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

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, Gregor!

Gregor defended his PhD thesis on next-gen lipid drug delivery systems for the treatment of osteoarthritis and it was a great success, well done! Prof. Jean-Louis Reymond chaired the committee and Prof. Jörg Huwyler from the University of Basel kindly

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Great seminar from Prof. Gregor Fuhrmann!

We were delighted and honored to host a seminar from Prof. Dr. Gregor Fuhrmann from the University of Erlangen! He gave a wonderful overview on biogenic avenues as treatment options for bacterial infections and inflammatory conditions. Thank you, Gregor!

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Congratulations Aymar!

Aymar successfully defended his PhD thesis and concluded his stay in our labs! We were happy to have Prof. Gregor Furhmann from the University of Erlangen, Germany, and Prof. Christoph von Ballmoos in the evaluation committee. We wish you all

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