Stable membrane for therapeutic carriers
Cells can generate vesicles as a response to changes in their environment. Although such cell-derived vesicles have great potential for biomedical research, their membrane is fragile and they have tendency to cluster together. Researchers…
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George C. Pimentel Award 2022 for Prof. J.P. Maier
We congratulate Prof. J.P. Maier who received the George C. Pimentel Award 2022 for Advances in Matrix Isolation Spectroscopy. The award ceremony was held during the conference "Chemistry and Physics at Low Temperatures" which took place…
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Malte Oppermann appointed TTAP
Prof. Dr. Malte Oppermann is appointed Assistant Professor (with tenure track) of Physical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science. The position will start on 1 September, 2022
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SNSF Advanced Grant for Prof. Stefan Willitsch
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has awarded a highly endowed SNSF Advanced Grant to Professor Stefan Willitsch from the Department of Chemistry.
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Paramagnetic lanthanoids as key tools to determine high-energy states of proteins
University of Basel researchers have achieved unprecedented insight into the paramagnetism of lanthanoid (III) complexes. This class of compounds was then used in a collaboration with a research team from Brandeis University (MA, USA) to…
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Scotland honours Ed Constable
Ed Constable is honored
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Prof. Michael Nash
Prof. Michael Nash receives one of the coveted ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
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An ironclad future
Solar energy plays an important role in the fight against climate change as a substitute for fossil fuels. Dye-sensitized solar cells promise to be a low-cost supplement to the photovoltaic systems we know today. Their key feature is the…
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Manganese could make luminescent materials and the conversion of sunlight more sustainable
University of Basel researchers have reached an important milestone in their quest to produce more sustainable luminescent materials and catalysts for converting sunlight into other forms of energy. Based on the cheap metal manganese, they…