Funding

Our work is enabled by competitive grants, honours, consortia, institutional support, and shared infrastructure that make ambitious and technically difficult research possible.
We are especially grateful for support and grants that leave room for unconventional projects, tool-building, and cross-disciplinary work that may be too risky or technically demanding for more incremental frameworks.

Grants & Support

ERC — Starting Grant 2025 NAMPify
2026-2031
ERC — Starting Grant 2025 NAMPify

De novo design of modulators for protein-nucleic acid interactions.

URPP — ITINERARE
2026-2032
URPP — ITINERARE

University Research Priority Program for applying de novo protein design in the treatment of rare diseases.

UZH — Assistant Professorship
since 2026
UZH — Assistant Professorship

Tenure-track assistant professorship for Advanced Biological Therapeutics at the Institute of Pharmacology of the University of Zurich.

Awards & Honours

Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators
2026
Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators
PEGS Boston Young Scientist Keynote
2026
PEGS Boston Young Scientist Keynote
Peter und Traudl Engelhorn Research Prize
2026
Peter und Traudl Engelhorn Research Prize
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Remarkable Outputs Award
2025
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Remarkable Outputs Award
ESRF Article Highlights 2024
2024
ESRF Article Highlights 2024

Infrastructure & Community

UZH Institute of Pharmacology
UZH Institute of Pharmacology

The Institute of Pharmacology provides cutting edge infrastructure, laboratory space, and support for all of our projects.

Rosetta Commons
Rosetta Commons

Our lab is part of the Rosetta Commons community, a global network advancing protein design through shared software, training, and scientific exchange.

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Our lab is part of the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics network, which advances life science research through shared expertise, community support, and data resources.

Swiss Light Source
Swiss Light Source

The Swiss Light Source (SLS) provides state-of-the-art synchrotron facilities where we collect crystallographic data and collaborate on data processing methods and structural analysis.

Dubochet Center for Imaging
Dubochet Center for Imaging

The Dubochet Center for Imaging Lausanne provides access to advanced cryo-electron microscopy infrastructure, expertise, and support for structural biology projects.

Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis
Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis

The Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis (ZMB) provides imaging infrastructure, expert support, and training for cryoEM and light microscopy experiments.

Protein Crystallization Center
Protein Crystallization Center

The Protein Crystallization Center (PCC) provides infrastructure for crystallization screening and optimization for structural biology studies.

Functional Genomics Center Zurich Biophysics unit
Functional Genomics Center Zurich Biophysics unit

The biophysics unit enables access to instrumentation for analysing biomolecular interactions and stability.

Swiss National Supercomputing Center
Swiss National Supercomputing Center

The CSCS provides high-performance computing infrastructure and expertise that to support large scale bioinformatic projects and model training.

Science IT
Science IT

Science IT provides research computing infrastructure, data management, and technical support for our every day computational projects.

UZH AI
UZH AI

UZH AI connects our lab to a university-wide network advancing artificial intelligence research.