Award-winning
AMI alum recognized with grant
23.05.2022
Adolphe Merkle Institute alum Baptiste Monney has received the University of Fribourg's 2022 Thürler-Heeb Grant. This grant is awarded by the Faculty of Science and Medicine to junior researchers to assist…
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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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Honored
International award for AMI director
31.03.2022
The Adolphe Merkle Institute chair of Polymer Chemistry and Materials, Prof. Christoph Weder, has been honored with the Anselme Payen Award of the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Cellulose and Renewable…
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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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International reach
AMI professor to join global academy
02.03.2022
The Adolphe Merkle Institute's Assistant Professor Jovana Milic has been selected as one of 39 new members of the Global Young Academy, whose goal is to give a voice to young researchers around the world.
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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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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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Polymer mixtures
Stronger by working together
18.01.2022
Adolphe Merkle Institute researchers have developed new mixtures or "blends" of supramolecular polymers that can self-heal or be more easily recycled, but that are as tough as conventional plastics, making…
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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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