2024

The Academy of Europe is the pan-European academy of science, humanities and letters, with a membership of over 5000 eminent scholars. It's aim is to promote European research, advise governments and international organisations in scientific matters, and further interdisciplinary and international research. Ruth Signorell and Javier Pérez-Ramírez have now also been elected as a member. 

The workshop on May 29, 2024, introduces the procedures for award nomination and outlines the requirements for a successful award nomination, presents the process of nomination and selection and provides a glimpse behind the curtains. This workshop targets primarily Assistant Professors, Titular Professors, and Senior Scientists of the four departments D-CHAB, D-BIOL, D-MATL and D-PHYS.

Researchers in the group of Jean-Christophe Leroux (IPW) have developed a safe and inexpensive device for reliable blood measurements. It works using a suction cup and could also be employed to diagnose the tropical disease malaria – even by non-​medical personnel.

Julia Reisenbauer  has been honored with the Prix Schläfli Chemistry for her dissertation on "skeletal editing," which she completed at the D-CHAB  of ETH Zurich (Morandi Group). Her work involves the targeted rebuilding of molecules so they can perform specific functions. 

A new computer process developed by researchers led by Gisbert Schneider and Kenneth Atz makes it possible to generate active pharmaceutical ingredients quickly and easily based on a protein’s three-​dimensional surface. The new process could revolutionise drug research.