12.08.2024
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers have modified bacteria with UV light to produce more cellulose. The basis for this is a new approach, which generates thousands of bacterial variants and helps select the most productive.
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Innovation
NCCR start-up Microcaps raises CHF 5 million
26.01.2021
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials start-up Microcaps, a developer of formulation, processes and equipment to generate precision microcapsules, has announced that it has closed a CHF 5 million seed financing…
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Recognition
FenX wins startup award
22.11.2019
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials supported startup FenX is the winner of this year’s Swiss Technology Award in the “Inventors” category, presented at the Swiss Innovation Forum in Basel on November 21.
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Recognition
Malaria project awarded innovation prize
09.01.2019
The Hemolytics malaria diagnosis project supported by the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials has taken third prize at the Ypsomed Innovation Fund’s Innovation Award for research, development and technology transfer.
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In press
Our latest activities report
26.11.2018
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials’ latest activities report showcases some of our most important recent research breakthroughs. From blue halos that attract bees to vaccine delivery inspired by spider silk,…
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Innovation
Crucial boost to stimulate NanoLockin success
01.03.2018
The very first start-up launched at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, Nanolockin, which has been financially backed by the National Center of Compètence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, has received support…
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