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Women in the SNI network: Oya Tagit
"Follow your dream!" That's what Prof. Dr. Oya Tagit recommends in the short video that continues our series of videos featuring women from the SNI network. Oya Tagit is a professor at the School of Life Sciences at the University of…/ News, Berichte
MINT on the move
During two days, the SNI's outreach team was on the train to talk, tinker and experiment with anyone who wanted to. On the Treno Gottardo of the Schweizer Südostbahn (SOB), we had a diverse program available in the family compartment. From…
/ News, Events
MINT on the move: Science experiments on a train
The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel, in collaboration with Schweizerische Südostbahn AG (SOB), is launching a pilot project in which children and adults can conduct experiments while riding a train. Passengers…
/ News
Happy Easter!
We wish everyone a Happy Easter! If no one wants to eat Easter eggs anymore, you can also experiment with eggs. Here are a few ideas for fun and exciting Easter and spring experiments.
/ News
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…
/ News, Preise
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, 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, Research
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…