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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

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01/05/2026

Where you can find us in Bern and around the world

Paola was invited as Exceptional Abstract Speaker to present the group's research on endometriosis during one of the Women's Health sessions and as panelist in the YSC mentoring session at the CRS Annual Meeting and Exposition 2025 in Philadelphia. She also represented the DeChAt LC in the session CRS Around the World (July 2025).
Paola was invited as keynote speaker at the International Symposium on Macromolecular Bioscience and Biomaterials in Frascati (July 2025)
Paola was invited to present the group's work on phospholipids for medical application at the Annual Meeting & Expo of the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS) in Portland, Oregon (April 2025)
Sarah's abstract was selected for a short talk at the CRS DeChAt 2025 Meeting, well done Sarah! Rafaela and Remo presented posters on their research, great job! (February 2025)
Paola was invited to deliver a talk on the role of phospholipids in the treatment of liver fibrosis at the 12th International Phospholipid Symposium in Heidelberg organized by the PRC (September 2024)
Sarah and Remo presented a poster at the last CRS Annual Meeting in Bologna, while Rafaela was selected for a talk. Well done! (July 2024)
Paola was invited to deliver a talk at the EASL Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy (June 2024)
Rafaela and Remo presented their PhD project at the CRS Local Chapter Germany 2024, a meeting with many lively discussion and nice social moments! (Feb 2024)
Congratulations Marianna on your poster prize won at the Swiss Science Pharma Day 2023 in Bern!! (September 2023)
Paola was invited to present the group's projects based on microscopy at the MIC Research Day 2023, organised by the Microscopy Center of the University of Bern (June 2023)
Simone and Paola were invited to present some group's projects at the University of Florence, Italy (June 2023)
Aymar presented his PhD project at the Lunch Seminars organised by the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Platform of the University of Bern. Well done, Aymar! (March 2023)
Paola was invited to the 19th Swiss Snow Symposium 2023 in Saas-Fee organised by the Young Swiss Chemical Society. Sarah won the Best Poster Award! (January 2023)
Ivo presented a poster, then selected for a flash talk, at the 7th International Symposium on Phospholipids in Pharmaceutical Research. Well done, Ivo! Paola chaired the Young session and awarded the Best Posters and the Thudicum Young Scientist Award. (September 2022)
Part of the Luciani group was at the Swiss Chemical Society Fall meeting 2022 in Zurich, the first in presence for us since we moved to Bern! Simone presented his work on LMPs and Marianna and Gregor presented posters on their PhD projects. It was a great event! (September 2022)
Simone presented his work on lipidic mesophases to deliver biotherapeutics and Sarah won the swissYPG Flash Talks presenting her PhD project on endometriosis at the Swiss Pharma Science Day 2022 in Bern. Well done both! (August 2022)
Marianna and Gregor showcasing their PhD projects at the "8x8' - Junge Forschende erzählen" event organised by the Vice Rectorate Research of the University of Bern. Early careers scientists who received a grant have been invited to present their research to a non-specialised audience. Well done! (June 2022)
Paola was an invited panelist at the 2nd Swiss PostAACR meeting in Zurich to discuss the latest anticancer drugs presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 2022 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Thanks to SAKK for the invitation! (May 2022)
Gregor presenting a pitch at the CRS Germany + BeNeLuxFrance Local chapter meeting 2022 in Aachen (March 2022)
Despo presenting her poster at the first edition of the NanoGVA symposium in Geneva (October 2021)
Cristina and Florian fly the flag for the group at the 2nd Anglo-Swiss Symposium organised at the University of Basel by the Swiss Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry (September 2020).
International Symposium on Phospholipids in Pharmaceutical Research in Heidelberg, Germany (September 2019)
Lisa presenting her recent results at the Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society in Valencia, Spain (July 2019)
Remo's abstract on liposomal depots was selected for an oral presentation at the CRS Annual Meeting and Exposition 2025 in Philadelphia, well done Remo!! (July 2025)
Paola was invited to present at the Keenan Research Seminar Series at the University of Toronto (July 2025)
Simone presented the latest results on lipid mesophases at the International Colloids Conference in San Sebastian, well done! (June 2025)
Paola was invited to presented her technology to target the serosal space at the 1st Peritoneal Summit in Pontresina, Switzerland (January 2025)
Cristina presented her work at the Annual Meeting of the Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Platform in Bern (November 2024)
Paola was invited to present her research on bioderived and bioinspired drug delivery at the University of Brescia, Italy (November 2024)
Paola was a keynote speaker at the Golden Liver Health Forum in Manila, Philippines (October 2024)
Paola co-organized a Workshop on Phospholipids at the last CRS Annual Meeting, sponsored by the Phospholipid Research Center. She also delivered a talk! (July 2024)
Paola was an invited lecturer at the 3d International School on Science-based Formulation in Florence, Italy (July 2024)
Paola was invited at the 2nd International School on Supramolecular and Nanomedicines on Como Lake organised by Politecnico di Milano, Italy (June 2024)
Paola was invited to deliver a talk at the CRS Local Chapter Germany 2024 in Bad Dürkheim (Feb 2024)
Simone is presenting the work on TIF-Gel at the 37th Conference of European Colloid and Interface Society in Naples, Italy. Well done, Simone! (September 2023)
Sarah showcased her PhD project at the "8x8' - Junge Forschende erzählen" event organised by the Vice Rectorate Research of the University of Bern and the MVUB. Early careers scientists who received a grant (for the PhD Coalition, in Sarah´s case, together with Lauriane and Kaila from DCBP) have been invited to present their research to a non-specialised audience. Well done! (June 2023)
Paola was invited to present at the symposium "A Journey to the Hart of Matter" organised by Prof. Salentinig at the University of Fribourg (April 2023)
Paola was invited to the DMCCB Basel Symposium 2023 organised by the Swiss Chemical Society. The wonderful dinner for the speakers was opened by a tour in the Museum of Pharmacy in Basel, unforgettable! (February 2023)
Paola was invited to the 12th Symposium on Pharmaceutical Profiling in Drug Discovery and Development in Uppsala (January 2023)
Aymar´s abstract was selected for an oral presentation at the Small New World in Salzburg - Austria, a joint conference on extracellular vesicles organised by the German and Austrian EV societies. Well done Aymar! (October 2022)
Sarah presented a poster on her PhD project on vaginal drug delivery for endometriosis treatment at the CRS Italy Workshop on Unmet Clinical Needs in the beautiful Genova (October 2022)
Aymar presented a poster on bioderived EVs and was invited for a talk at the 48th Annual Congress of the European Society for Artificial Organs in Krems, Austria. Well done! (September 2022)
Paola was invited to present our work on lipid-based composite systems in the lovely Salerno at the XV Italian Conference of Supramolecular Chemistry SupraMol2022 (June 2022)
Aymar presenting his project at the Annual meeting of the International Society of the Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) 2022 in Lyon! (May 2022)
Paola showcasing the role of bioactive phospholipids for the treatment of liver fibrosis at ExciPerience 2022 and becoming proud "owner" of 22 new trees planted as token of her talk! (March 2022)
Paola was invited to share the latest results of her research in Bern at the CRS German Local Chapter (www.controlledreleasesociety.de) in Munich on Feb 20-21 2020. Her invited talk "Sustained release injectable depots based on the in situ aggregation of liposomes” opened the session “Formulation Technology”. Great Bavarian dinner and stimulating scientific discussions, looking forward to the 2021 session in Aachen!
Paola presenting her research about new avenues for diagnosis and treatment of liver fibrosis at the International Symposium on Phospholipids in Pharmaceutical Research in Heidelberg, Germany (September 2019).
Paola giving a talk about phospholipids as injectable depots at the Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society in Valencia, Spain (July 2019)
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