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

Front cover on JCR!

Congratulations Remo and coauthors for the front cover on the December 2024 issue of Journal of Controlled Release! Our study “Leveraging machine learning to streamline the development of liposomal drug delivery systems” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2024.10.065) was featured by the Editors of the

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We have a new Dr in town, congratulations Sarah!

Sarah has successfully defended her PhD thesis this week, congratulations on your excellent work! We are thankful to the examiner Prof. My Hedhammar from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and Prof. Francesca Paradisi from the DCBP. We wish

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Congratulations Sarah!

Rafaela and Sarah were shortlisted to present their work on 3D printed material at the “Pitching Award 3D Printing in Life Sciences” 2024 in Muttenz, Switzerland, during the EHFAM Symposium on 3D Printing in Life Sciences, congratulations! And Sarah received the Silver Award, we

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