Two DBE Students Recognized for Outstanding Nano-Imaging
Alina Dokgöz and Sven Zaugg, two students enrolled in our Master’s program, have each won an SNI Image Award.
Each year, the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel honors the most fascinating images of the micro- and nanoworld generated within the framework of research projects. For the latest edition, two students from the DBE received two of the three awards presented.
The winning image by Alina Dokgöz, one of our second-year Master’s student, was created as part of her semester thesis conducted in the research group of Dr. Sina Saxer (FHNW) and Zarah Walsh-Korb (DBE). Acquired using a Scanning Electron Microscope, the image depicts calcium carbonate microparticles with an unusual wool-like structure, synthesized by precipitation from calcium chloride and ammonium carbonate solutions.
The winning image by Sven Zaugg, one of our first-year Master’s student, was produced as part of his Bachelor’s thesis, supervised by Prof. Michael Wild (FHNW). The image was acquired using a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope and shows an open-pored structure composed of natural alumina, forming a stable and biocompatible protein network. Its highly cross-linked pore structure provides an optimal microenvironment for cell adhesion and tissue integration, making it a promising scaffold for bone and cartilage regeneration.