Grants for SNI members

SNI members have reveived grants from different funding sources in recent month.

Extensive new insights and experience Thanks to this interdisciplinary and multifaceted project, I learned a wide range of new scienti昀椀c techniques. Fur- thermore, I was able to practice and improve my skills in the areas of scienti昀椀c planning, discussion and criticism, as well as interpersonal communication. I also had the opportunity to present my project in the form of a poster at a scienti昀椀c conference of the Royal Society of Chemis- try in London. During my time at the Fruk lab in Cambridge, I bene昀椀ted from a highly supportive and motivational working environment, which gave me the opportunity to build friendships with people from all over the world and expand my scienti昀椀c network. Being part of the Uni- versity of Cambridge was an eye-opening and fascinating experience — and, in many ways, it provided me with clarity regarding my future objectives. As well as spending lots of time in the lab, I took the opportunity to visit various places in England, includ- ing Bath, Oxford, the Lake District, Brighton, London and Stonehenge. I enjoyed many evenings in Cambridge and got to experience not just college life, but also British pub culture — complete with “pub grub”, beer and quiz nights. I spent lots of time with the members of my lab, where I made many new friends. (Image: M. Arnet) Funding of SNI members Various grants pave the way for innovative lines of research Numerous SNI members have been awarded grants from various sources in recent months. By providing regular overviews of newly funded research projects, our aim is to keep all researchers in the SNI network informed of the activities of other SNI members. So that we can list the broadest possible selection of awarded grants in SNI INSight, we would be grateful if SNI members could update us regularly. Forces between molecules cial high-speed atomic force microscope (HS-AFM) as part Professor Roderick Lim from the Biozentrum has been of this project. The researchers will then utilize the HS- awarded a COST project by the European Cooperation in AFM to determine the nanomechanical forces exerted by Science and Technology to investigate the forces between speci昀椀c molecules (phenylalanine-glycine nucleoporins = molecules in nanopores. FG Nups) bound in arti昀椀cial nanopores. In natural pores In collaboration with the Nanobiology Institute in the cell nucleus membrane, FG Nups play an important at Yale University (USA), the Lim team is developing a spe- role in facilitating the transport of large molecules into SNI INSight June 2024 18