The spin-off that transfers cell biology from bench to business 21. März 2022 – Mirjam Viviani Current allergy diagnosis is a complicated multistep process with varying success, and the same is true for the treatment of allergies. What really is missing is a simple functional test that accurately detects allergies in a quantitative manner. This…
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Packaging without cutting down trees – ecological, scalable and smart 14. März 2022 – Mirjam Viviani Treeless pack is an innovative alternative of packaging material based on microorganisms. The start-up saves thousands of trees. Treeless pack, this is Patrycja Kucharczyk and Adam Korczak. How the two PhD candidates in Biomedical Sciences ended up in the…
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Jobeagle – the Tinder for jobs March 7th 2022 – Alice Huber Text-heavy job ads and discriminatory, lengthy application processes will soon be a thing of the past. A four-person startup team is shaking up the job market with the app “Jobeagle” – à la Tinder. There’s no such thing as standing still. In recent…
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Put on your glasses and dive into virtual game worlds February 28th 2022 – Mirjam Viviani When a 100m2 vacant room transforms into a saloon of a western village, it’s not magic, but the work of Gerrit Schneider and Sébastien Broggi. The two scan physical spaces with millimeter precision and creativity into their own virtual…
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Antibiotic resistance adé – “Santella” as a vaccine revolution in coliform bacteria control February 14th 2022 – Alice Huber Antibiotic resistance poses a threat to humans and animals, that much is certain. A solution to this problem is presented by the start-up “Santella”, with their probiotic vaccine to combat E. coli. Who is behind this…
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Swiss hummus and plantbased cooperations with meat processing companies – the start up “fyn.food” makes it possible. February 14th 2022 – Alice Huber Hummus from Switzerland? Of course! Anik Thaler, co-founder of “fyn.food”, tells us about the idea of producing vegetable proteins in Switzerland, protecting farmers against crop failures and what the start-up has to…
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