On November 3, the one-day symposium “Bottom-up Strategies for Bio-functional Systems” took place at the Biozentrum in Basel. The group of Prof. Cornelia Palivan had organized the event and it was supported by the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) and the Department of Chemistry.

In addition to three research groups from Basel – those of Prof. Yao Yang, Prof. Oya Tagit (FHNW), and Prof. Cornelia Palivan – researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology, led by Prof. Jan van Hest, also participated. The intensive scientific exchange between the Basel and Dutch groups involving 61 scientists led to lively discussions and provided valuable inspiration for future collaborations.