2024 in brief Completed master’s studies Thirteen students successfully completed the challenging master’s program in na- nosciences in 2024. Page 13 Alumni organization resumes activities After a prolonged hiatus, the board of the alumni organization met again in late 2024 and already organized one meeting for members in December 2024. Page 13 Excellent dissertations Seven SNI PhD students completed their doctoral dissertations in 2024, having car- ried out their corresponding research at the Biozentrum and the Departments of Chemistry and Physics of the University of Basel, at the Paul Scherrer Institute, and at the FHNW School of Life Sciences. Page 16 Startup workshop In 2024, the workshop “From Lab to Startup” was incorporated into the regu- In 2024, the Strategy for the next 10 years lar program of the SNI PhD School. From team of the Nano In 2024, the SNI team worked with external and internal ex- now on, this annual course will provide Imaging Lab perts to develop its strategy for 2024–2034. The SNI will fo- doctoral students with an introduction to began operating cus on nanoimaging and nanofabrication in the life sciences, the world of founding a company. a new scanning medicine, and materials, quantum and environmental sci- Page 21 electron micro- ence. Collaboration within the network will be strengthe- scope with a ned, and the infrastructure, curriculum and public image focused ion will be adapted and modernized. Through basic and applied Valuable support beam. research and the training of committed young scientists, the In 2024, the two teams that make up the SNI will drive advances for the benefit of the general public. Nano Technology Center — that is, the Page 61 Nano Imaging Lab and the Nano Fabrica- tion Lab — supported numerous re- search groups by providing services re- lating to the imaging and fabrication of micro and nanostructures. By doing so, the staff make a key contribution to suc- cessful research. Page 50 4 SNI Annual Report 2024