Prof. Charlotte Aumeier Research in Marine Biology, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology

Prof. Omaya Dudin Evolutionary cell biology of multicellular development.

Prof. Marcos González Gaitán  Biophysics and cell biology of signalling.

Prof. Marko Kaksonen Molecular mechanisms of membrane trafficking, evolutionary cell biology.

Prof. Karsten Kruse We use tools of theoretical physics to study the formation of structures in individual biological cells and in cell assemblies.

Prof. Aurélien Roux Cells and organelles are separated by 2D fluid lipid membranes, which have peculiar mechanical properties.

Prof. Thierry Soldati Cellular and molecular mechanisms of phagocytosis and cell-autonomous defences against mycobacteria infection.

 

Prof. Eric Bakker Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Electrochemical Sensors, Optical Detection Principles, Ion Optodes, Exhaustive Sensors, Photoelectric 

Prof. Chan Cao Bioanalysis, nanopore sensing , sequencing, biomarker detection,  single-molecule biophysics, bionanotechnology

 

Dr. Alexandre Fürstenberg Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and super-resolution imaging.

Prof. Ross Milton Electrochemistry of metalloenzymes to study electron transfer and catalytic mechanisms for new biotechnologies.

Prof. Claude Piguet Supramolecular chemistry of f-elements, luminescent and magnetically active polymetallic materials, thermodynamics of self-assembly. 

Prof. Sacha Hoogendoorn Molecular tools to study and pertub Hedgehog signaling and the primary cilium.

Prof. Jérôme Lacour Synthetic organic chemistry, chirality and molecular recognition: Organometallic reactivity and asymmetric transformations; Synthetic, physical and biological applications of highly stable (chiral) carbenium ions; NMR enantiodifferentiation of chiral substances; Hexacoordinated phosphorus chemistry.

Prof. Stefan Matile Organic Synthesis, Supramolecular Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Functional Systems, Unorthodox Interactions.

Prof. Clément Mazet Synthesis, methods development, selective catalysis, reaction mechanisms.

 

Dr. Amalia Poblador Bahamonde The focus of our group is to reach an in-depth theoretical understanding of regio- and enantio-selective processes.

Prof. Michel Rickhaus We bend, twist and shape molecules to make them proficient in self-organization. Main topics: Organic Synthesis, Supramolecular Chemistry.

Dr. Jasmine Viger-Gravel Investigation of non-covalent interactions using a combined approach of multinuclear magnetic resonance in solution and solids, alongside DFT calculations of NMR observables. .

Prof. Nicolas Winssinger Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry. Direct Evolution of ligands and catalysts by programmable nucleic acid self assembly of encoded libraries. Promotion of a reaction through a bio-supramolecular interaction as a means to image an event and unleash bioactive molecules in vivo.

Prof. Takuji Adachi Development of in-situ optical spectroscopy tool to investigate molecular aggregation process toward phase transition and control the resulting self-assembled structure and function (molecular crystal, supramolecular assembly, amyloid fibril etc.).

Prof. Enrica Bordignon We study how biomolecules interact and change structures in their physiological environment using site-directed spin labeling electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR).

Prof. Thomas Bürgi Chemistry, spectroscopy and applications of surfaces, interfaces and chiral nanomaterials: Development and application of spectroscopic techniques to probe solid-liquid interfaces, preparation and applications of chiral nanomaterials, enantiodifferentiation, vibrational optical activity, self-assembly of plasmonic nanomaterials.

Prof. Eric Vauthey Ultrafast photochemistry: development and applications of optical spectroscopic methods, investigations of ultrafast photoinduced molecular processes in condensed phase and at liquid interfaces.

Prof. Tomasz Wesolowski Quantum embedding theory for multi-level simulations, density functional theory, computational spectroscopy, and computational chemistry.