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SNI update

März 2012

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Dear colleagues

The first three months of the year have already passed. It was a busy time. One of the projects we had to finalize was this years´ annual report. It clearly demonstrates that the NCCR Nano truly is a success story and that we have built up a strong nanocenter with excellent research. The smooth compilation of this year´s report also showed that we have not only achieved scientific excellence but that we also have improved organisationally. Many thanks to all, who have delivered their contributions in time, to Audrey Fischer, who collected the pieces and to Meret Hornstein, who took care about the layout and the production. Hot off the press we also have in our hands the latest Argovia report and our first SNI Competence Catalogue. With this compilation of competences and infrastructure gathered in the SNI we would like to raise even more interest among companies in our region. We hope that we have managed to present the services, which we can offer and -- where possible -- the collaborations we can build up.
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QUEST – Hunt for entangled particles

Professor Christian Schönenberger recently has received an “ERC Advanced Investigator Grant” from the European Research Council (ERC). Within the project worth 2 Million Euro, Christian Schönenberger investigates entangled electron pairs. In the next five years he plans to establish an efficient and continuous source for entangled electron pairs and to explore these pairs after their separation.
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Excellent starting position for nanotechnology - Interview with Dr. Dieter Scholer

Dr. Dieter Scholer is a medical doctor. He held leading positions at Ciba and Novartis Pharma over two decades, contributed fundamentally to building-up the pharmaceutical start-up company Speedel AG and today is member of several boards and commissions including the University Council of the University of Basel. According to Dr. Scholer Northwestern Switzerland offers excellent starting conditions to build up the internationally renowned nanocenter of Switzerland. Now it is important to strengthen the good position, to build up the infrastructure that is essential for sustainable success, to further expand alliances and networks, and very importantly, to transfer scientific success into valuable technical applications.
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Events

SNI at the MUBA

After the great success of SNI workshops at traditional Swiss fairs like OLMA and MUBA in 2010, the SNI again takes part at the TuN Basel, a special exhibition at the MUBA 2012.
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Natural Sciences and Gender Studies

In the context of the lecture series “Natural Sciences and Gender Studies” Professor Dr. Petra Lucht from the Institute of Sociology, RWTH Aaachen, Germany, talks about “Cyborgs und Assembler im Zwergenreich: Gender Studien zur Nanotechnologie”.
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Did you miss “Weltenreise”?

The first “Weltenreise”, a trip from the cosmos to the nanoworld, took place on November 18th 2011 in the Schauspielhaus in Basel. Talks and impressions were recorded by the New Media Center of the University of Basel under the direction of Thomas Lehmann.
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Argovia Projects

New Argovia projects

End of last year the Argovia board approved eight new Argovia projects. Now the contracts are signed and we introduce the first projects BIOPRINT, FILTRELEC, NANOCURE and nanoFACTs.
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Awards

Bill Whelan Lifetime Achievement Award for Christoph Gerber

On February 26th, during the Miami Winter Symposium 2012 – a “Nature” Conference - Professor Dr. Christoph Gerber received the Bill Whelan Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Farewell to Ueli Aebi

On Thursday 26th January, many internationally distinguished scientists came together to participate in the farewell symposium honouring Prof. Dr. Ueli Aebi, Professor of Structural Biology at the Biozentrum, University of Basel and former Director of the Maurice E. Müller Institute for Structural Biology.
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Recent press releases

EU grant for Christian Schönenberger

Prof. Dr. Christian Schönenberger, Direktor des Swiss Nanoscience Institutes an der Universität Basel, erhält vom Europäische Forschungsrat (ERC) einen mit 2 Millionen Euro dotierten ERC Advanced Investigator Grant.
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Election of the endowed Georg-H.-Endress professor for experimental physics

The endowed Georg-H.-Endress professorship for experimental physics at the University of Basel will be filled with the Swiss physicist Patrick Maletinsky, currently working at Harvard University.
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