12.08.2024
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at ETHZ 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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Equal opportunities
Highlighting women researchers
03.09.2021
To celebrate Women's Day 2021 and the 50th anniversary of women's right to vote in Switzerland, all 22 National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs) across Switzerland have been working together to…
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Equal opportunities
Award goes to NCCR team to promote professional role confidence
06.01.2020
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials Principal Investigators Professors Alke Fink and Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, along with Outreach manager Dr. Sofia Martin Caba, are one of two recipients of the inaugural 2019…
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Women in STEM
Encouraging female researchers
01.05.2019
Ahead of the national women's strike on June 14, NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials Equal Opportunities Delegate, Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, talked to Fribourg newspaper La Liberté about how she tries…
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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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