François passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations!

F. Noverraz / PhD thesis project © S.Gerber / 2018 EPFL

F. Noverraz / PhD thesis project © S.Gerber / 2018 EPFL

We are now looking forward to his PhD thesis public defense which will be held on November 9th 2018.

During his PhD, François developed functionalized alginate-based hydrogels to reduce fibrosis in the transplantation of insulin producing cells.

Funding

His PhD project was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, Enable and the Foundation Insuleman.