutes". In her talk,…
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Christmas Party 2023

Our group members gathered for our annual holiday party! We had a cosy raclette evening in the historical St. Alban gate house. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

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Welcome to our new group member, Arianna!

Arianna Balesti started a postdoc position in our group and will be working on the compartmentalization of enzymatic cascade reactions in polymeric assemblies. Welcome!
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Group retreat 2023

For this years group retreat, the Palivan group travelled to Valbella and spent 3 days in beautiful Lenzerheide. This was a  great bonding event and we are looking forward to the next group retreat.
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Swiss Soft Days - 32nd edition

The University of Basel organises the Swiss Soft Days, 32nd edition.

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Welcome to our new group member, Mirela!

Mirela Maleković started a postdoc position in our group and will be working on functional planar biomimetic membranes based on amphiphilic block copolymers. Welcome!

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Maria's paper is highlighted in Chemistry World

Maria, University of Basel, in collaboration with Ainoa, University of Groningen in the Netherlands, have their paper highlighted in Chemistry World!

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Welcome to our new group member, Yasemin!

Yasemin Leyla Mustafa started a postdoc position in our group and will be working on the fabrication of smart surfaces functionalised with dual stimuli-responsive nanoassemblies. Welcome!

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Congrats, Dr. Huang!

Xinan successfully defended her PhD Thesis. She gave an excellent presentation about her work entitled "Surface Engineering of Giant Natural and Synthetic Vesicle System for Improved Membrane Properties and Functionalities". We are happy to…

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Dr. Anja Car wins Teaching Excellence Awards 2023

We congratulate Anja on winning this impressive prize!
Wiley top downloaded article, Cornelia Palivan

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Top downloaded article!

Congratulations to Cornelia Palivan whose paper "Artificial Melanogenesis by Confining Melanin/Polydopamine Production inside Polymersomes" was one of the most downloaded during its first 12 months of publication in MACROMOLECULAR…