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Annual report 2022
The SNI Annual Report is now online. The general section provides a concise overview of the various activities of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute in 2022. We provide a pdf and an animated version with embedded videos. The scientific…
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Emmy Noether Distinction for Ilaria Zardo
Professor Dr. Ilaria Zardo of the Department of Physics and Swiss Nanoscience Institute at the University of Basel will be awarded the Emmy Noether Distinction of the European Physical Society (EPS) in the mid-career category. The physicist…/ News, Portraits
Internationale Women's Day
On March 8, the International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries to honor the achievements of women - regardless of national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political differences. On this day, we continue our short…/ News, Research
Electron beam lithography also possible on uneven surfaces
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a new method for applying electron beam lithography to uneven surfaces. They are working with a floating resist that enables uniform coating. The work was recently published in the scientific…
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Promising combination
Researchers from the SNI network have fabricated a tiny optomechanical device consisting of a two-dimensional, free-hanging hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) layer suspended above holes in a silicon nitride membrane. The tiny hBN drum can be…/ News, Portraits
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The United Nations General Assembly established this day eight years ago to draw attention to the crucial role that girls and women play in science and technology. In the…
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Method to improve the yeast cell display
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a method to improve the so-called yeast surface display. Yeast surface display is a fundamental tool for protein engineering and targeted protein evolution. In this process, yeast cells are…
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Best Poster Award for Annika Huber
Congratulations to Annika Huber, who won the prize for the best poster at this year's SNI PhD School Winter School "Nanoscience in the Snow".
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Nano-heating enables enzymes to work at sub-zero temperatures
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a strategy to enable the activity of a natural biocatalyst at low temperatures, down to -10°C. Professor Patrick Shahgaldian’s group from the FHNW School of Life Sciences immobilized enzymes…