In isolation
Single-protein study paves way to improving understanding of disease
02.05.2023
Scientists at Nottingham Trent University and the Adolphe Merkle Institute have developed new technology which has made it possible to isolate and study how a single protein - 10,000 times thinner than…
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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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Changes
New director for the Adolphe Merkle Institute
27.04.2022
In agreement with the University of Fribourg, the board of the Adolphe Merkle Foundation has appointed Prof. Ullrich Steiner as the new director of the Adolphe Merkle Institute. He replaces Prof. Christoph…
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European success
AMI researchers earn funding for strong ideas
19.01.2022
Researchers from the Adolphe Merkle Institute's BioPhysics and Polymer Chemistry and Materials groups have been awarded a highly competitive European Pathfinder grant, worth a total of 3 million euros,…
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Award worthy
Faculty prize goes to AMI alum
15.11.2021
Adolphe Merkle Institute alum Dr. Anirvan (Gogol) Guha is the winner of this year's Vigener Prize for the University of Fribourg's Faculty of Science and Medicine.
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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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Bio-inspired electricity
Sustainable, implantable electronics move one step closer
24.06.2021
Bio-inspired electricity sources could power wearable or implantable electronics in the future, even running on metabolic waste according to new research from the Adolphe Merkle Institute's BioPhysics…
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Funding
More grant success for AMI researchers
07.01.2021
Three more Adolphe Merkle Institute researchers have been granted any early boost to their careers, after being awarded funding from the European Commission and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
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In print and online
Our annual report is published
16.07.2020
The Adolphe Merkle Institute's 2019 annual report is now online. Read about changes at the Foundation that supports us, our researchers' grant success, innovative analytical services, and how our scientists…
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