News

Congratulations to Vanessa and Cristina who were just awarded two travel grants from the SCNAT/SCS. Vanessa will go to Argentina to attend the 16th International Congress on Photobiology and Cristina to California to attend the 37th American Society for Photobiology

Congratulations to Cristina who was just awarded a fellowship from the Forschungskredit of the University of Zurich. Good work!

Congratulations to Anna and Vanessa for their last paper which has been just accepted in ACS. Med. Chem. Lett. This article on a new cytotoxic Re(I) complex is the result of a nice collaboration with the group of Dr. Bim

Our recent paper in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. reporting the photoactivation of an inert Ru(II) polypridyl complex has been highlighted in Chimia. Congratulations to Tanmaya, Vanessa and Lea.

An article reporting the results of our collaborative work with PD Dr. Bernhard Spingler on the use of Platinum-Porphyrin conjugates in PDT has been accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations to Anu and Riccardo!

Welcome to Assia Nouar, our first French student in the group! Assia will undertake part of her Master thesis in our group working on the preparation of enzyme inhibitors.

Welcome to Giuseppe Martano who is joining our group for an internship through the BNF program! Giuseppe will work on synthesis of organometallic compounds.

Congratulations to Jeannine, Sandro, Sandra and Vanessa for their paper, which has been just accepted in Inorg. Chem. This article reports the first mercury-free synthesis of SCF3-containing metallocenes.

Our recent paper in Chem. Eur. J. reporting the anticancer activity of a Re organometallic compound has been highlighted in ChemistryViews.

Welcome to our two new Master students Lea Gemperle and Sandra Morard. Lea will work on the preparation of organometallic-based antiparasitic drug candidates while Sandra will investigate the use of Ru(II) complexes as anticancer agents. We are also welcoming today