29.10.20

What does the Swiss population eat? Insights and relations about our meat, dairy protein and alcohol consumption

Results from the first representative survey in Switzerland, the Swiss National Nutrition Survey menuCH, were recently published and presented at the Swiss Public Health Conference 2020.

28.10.20

New method for measuring the population of Drosophila suzukii

For a number of years now, the Drosophila suzukii from Asia has been present in Switzerland. With its hard ovipositor, it also lays its eggs in ripe fruit. Such fruit is no longer edible after a short time. This is not good news for those with…

27.10.20

New approaches to reduce mycotoxins in grain

Researchers from the Health Research Hub explain why mycotoxins are of concern and how they intend to reduce their content in grain.

21.10.20

States, Trends, and Future of Aquaponics Research

This study by Hao et al. (2020) examined 513 publications (2000-2019) on aquaponics, the sustainable production system in which nutrient-rich wastewater from fish fertilises plants.

20.10.20

Artificial turf scores better

The comparison of the environmental impact of artificial and natural turf is heading into extra time. Filled artificial-turf sports fields have a high environmental impact, because the plastic granulate required to fill them has to be replenished on…

16.10.20

Biodiversity in Palaearctic grasslands – two papers by Postdoc scholar Iwona Dembicz published

Dr. Iwona Dembicz from the University of Warsaw, Poland, could stay at the IUNR in Wädenswil from September 2019 to June 2020.

14.10.20

ZHAW researchers train enzyme that breaks down plastic

The “PETase” enzyme can break down plastic, but it is not very productive. ZHAW researchers are therefore applying “directed evolution” to train the enzyme so that it can be used in future for treating drinking water or biorecycling. Machine learning…

11.10.20

Two international Postdocs at the IUNR

In 2019/20 two Postdocs have joined the Vegetation Ecology Research Group, Dr. Iwona Dembicz from Poland and Dr. Jinghui Zhang from China.

09.07.20

The effort of making your own project video is worth it: A success story from a Health Research Hub project

Our researches have recorded short videos that describe the objectives of their projects funded by the Health Research Hub. The efforts were rewarded with remarkable attention – and even resulted in an invitation to a conference.

30.06.20

Using algae to clean wastewater from a fish farm

The cleaning of wastewater from fish farm recirculation systems using microalgae was tested at the ZHAW Wädenswil.

19.06.20

Transparency 2020 - Facts and figures

The current brochure provides facts and figures about the ZHAW Life Sciences and Facility Management.

18.06.20

Actinomycete strains isolated from different habitats in Switzerland have antibiotic potential

First results of the project "Silent pathway awakening to discover novel antibacterial compounds from actinomycetes" were published in Chimia.

09.06.20

COST Action – a network to establish sustainable food packaging solutions

Switzerland is now officially participating in the COST Action #CA19124 “CIRCUL-A-BILITY”. The objective of COST Action is to master the key technical and non-technical challenges to establish sustainable food packaging solutions within future food…

28.05.20

Researches from the Health Research Hub make tick hotspots visible

For the first time, researchers were able to show where and how often humans and ticks meet in Switzerland over the course of the year.

22.04.20

International aquaponics cooperation

The circulatory system plays a key role in food supply and in the management of global challenges. What challenges are commercial applications of aquaponics technology facing?

08.04.20

Looking for New Antibiotics: New Video Online

Find out how the project team of ZHAW and ETHZ wants to discover new antibiotics.

08.04.20

VersusVirus – Project «CareFinder»: Real-time monitoring of available beds for intensive care

The VersusVirus Online Hackathon was held from 3 to 5 April. Over 4500 people connected and worked together for 48 hours to fight against the Corona Virus. Students from our Master’s programme in Applied Computational Life Sciences were part of it.…

07.03.20

TEDD Community News March 2020

Summary of the current activities, events, news from Partners and more

20.02.20

«Innovations in Health»: Three projects selected for funding

We are pleased to support new interdisciplinary projects in health. Congratulations to the project teams of Sabina Gerber, Sven Hirsch and Nadina Müller!

19.02.20

Bacteriophages to selectively kill harmful bacteria: New Video Online

Find out how this project aims to optimize the methods and technologies used to produce engineered bacteriophages.