News
The following feed highlights activities and achievements of scientists from the MaP community.
Our group receives the ERC Consolidator Grant
Our group has been awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council to support our new idea of Nano-OLEDs-based Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) for miniaturized superresolution microscopy.
Merry Christmas!
Yesterday we celebrated together at our legendary Christmas Lunch at
Bohemia, with lots of laughters and great new ideas for the upcomming
year. We wish everyone happy holidays!
Soft Talk Recap: When Structure Does the Colouring
This week’s Soft Talk wrapped up the year in colour. Literally.
ETH Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis: Francisco Correia Marques
Congratulations to Francisco Correia Marques, who was awarded with the ETH Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis. The ETH Medal is given every year to the 8% highest-ranked theses at ETH Zurich.
Welcome to Zurich Xudong & Huangbin!
The Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring (SMM) at ETH Zurich welcomes Dr. Xudong Jian and Dr. Huangbin Liang, who transition from the Singapore–ETH Centre’s Future Resilient Systems (FRS) programme to continue their research at the chair in Zurich.
New connections between departments and groups: voices from the MaP Surprise Lab Lottery
In November 2025, 32 MaP doctoral students participated in the first-ever MaP Surprise Lab Lottery. Matched by research keywords, they visited each other's labs. A very successful initiative: to be repeated! But read for yourselves...
New article on direct-write laser patterning of magnetic landscapes
Patterning magnetic landscapes has recently emerged as a powerful avenue to achieve new functionalities in existing materials. In our recent publication, we demonstrate the creation of two-dimensional complex patterns with continuous variations in magnetic anisotropy, interlayer exchange coupling, and ferrimagnetic compensation at the mesoscopic scale in numerous application-relevant magnetic materials.
Congratulations Elvis Nava
Our dear SRL colleague Elvis Nava succesfully defended his Ph.D. thesis.
Cover in Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Our recent perspective has been featured on the cover of the
January issue 2026.
Q4Proteins among the 7 finalists in the XPRIZE Quantum Applications competition
Seven teams made it to the finals of the XPRIZE Quantum Applications competition, a 3-year, $5 million global challenge backed by Google Quantum AI, Google.org and GESDA, among them the international team Q4Proteins led by Markus Reiher. The team is developing a quantum-driven simulation workflow for biochemical problems linked to human health, focusing on large, weakly correlated systems such as biomolecular condensates.