Network: Collaboration across bound- aries between disciplines and institutions What makes the SNI so special is its interdisciplinary network, which includes researchers from various departments of the University of Basel (Biomedicine, Chemistry, Physics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and the Biozentrum), as well as members of research groups at the Schools of Life Sciences and Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) in Muttenz and Windisch, the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich in Basel (D-BSSE), the CSEM (Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique) in Allschwil, and the technology transfer centers ANAXAM and Swiss PIC. The wider network also includes both the Hightech Zentrum Aargau in Brugg and Basel Area Business & Innovation, which work to promote knowl - edge and technology transfer. 54 SNI Annual Report 2023