Further information: Nano Fabrication Lab https://nanoscience.unibas. ch/en/services/nano-fabrica- tion-lab/ The Nano Fabrication Lab is now supported by a team of four. They’re all looking forward to the many new challenges ahead in the 昀椀eld of nanofabrication. From left to right: Gerard Gadea, Arnold Lücke, Juri Herzog and Xavier Wildermuth. the environment and development, putting this knowledge to use in a temporary role at a major NGO. “I have wide-ranging interests and am delighted at the opportunity to con- tinue learning and taking on new challenges. Beginning a role at the SNI marks another exciting step in my life,” says Herzog. Xavier Wildermuth studied nanosciences in Basel and wrote his master’s thesis at Dr. Thomas Braun’s lab. For his master’s research, he developed part of a modular micro昀氀uidic system that can be used to stabilize samples The Nano Fabrication Lab team works in the clean room prepared for cryo-electron microscopy. at the Department of Physics at the University of Basel. Wildermuth has broad experience in the 昀椀eld of microscopy and has shown himself capable of mastering new tasks quickly and taking on responsibility — for example, as deputy “We’d like to welcome the two managing director of an events agency. “I’m new members of sta昀昀 to the delighted to have this opportunity to bring my thirst for knowledge and my open-mind- Nano Fabrication Lab and wish edness to the world of nanofabrication,” says them well in their new roles.” Wildermuth on this new challenge. SNI INSight December 2023 13