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The GBF participated in the EDCH Research Day!

Published:09.10.26 — The second edition of the EDCH Research Day took place on October 8th 2026 and was a big success with 20 flash talks by PhD candidates and close to 50 posters.

Sandrine participates in the IAAM Fellow Summit 2026 in Stockholm!

Published:06.10.26 — Sandrine Gerber gave the lecture entitled "Functionalized Harmonic Nanoparticles for Targeted Bioimaging and Drug Delivery" at the IAAM Fellow Summit – Baltic Conference Series which is held in Stockholm, 05-07 October 2026.

The article of Ali, Arsène and Perrine has just been published!

Published:04.10.26 — We are very pleased to share that our recent developments in the field of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for gene delivery has just been published in ACS Applied Nano Materials. This work was conducted in collaboration with the team of Prof. Jörg Huwyler at the University of Basel, who performed the biological evaluation of the novel LNP formulations engineered in our group.

Pauline and Simon presented their research at the ESB2026!

Published:13.09.26 — At the 35th Annual Conference of the European Society of Biomaterials in Antwerp, Belgium – September 7-11, 2026 – Pauline Skigin and Simon Dumolard presented a poster entitled, respectively: "Modular Synthesis of Crosslinkable Ionizable Lipids for DNA Lipid Nanoparticles" and "A Structure-Property Framework Highlighting the Role of siRNA Release from Chitosan-PEI Polyplexes"

The first paper from our Sinergia project has just been published!

Published:04.09.26 — We are very pleased to share that the recent study led by Alessandra Cavegn in the group of Prof. Jörg Huwyler at the University of Basel on the enhancement of plasmid DNA (pDNA) nuclear import has just been published in the Journal of Controlled Release. In our group, Pauline Skigin contributed to the design of conjugation strategies to functionalize the pDNA nanocarriers with targeting nuclear localization signaling (NLS) peptides. 

Congratulations to Alessandra for her paper in RSC Appl. Interfaces!

Published:20.08.26 — We are pleased to share that the publication of Alessandra Spada entitled "Orthogonal functionalization of lithium niobate nanoparticles with targeting aptamers and caged chemotherapeutics" has just been published in RSC Appl. Interfaces. 

Sandrine participates in the NANOMAT2026 conference in Brno!

Published:09.07.26 — Sandrine gave an invited lecture entitled "Bioconjugation of Aptamers to Harmonic Nanoparticles for Active Cancer Targeting" at the 10th International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices (NANOMAT2026), which is held from July 7–10, 2026, in Brno, Czech Republic. 

Perrine and Simon present their research at the CRS 2026!

Published:07.07.26 — We are pleased to share that Dr Perrine Robin and Simon Dumolard participate in the CRS 2026 Annual Meeting & Exposition, which takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, from July 6–9, 2026, with poster contributions.

Three Ignition Grants fueling medical innovation

Published:19.06.26 — Supported by the EPFL Ignition Grant, three innovative projects, PolyDefine, Juturna Bio, and SwissIonics, are tackling some of the most pressing challenges in modern medicine. PolyDefine is developing safer, precision-engineered delivery systems for RNA therapeutics, while SwissIonics is creating advanced analytical tools to better understand and control RNA molecules. Complementing these efforts, Juturna Bio is pioneering a gene therapy approach aimed at restoring memory in Alzheimer’s patients. Together, these projects showcase cutting-edge advances across biotechnology and neuroscience, with the potential to transform the treatment of complex diseases.

Pauline and Simon presented their work at the PGBS Symposium 2026!

Published:12.06.26 — The 2026 Symposium of the Basel Pharmaceutical Society was held on June 11, 2026 and focused on the recent advances in gene therapy, including the development of new methods and vectors and their translation to clinical applications.