Promotion
A new Assistant Professor for the Adolphe Merkle Institute
07.05.2021
Dr. Jovana Milic, a group leader in the Adolphe Merkle Institute's Soft Matter Physics group, has been promoted to Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg, where she is investigating hybrid materials…
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Repaired
Watching polymers heal
28.04.2021
Adolphe Merkle Institute researchers have developed a method to monitor the healing process of polymers and discovered that a much thicker interphase is required for these materials to recover their original…
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International networking
Collaboration with Thai researchers receives special funding
01.04.2021
A research collaboration between the Adolphe Merkle Institute and Thailand's Chulalongkorn University has been awarded special funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation as part of the agency's…
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Award-winning
Faculty prize for AMI PhD
03.03.2021
Adolphe Merkle Institute alum Hana Barosova has been awarded the 2020 Faculty Prize for best doctoral thesis in life sciences at the University of Fribourg.
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Bio-inspired
From leaves to packaging
24.02.2021
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) have discovered how environmental conditions affect water transport through the waxy skin layer of ivy and olive leaves and have successfully mimicked…
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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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Crop protection
Reducing pesticide use with nanoparticles
14.12.2020
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute and the Department of Biology at the University of Fribourg have discovered how certain silica nanoparticles could act as a traceless, degradable, and highly…
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Smart materials
Funding program to spark groundbreaking research
26.11.2020
An Adolphe Merkle Institute researcher has once again been awarded a Spark grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Dr. Stephen Schrettl and his team will investigate innovative composites that…
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Sustainable development
Hydrogel project to benefit rural communities
21.09.2020
The Adolphe Merkle Institute BioNanomaterials group has been awarded over CHF 24,000 in seed funding by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation for a collaborative project with Costa…
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