Recognition
AMI alum awarded best thesis prize
18.02.2020
Adolphe Merkle Institute alum Omar Rifaie Graham (Macromolecular Chemistry) has been awarded the University of Fribourg’s prize for best experimental thesis.
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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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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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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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Recognition
Malaria project awarded innovation prize
09.01.2019
The Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) Hemolytics malaria diagnosis project has taken third prize at the Ypsomed Innovation Fund’s Innovation Award for research, development and technology transfer.
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In press
Special journal issue to mark AMI tenth anniversary
15.11.2018
The Adolphe Merkle Institute has joined forces with Small, a high-impact scientific journal covering nanotechnology, to produce a special 10th anniversary issue showcasing the research currently being…
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Grant success
Novel bio-compatible catalysts
30.08.2018
Dr. Michela Pellizzoni, of the Adolphe Merkle Institute’s Macromolecular Chemistry group, has been awarded an Ambizione grant worth over CHF 900,000 by the Swiss National Science Foundation, one of four…
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Perspective
Our latest annual report
16.07.2018
The Adolphe Merkle Institute’s latest annual report showcases some of our most important recent research breakthroughs, as well as our multiple international collaborations. From electric eels to mechanochromic…
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Starting young
Schoolkids get a taste of nanoscience
09.05.2018
Schoolchildren from the Fribourg area recently spent two afternoons at the Adolphe Merkle Institute as part of the Goûters scientifiques/Wissenschaft zum Zvieri program run by the University of Fribourg.
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