Welcome to The

Medical Microsystems
Laboratory

Tiny systems.
Big impact.

The Medical Microsystems Lab develops diagnostic and therapeutic systems at the nano-and microscale with the aim to tackle a range of challenging problems in health care.

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Research Projects

Explore cutting-edge biomedical engineering research in microrobotics for cell probing, drug delivery, and diagnostics.

Engineering Microrobots to Probe Cells and Tissues

Biohybrid and Bioinspired Magnetic Microrobots for Drug Delivery

Micro-and Nanorobots for Disease Diagnostics

Latest News

Here’s what we’ve been up to recently.

Congrats to Michael for being awarded with a SNSF Spark Grant

November 15, 2024

Congrats to Fan for presenting his research on “Real time protease detection on a chip via inductive sensing” at the NanoBioTech Conference in Montreux

November 12, 2024

Congratulations to Simone Schürle-Finke! She received the 2024 Scientific Achievement – Runner Up Award: Nature Inspiring Women in Science

November 5, 2024

New PhD Students: We warmly welcome our new PhD Students Emilie and Tim to our group!

September 27, 2024

Latest Publications

Engineering living immunotherapeutic agents for improved cancer treatment

April 1, 2024

Focused torque delivery and low frequency inductive sensing of micromagnets in rotating magnetic fields

March 10, 2024

Spatially selective delivery of living magnetic microrobots through torque-focusing

March 9, 2024

Programming structural and magnetic anisotropy for tailored interaction and control of soft microrobots

January 5, 2024