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The online newspaper of the University of Zurich dedicates an article about the research undertaken in our research group. Have a look! Link

Our paper “Towards the Preparation of Novel Re/99mTc Tricarbonyl-Containing Peptide Nucleic Acid Bioconjugates” has been accepted in Aust. J. Chem. This paper presents the successful preparation of a novel azido group-containing ligand  (Dpam) and its subsequent couplings to a 17-mer

The Swiss National Science Foundation has informed us that Gilles’ Assistant Professorship application has been accepted! Since the 1st of March, Gilles is a SNSF Assistant Professor at the University of Zurich.

Yanjun Lan, who is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Zurich is joining our group for a 4-month internship. She will work on the preparation of novel metal-containing PNAs for medicinal applications.

Jeannine Hess, who has just finished her MBsc. in chemistry at the University of Zurich, is starting her Master thesis in our laboratories. She will work on the preparation of novel organometallic anthelmintic drugs.

Our new freeze dryer financed by the Alfred Werner Legat Foundation has just arrived! As shown on the picture below, 24 different samples can be lyophilized at the same time. Welcome to the group, freeze dryer! Anna in front of

Our perspective article “Organometallic Anticancer Compounds” was accepted in J. Med. Chem. This paper reports on the recent advances in the discovery of organometallics with proven anti-proliferative activity. A special emphasis has been made on the compounds, whom molecular targets

Michael Kaiser, who is currently undertaking his BSc at the University of Zurich is joining the group as a voluntary laboratory assistant. He will work with Anna Leonidova on the preparation and utilisation of new metal-containing bioconjugates for medicinal and

Anna Leonidova, who has just finished her Msc. in molecular and biological chemistry at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland), is starting her PhD thesis endowed with a SNSF grant. She will work on the preparation and utilisation

Our paper “Preparation, 99mTc-Labeling and Biodistribution Studies of a PNA Oligomer Containing a New Ligand Derivative of 2,2´-Dipicolylamine” was accepted in J. Inorg. Biochem. This paper presents the facile preparation of a novel bifunctional chelating for 99mTc (DPA-N3). Dpa-N3 was