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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…/ Research, Doctorate/PhD, People
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./ Research, Doctorate/PhD, People
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!/ Research, Doctorate/PhD, People
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!/ Research, People, Info
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!/ Research, People
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./ Research, People
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!/ Research, Studies, Continuing Education, People
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!/ Research, People
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!/ Doctorate/PhD, People
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…/ Research, Studies, Continuing Education, People
Dr. Anja Car wins Teaching Excellence Awards 2023
We congratulate Anja on winning this impressive prize!
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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…
Cover art featured as front cover of Small Special Issue "Synthetic Biology and Biomimicry"!
We are pleased to see our cover art being featured as front cover of Small in the Special Issue "Synthetic Biology and Biomimicry"