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Christmas vibes at the GBF!

Published:15.12.25 — On Friday December 12, the GBF Team celebrated the end of the year and holiday season in Lausanne, enjoying excellent Italian food!

Congratulations to Alex for her PhD thesis exam!

Published:09.12.25 — We are very pleased to share that Alessandra Spada passed her PhD thesis exam today!

Congratulations to Alex and Mylène for receiving the Dean's Award!

Published:05.12.25 — We are pleased to share that Alessandra Spada and Mylène Soudani received a 2025 Dean's Award to acknowledge their commitment in teaching activities.

Congratulations to Perrine for her paper in ACS Omega!

Published:05.12.25 — We are very pleased to share that the last research article of Perrine Robin entitled "Assessment of Hairpin-Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles toward a Facile Detection of Zika Virus and Lineage Identification" is now available in ACS Omega at https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c09715.

Welcome Arsène!

Published:29.10.25 — We are very pleased to welcome Arsène Tergalinsky for a 3 month internship in our group.

Alessandra presents her PhD project at the EDCH Research Day!

Published:13.10.25 — The EDCH Research Day was held on October 9th 2025, with more than 40 PhD students presenting posters on their research achievements.

Alessandra and Simon present their work at the ESB 2025!

Published:10.09.25 — Alessandra Spada and Simon Dumolard are attending the 34th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials in Torino, Italy – September 7 – 11, 2025, presenting their recent research achievement in the field of theranostic nanoparticles and polymeric nanocarriers for gene delivery.

Congratulations Mylène!

Published:10.09.25 — We are very pleased to share that Mylène Soudani passed her candidacy exam on 09.09.2025. We are grateful to the jury members – MER Dr Anne-Sophie Chauvin and Prof. Christain Heinis – for the fruitful discussion on the research project of Mylène.

Anna presented a poster at the Photochemistry GRC 2025!

Published:06.08.25 — We are pleased to share that Dr Anna Poryvai presented her recent research achievement at the Photochemistry Gordon Research Conference which was held at the Bates College (Lewiston, USA) July 27 – August 1, 2025. Her poster was entitled "Radical Reactivity of BODIPY-Based Photocages as a Key to the Catch-and-Release Process".

Congratulations Anna!

Published:08.07.25 — We are very pleased to share that Anna Piceni passed her final exams and was awarded the Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (Certificat Fédéral de Capacité) of Laboratory Assistant in Chemistry.