Women's health
A better model to understand ovarian cancer
16.03.2023
Researchers from the Adolphe Merkle Institute's BioNanomaterials group and other institutions have developed a multicellular 3D human omentum model to study the formation of ovarian and peritoneal cancer.…
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Cleaning up
Researchers call for better nanowaste management
07.03.2023
Waste containing nanomaterials - or nanowaste - is an emerging safety concern worldwide, requiring environmentally sound management and regulation that still need to be established. Researchers at the…
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Collaboration
Art and science join forces at AMI
28.09.2022
The NanoARTS program, a collaboration between the Adolphe Merkle Institute at the University of Fribourg and the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia, has been launched, with three tandems of artists and scientists…
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Looking back
Our latest annual report
21.07.2022
The latest edition of the Adolphe Merkle Institute annual report is now available in print and online, demonstrating how the Institute's researchers continue to produce groundbreaking research in a sometimes…
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3Rs
AMI professor elected to foundation board
15.03.2022
The Adolphe Merkle Institute BioNanomaterials co-Chair, Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, has been elected to the board of the Swiss-based Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation, which supports the replacement,…
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Innovation
A new international R&D project for nanoparticle detection
02.02.2022
A research collaboration between NanoLockin - a spin-off of the Adolphe Merkle Institute -, the Institute, and German company Vitrocell has been awarded a Eurostars grant worth 1.7 million euros (CHF 1.8…
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ENMs
An updated safety management tool for nanomaterials in labs
08.11.2021
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute and colleagues have presented a revised safety management system for nanomaterials in laboratories in response to identified gaps in hazard assessment.
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All about us
Our annual report
25.08.2021
The latest annual report from the Adolphe Merkle Insitute is now online. This edition touches on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on AMI's activities, but more importantly highlights our scientists'…
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Award winner
AMI professor recognized for body of work
20.07.2021
The Adolphe Merkle Institute's BioNanomaterials co-chair, Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, has been awarded the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM) 2021 Career Achievement Award.
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