All projects from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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Development of a hemp bitter extract and application in beer production
This project aims at brewing beer with hemp instead of hops, without changing the sensorial characteristics of the beer. The project proposed is seen as a collaborative work between the different research groups of ILGI institute. The goals are: to develop a hemp bitter extract that could be used in beer brewing to ...
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Development of analytical methods specific to aquaculture
The aim of this project is to establish and further develop analytical methods specific to aquaculture so that they can be used in future projects. The methods to be established are: Trace analysis for off-flavour detection: an existing method for measuring geosmin and 2-MIB in water samples (using HS-SPME-GC/MS) ...
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DSembedded: Integrating discipline-specific Know How into Data Stewardship
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Endotoxin Quantification
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Evaluation of methods for monitoring the quality of treated domestic grey water for water re-use
The first step of the project is to test and evaluate existing methods for monitoring the quality of treated domestic grey water for water reuse. These include both sensor-based methods (e.g. SAC254 probes) and newer methods. In a second step, the most promising methods will be tested in ongoing water reuse projects ...
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INtegrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa (INCiTiS-FOOD)
INCiTiS-FOOD (Integrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa) is a 4-year project that aims to improve food and nutrition security (FNS) in African city regions and reduce the food-system-related environmental footprint while contributing to circularity. Furthermore, the ...
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Modeling of multicentric and dynamic stroke health data
The aim of the project is the further development of probabilistic and dynamic modeling of diseases in the form of Bayesian networks in the field of digital health as a central strategic pillar of the newly formed specialist group "Medical Image Analysis and Data Modeling" of the "Computational Health" focus. To ...
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Nudging for Sustainability
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Platform for drug target identification
A major problem in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery projects is the unknown identity of the molecular biological target, even when very potent ligands are available, such as those discovered in a phenotypic screen. Therefore, methods for hit optimization, such as structure-based design, or better understanding ...
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Soluble Coffee
The goal of this Project is to Conduct an Aroma audit of an instant coffee production line.
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Student Requirements in Hybrid Learning Environments
An interdisciplinary and international research project is being developed as part of a PhD research collaboration between ZHAW and NTNU. The project aims to investigate the impact of hybrid learning environments on student requirements in universities. It was prompted by changes in university learning environments ...
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Sustainable nutrition
The aim of this project is an interface between a database of protein-rich foods (DaPro), the Food Chain Model (FCM) and the Menu Sustainability Index (MNI) (for more details, please see the Further Information section below). The interface creates synergies between the three tools by, on the one hand, avoiding ...
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BioVaR – Assessing and Digitizing Risk Exposure Resulting from Biodiversity Loss
We propose a fully digital, science-based solution that can provide forward-looking guidance for companies regarding the financial risks associated with biodiversity loss. We intend to communicate understandable risk metrics using User Interface to a biodiversity-committed network of stakeholders. ...
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Phosphorus in fish farms
Phosphorus is one of the most important emission parameters of fish farms, because phosphorus is the limiting element in freshwaters. If phosphorus enters the water body, even small amounts lead to strong plant and algal growth, which in turn causes a decline in biodiversity and a restriction in the use of habitats. ...
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Spatial sustainable finance: Satellite-based ratings of company footprints in biodiversity and water
We develop and adopt geoprocessing workflows to analyze and model the spatial footprints of companies representing company venues, production sites, or in general areas where companies are active. We combine the spatial environmental assessments with LCA methods to transform non-spatialized into spatialized ...
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Development of an effective extraction method of insect-pathogenic granuloviruses for innovative and sustainable plant protection
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AI for colorectal cancer: towards the improved CMS classification and interpretability
Access to large complex biomedical data today allows scientists to take full advantage of AI-driven approaches in a variety of applications with high societal impact. One such application is precision medicine, which is gradually becoming reality for some cancers. Unfortunately, for colorectal cancer (CRC) ...
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CarNe – Carbon Negative Biochar-based Building Insulation Materials
This research project proposes the development of bio-based, carbon negative building insulation material building upon a successful previous feasibility study. The material development is based on the use of organic waste material which is further processed using natural binders and a subsequent carbonization step. ...
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Investor and Stakeholder Tools for Tracking Companies’ Climate Commitments, Greenwashing and ESG Trends
In this project, we are developing science-based methods to systematically identify potential greenwashing in corporate communications as well as signals of green innovations and technologies. By applying advanced AI methods to thousands of stocks, we aim to develop novel, ESG-compliant financial products. ...
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LEMIG II - Analysis of green waste 2022/23
Since 2012, there have been increasing activities in Switzerland, both at the research level and in the context of legislation and implementation, to quantify waste that arises along the food chain and to introduce measures to avoid or recycle it. The FOEN is striving to create a reliable and uniform database along ...
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Structurally Stable Substrates for Sustainable Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management
The availability of space for urban trees has been continuously decreasing due to the increasing densification of urban areas, compaction of planting substrate, and the presence of underground pipelines. Urban trees are an integral part of green infrastructure in urban areas, providing valuable ecosystem services ...
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Towards mechanically biocompatible implant materials for pelvic floor repair
Vaginal meshes, hazard or cure? This has been the topic of a recent PULS broadcasting on Swiss television.In fact, during the last few years, severe and frequent complications, such as erosions, pain and dyspareunia, inparticular related to transvaginal placement of meshes led to numerous lawsuits and in some ...
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Green!Tea: Renewable Energy for the Vietnamese tea sector
Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia’s economic powerhouses. It aspires to high-quality agricultural production with a view to lucrative export markets, while transitioning towards more renewable forms of energy production to meet COP26 commitments. Solar power and biomass from productive forests are meant to support ...
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Inhibitors targeting SARS-CoV-2 proteases
So far, vaccines are available to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, which can protect against a severe course, although part of society also does not want to be vaccinated or cannot do so due to pre-existing conditions. With a drug that can fight the virus in the organism, infected patients with severe symptoms would be ...
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Natural Malagasy Plant Dyes
With the Natural Malagasy Plants Dyes the international project team with researchers from the University of Antananarivo and from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences supported by Flexknit as project partner intends to develop a sustainable dyeing processes which is based on the sustainable use of Madagascar’s ...