24 Feb 2022 / Research, Studies

Clustered catalytic nanocompartments article highlighted in CHIMIA as interesting publication of swiss origin!

Our Chemical Science article on clustered catalytic nanocompartments with an extracellular non-native cascade reaction was highlighted in CHIMIA as being an interesting publication of Swiss origin.

16 Feb 2022 / Research, Organizational Unit, Info

New PostDoc position available!

New PostDoc position available ("Development of Active Surfaces for Biosensing Applications"). Find the job description here:

03 Jan 2022

Welcome to our new group member, Rémy!

Rémy Cochereau started a postdoc position in our group and will be working on "Development of molecular factories based on microfluidics technology". Welcome!

02 Oct 2021 / Research, People, Info

‘Nanotechnology is the medicine of the future’ - Read the interview with Prof. Cornelia Palivan on Swissinfo

Prof. Cornelia Palivan was interviewed by swissinfo to talk about future perspectives of nanotechnology in medicine and other areas. Read the interesting interview here.

01 Oct 2021 / Research, People

Welcome to our new group member, Olivia!

Olivia Eggenberger started a postdoc position in our group and will be working on "Microfluidic devices for GUV generation and membrane protein insertion". Welcome!

10 Sep 2021 / Doctorate/PhD, Events

Lukas won a poster prize at SCS Fall meeting for the best poster in the physical chemistry session. Congratulations!

07 Sep 2021 / Events

Group Retreat 2021

The Palivan/Meier Group enjoyed this year's group retreat in Brienz. We are sad that the three days passed by so quickly.

16 Aug 2021

Viviane Leopold, a Master Student in Chemistry, joined the Palivan group under the supervision of Viviana Maffeis for a Wahlpraktikum

We wish her a good time in our group with useful experiences for her further studies!

19 Jul 2021 / Research, Studies, People

Jin Ren joins for a Wahlpraktikum in cooperation with the Meier group

We wish her a good time in our group with useful experiences for her further studies!

02 Jul 2021 / Research, Doctorate/PhD, People

Shabnam successfully defended her PhD Thesis - Congratulations

In an inspiring presentation with the title 'Rational Design and Development of Purely Peptidic Amphiphiles for Gene Delivery', Shabnam gave us insight into the great research she did in the past four years. Both the Palivan and Meier…

30 Jun 2021 / Research, Doctorate/PhD, People

Luisa successfully defended her PhD Thesis - Congratulations

Luisa presented her great results of the last four years with the title 'Biomimicking and bioactive compartments: from nanoscale to microscale vesicles'. The whole Palivan & Meier research groups wish her all the best for her future.

28 Jun 2021 / Research, Studies, People

Theresa Emt joins our group for a Wahlpraktikum

She will be supervised by Lukas Heuberger and work in a project related with double-emulsion templated GUVs produced by microfluidics. We are happy to welcome her in our group and wish her a good time and lots of useful experiences for her…

04 Jun 2021 / Research, Doctorate/PhD, People

Claire successfully defended her PhD Thesis - Congratulations

In an outstanding presentation with the title 'Catalytic bio-hybrid polymersomes: towards novel biomedical applications', Claire impressed us with her results of the last four years. The whole Palivan & Meier research groups wish her all…

02 Jun 2021 / Research, Doctorate/PhD, People

Prize for Shabnam at SNI PHD startup

Shabnam received a prize at the first SNI PHD startup challenge. Congratulations!

01 Mar 2021 / Studies, Doctorate/PhD, People

Piotr Jasko joins the group as PhD student - Welcome!

01 Nov 2020 / Research, People

Dr. Daniel Messmer joins the group as a new postdoc - Welcome Daniel!

14 Sep 2020

Bioactive nano-capsules to hijack cell behavior

Many diseases are caused by defects in signaling pathways of body cells. In the future, bioactive nanocapsules could become a valuable tool for medicine to control these pathways. Researchers from the University of Basel have taken an…

25 Aug 2020

Claire wins the SCS award for the best oral presentation - Congratulations!

With her talk about theranostic nanoassemblies as new treatment strategy against atherosclerosis, Claire was awarded with the price for the best oral presentation in the field of Polymers, Colloids & Interfaces at the Fall Meeting of the…

01 Jul 2020

Claire received the 2020 Swiss Nanotechnology PhD Awards

Congratulations!

01 Jul 2020

We welcome Michal Skowicki as a new Post Doc in our group!