Welcome to the Luciani Research Group

The Luciani Research Group believes in a diverse and inclusive multidisciplinary, respectful research environment in which all members can work to their highest potential and advance our research goals, in line with the vision of the Faculty of Science and of the University of Bern

Paola Luciani is signer and supporter of Better Science

The Luciani group co-created PharmaBern

About us

We are an international and multidisciplinary team of pharmacists, chemists, biochemists and engineers focused on the development of novel drug delivery systems, lipid-based tools for diagnostic molecular imaging and for targeted therapy. 

Our Research

Our lab

News about us

Congratulations Dr. Gazzi!

Our warmest congratulations to Rafaela, who successfully defended her PhD on lipid mesophases for the treatment of ulcerative colitis! We are thankful to Prof. Debora Berti from the University of Florence, acting as external examiner, and Prof. Debora Stroka from

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ERC Synergy Grant!

Paola was awarded an ERC Synergy Grant for the project CARAMEL, together with Prof. Javier Montenegro (University of Santiago de Compostela), Prof. Werner Nau (Constructor University, Bremen), Prof. Oliver Hantschel (Marburg University). We look forward to working on this exciting

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