We are proud on having you as our PhD Student at FHNW nanoLab – Well done, Alessandro!On 26 October 2026, Alessandro Stumpo successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Developing SERS Nanotags: From Surface Chemistry to Targeted Ovarian Cancer Imaging” here at FHNW, with the University of Basel as his alma mater.Congratulations on…

Poster Presentation at International Colloid ConferenceTuning the surface chemistry of anti-EGRF SERS Nanotags for intraoperative cancer visualization Alessandro and Sina were presenting a Poster “Tuning the surface chemistry of anti-EGFR-SERS nanotags for intraoperative cancer visualization ” at the International Colloids Conference 2026 in Sitges close to…

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esearch publication about Surface enhanced Raman spectrometry based cancer cell detection using EGFR functionalized goldnanoparticles and ovarian cancer cells.

Congratulation to our Master student Alina Dokgöz on winning the SNI Image Award 2025 with her beautiful “Woolicum” Calcium Carbonate microstructures. SNI NanoImage Award 2025 Calcium Carbonate Microparticles synthesized by precipitation from calcium chloride and ammonium carbonate solutions. Picture was taken with a JEOL JSM-IT800 Scanning Electron Microscope at…

Die Machbarkeitsstudie, die Marco Martinovic (BSc Life Sciences) in Zusammenarbeit mit Hydro Service Schweiz AG durchgeführt hat, wurde in der Technischen Rundschau (TR09/2025) veröffentlicht.Im Rahmen des Projekts hat Marco Martinovic institutsübergreifend mit Michael Teger (Chemische Verfahrensentwicklung und Prozesssicherheit, Institut für Chemie und Bioanalytik) sowie Patrik Eckert und Dr. Sebastian Hedwig (Institut für Ecopreneurship) zusammengearbeitet. Gemeinsam wurde eine Versuchsanlage aufgebaut, um den Einfluss der Electric Antifouling (EAF)-Geräte von…