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Cristina Mari, who has just finished a 6-month research stay at the University of Milan (Italy) in the groups of Prof. Licandro and Prof. Maiorana is joining our group as a PhD student. Cristina will work on the preparation of

Our perspective article “Metal-Containing Peptide Nucleic Acid Conjugates” has been accepted in Dalton Trans. This paper reports on the recent advances in the preparation and utilisation of metal-containing PNAs.

Vanessa Pierroz, who has just finished her Master thesis in Medical Biology at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) is joining our group as a PhD student. In collaboration with Dr. Stefano Ferrari from the Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, she

Philipp Anstätt, who has just finished a one-year research stay at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich is joining our group as a PhD student. He will work on the preparation of novel anticancer metallodrugs.

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.