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Myrto successfully defended her PhD thesis - Congratulations!

Dr. Myrto Kyropoulou successfully defended her PhD thesis today. Due to the actual contact restrictions, she had to hold the defense online. Despite these difficult circumstances, Myrto did a great job. All members of the Palivan…
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Serena successfully defended her PhD thesis - Congratulations!

Dr. Serena Rigo successfully defended her PhD thesis today. Due to the actual contact restrictions, she had to hold the defense online. Despite these difficult circumstances, Serena did a great job. All members of the Palivan research…
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Lukas Heuberger is new PhD student

Welcome to the group Lukas and good luck for your PhD!
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Andrea had a successful PhD defense - Congratulations!

First virtual PhD defense
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Ioana's and Juan's article is published in Nanoscale

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Serena's and Dimitri's article is published in ACS Appl. Bio Mater.

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Christina's article is published in PNAS

Overall impact: New strategy to produce nanocompartments that target nuclei and pass through the nuclear pore complex
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Shabnam's article is published in Soft Matter

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Molecular factories: The combination between nature and chemistry is functional

Researchers at the University of Basel have succeeded in developing molecular factories that mimic nature. To achieve this they loaded artificial organelles inside micrometer-sized natural blisters (vesicles) produced by cells. These…
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Martina's and Tomaž's article is published in Advanced Science

Overall impact: New strategy to produce molecular factories with cell functionality
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Andrea's and Viktoria's article is published in Biomacromolecules

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Christina successfully defended her PhD thesis - Congratulation!

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Dalin was appointed as Ass. Prof at Shenzhen University, China - Congratulation!

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Argovia project NCTNano is granted for one more year

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Tiny implants for cells are functional in vivo

For the first time, an interdisciplinary team from the University of Basel has succeeded in integrating artificial organelles into the cells of living zebrafish embryos. This innovative approach using artificial organelles as cellular…
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Nanocapsules Enable Cell-Inspired Metabolic Reactions

Researchers at the University of Basel succeeded in developing capsules capable of producing the bio-molecule glucose-6-phosphate that plays an important role in metabolic processes. The researchers were able to produce the metabolite in…
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Basar Molekular mit dem deutschen Politiker Gregor Gysi (in german only)

Beim Wissens-Talk «Basar Molekular» trifft klassische Musik auf Biophysik und Politik auf Chemie. Gäste sind am 23. Februar 2017 unter anderem der deutsche Linkspartei-Politiker Gregor Gysi und der Aargauer Intendant Christian Weidmann.
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Chemists Create Clusters of Organelles by Mimicking Nature

Scientists from the University of Basel have succeeded in organizing spherical compartments into clusters mimicking the way natural organelles would create complex structures. They managed to connect the synthetic compartments by creating…

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Better Contrast Agents Based on Nanoparticles

Scientists at the University of Basel have developed nanoparticles which can serve as efficient contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. This new type of nanoparticles produce around ten times more contrast than the actual contrast…
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Controllable protein gates deliver on-demand permeability in artificial nanovesicles

Researchers at the University of Basel have succeeded in building protein gates for artificial nano-vesicles that become transparent only under specific conditions. The gate responds to certain pH values, triggering a reaction and releasing…