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Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology Highlight published in current CHIMIA

27.11.2024 – Nathalie Grob's article on "A New Era for Peptide Therapeutics: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions" was published in the external page current issue of CHIMIA. The Highlight article provides an overview of the historical significance of peptides, recent blockbuster drugs, innovations in drug discovery, and the future potential of peptide-based therapies.

Welcome to the Group, Maria!

05.11.2024 – Our group extends a warm welcome to Maria Czarnocki Lucheschi, who is joining our team for a Practical Methods Project. For the next seven weeks, we wish you happy couplings!

The Grob Group attends the 17. Swiss Pharma Science Day and the Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2024

26.08.2024 – Last week, we had the pleasure to attend the 17. Swiss Pharma Science Day of the Swiss Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Berne and the Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2024 at the University of Basel. It was wonderful to connect with colleagues in pharmaceutical sciences from other Swiss universities and international experts in peptide drugs.

The Grob Group at the Swiss Pharma Science Day in Bern.
The Grob Group attended the Peptide Therapeutics Forum in the Biozentrum in Basel.

Welcome to the Group, Masota!

01.08.2024 – We are excited to welcome our newest group member, Magoti Abel Masota. Masota will join our team as a PhD student after earning a BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Tianjin University and a MSc in Chemical Biology from the University of Geneva and EPFL. He conducted his MSc thesis under the supervision of Prof. Christian Heinis at EPFL and just finished a research internship at Bayer AG in Wuppertal, Germany. Masota, we hope you have a great start and look forward to working with you!

Welcome to the Group, Janis!

01.06.2024 – We are thrilled to welcome Janis Birrer to the group as a new PhD student. Janis earned his BSc and MSc in Chemistry from ETH Zürich and conducted his MSc thesis with Prof. Laura Kiessling at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Janis, we are excited to see what you achieve in our group and wish you all the best for your start!

Launch of the Group for Peptide-Based Drug Discovery

01.04.2024 – This is not a joke, the Grob Group officially opened the lab doors to work on peptide-based drug discovery.

We also wish a warm welcome to Chrissula Chatzidis, who will support our group as an administrative assistant. We are happy to have you on board!