Award-winning
Best thesis prize goes to AMI graduate
15.11.2019
Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) graduate Dr. Céline Calvino has been awarded the 2019 Chorafas Prize for the best doctoral thesis in natural sciences at the University of Fribourg, which focused on the…
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Fresh funding
Innovative projects get financial boost
05.11.2019
Two projects at the Adolphe Merkle Institute have been awarded funding by Innosuisse, the Swiss federal innovation agency, one to stimulate plant resistance, and the other to diagnose malaria.
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Evacuating
Clean-up cells struggle to eliminate persistent particles
21.08.2019
Cells cannot clear certain nanoparticles (NPs) according to recent research published by Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) researchers in the journal ACS Nano. These NPs are considered persistent, and their…
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A flash in the night
Nocturnal moth displays dynamic wing coloration
08.08.2019
Animals that are active at night are thought to rely on senses other than vision, but a new study led by researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI),…
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Better methods
Cleaner, safer analysis for silicon dioxide nanoparticles
26.07.2019
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) have developed a new protocol to quantify silica nanoparticles, often found in processed food, that is safer, more environmentally friendly, and less hazardous…
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Panorama
The annual report is back
22.07.2019
Our latest annual report is now available online. Read about our 10th anniversary outreach activities, as well as about AMI's contributions to the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, and our research.
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Women in STEM
Encouraging female researchers
01.05.2019
Ahead of the national women's strike on June 14, Adolphe Merkle Institute BioNonamaterials Professor Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser talked to Fribourg newspaper La Liberté about how she tries to facilitate…
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Stretched out
Polymers to give early warning signs
18.04.2019
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) and Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a method to tailor the properties of stress-indicating molecules that can be integrated into polymers and…
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Diagnostics
A new method to help eradicate malaria
11.04.2019
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute have discovered a novel method to detect the presence of malaria parasites in blood samples. This is now being applied to develop a tool for the detection of…
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