Group for Functionalized Biomaterials

The Group for Functionalized Biomaterials is interested in the development of polymeric materials, functional surfaces and multifunctional nanoparticles for biomedical applications:
 
• Microparticle-based strategies for multistep synthesis and catalysis
• Surface functionalization for the engineering of viral biosensors
• Polymeric, lipidic and hybrid nano-assemblies for gene delivery
• Theranostic nanoparticles

The research activities of our group are devoted to the development of new chemical entities for bio-applications. We are mainly interested in the design, synthesis and evaluation of functionalized nanomaterials, thin surfaces and biomaterials for therapeutic applications as imaging probes, theranostic nanoparticles, viral biosensors and synthetic gene vectors.


NEWS

Graphical abstract - 2026 EPFL/Simon Dumolard

Congratulations to Simon for his publication in Nanomaterials!

— We are very pleased to share that our study on the development of multimodal imaging probes based on functionalized harmonic nanoparticles has just been released in Nanomaterials. This project was developed in collaboration with MER Dr Anne-Sophie Chauvin (EPFL, LCS), the team of Prof. Luigi Bonacina (Unige, Nonlinear BioImaging LAB) and the CIBM (Dr Kartarzyna Pierzchala, Dr Bernard Lanz). We are grateful to the group of Prof. Yannick Mugnier for providing harmonic nanocrystals and Dr Jérémie Teyssier for giving access to his microscopy platform.

Catch-and-release process © 2026 EPFL/Anna Poryvai

Congratulations to Anna for her paper in Chem. Sci.!

— We are pleased to announce that the work of Anna Poryvai entitled "Light-driven radical catch-and-release with BODIPY photocages" is now published in Chemical Science and is part of the 2026 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection! This study was developed in collaboration with the group of Tomas Slanina at the Czech Academy of Sciences. 

New GBF team members - 2026 Delia Lazari/Nour Marzoug

New team members at the GBF!

— We are very pleased to warmly welcome two new members in our team – Delia Lazari and Nour Marzoug.

New GBF member © 2026 EPFL

Welcome Solenn!

— We are very pleased to welcome Solenn Vial in our group for a 18-month internship in the context of her training as laboratory assistant in chemistry.

SMILE KO Meeting © 2026 EPFL

Kick-off meeting of the SMILE project!

— On 12-13 February 2026, we officially launched the SMILE project at the Kick-Off Meeting which was held at SUPSI in Lugano. We are very grateful to Dr Igor Stefanini for the great organization of this meeting and the visit of SUPSI laboratories and infrastructure.

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