Projects and Publications School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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Projects
The specialist knowledge offered by our institutes provides a solid basis for problem-solving with partners and clients. We adopt a highly practical and tailored approach to implementing research proposals, whether in the form of individual undergraduate dissertations investigating specific topics or interdisciplinary projects lasting many years and dealing with complex issues.
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Catering in care and nursing homes: Challenges and solutions
Our mission is to contribute to the highest possible quality and flexibility (individualisation and intolerances) of catering services for residents in order to support homes today and in the future. With this interdisciplinary project, we want to find out what challenges Swiss care and nursing homes are currently ...
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Development of a kit for the detection of leaf spot in turf grass
The objective is to develop a real-time pathogen detection kit for a range of turf grass leaf spot diseases. This kit will feature a straightforward process for DNA extraction and amplification through loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). It will enable semi-quantitative assessment of pathogen presence in ...
Publications
Publications are another key aspect of knowledge transfer between research and industry, and relevant outcomes are published in suitable outlets with the agreement of our partners.
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Ollier, Maxime; Jayet, Pierre-Alain; Humblot, Pierre,
2024.
Ecological Economics.
222(108221).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108221
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Mirzaei, Marzieh; Jazini, Mohammadhadi; Aminiershad, Ghazaleh; Refardt, Dominik,
2024.
Desalination.
581(117564).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.117564