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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Diagnostics
Detecting cancerous mutations
17.10.2024
Cancer causes mutations in cellular DNA. Detecting these mutations in a patient's blood enables the most appropriate and effective anti-cancer treatments to be prescribed. However, detection is only possible…
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Nutrition
Healthy food that makes you feel full
01.09.2023
Imagine foods rich in nutrients and able to provide a long-lasting feeling of fullness, a dream for anyone who has had to follow a strict diet. NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the University…
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Publications
Nanotechnology prize for NCCR alum
19.06.2023
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials alum Ivana Domljanovic is one of the 2023 Swiss Nanotechnology PhD Award winners. The five prizes recognize excellent scientific first-author publications in the field of nanotechnology…
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Reducing infections
New antimicrobial coatings for bacteria-free surfaces
28.04.2023
Preventing the transmission of microbial infections is a global challenge. A team led by NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the University of Fribourg has developed an antimicrobial coating that…
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Moving up
NCCR PI new University of Fribourg rector
19.04.2023
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials Principal Investigator Prof. Katharina Fromm has been elected as the University of Fribourg's next Rector. Fromm, who is a professor in the Department of Chemistry, will take…
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Early detection
Bioinspired nanosensors to track down cancer
17.01.2023
For several cancers, detection at an early stage translates into more effective treatments and a better survival rate. NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the University of Fribourg have developed…
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Promotion
WINS Fellow awarded PRIMA grant
05.09.2022
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials WINS Fellow Dr. Jessica Clough has been awarded a PRIMA grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The funding will allow her to develop an independent research project…
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Award-winning
Chorafas Prize goes to NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researcher
12.11.2021
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials graduate Dr. Subhajit Pal has been awarded the 2021 Chorafas Prize for the best doctoral thesis in natural sciences at the University of Fribourg.
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Reproducing nature
Polymers with an extra twist
09.08.2021
Researchers from the National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials at the University of Fribourg have developed a new method of polymerization that provides more control over the process,…
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