All projects from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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Persistence of STEC in grain, milling by-products, flour, and raw follow up products
Shiga Toxin producing E.coli (STEC, syn. VTEC) have been detected by the FSVO laboratories in swiss wheat and spelt flours. The isolated strains (except one) do not belong to serovars typically associated with human infections. To better understand the entry, horizontal transfer, and persistence of these bacteria in ...
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Reduction of pesticides input in horticulture
This study examines the effects of "pesticide-free" cultivation methods of vegetables in comparison to IP production or cultivation according to BioSuisse guidelines by determining the effective production costs. In the ornamental part, the study compares the production costs of selected ornamental plants from ...
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Smartstones - AI for plant breeding
Goal of the project is a feasibility study to evaluate the potential of diverse AI techniques for opimising plant breeding on the basis of morphological characteristics.
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Unleashing the hidden potential of the anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota)
The microorganisms thriving in the ruminant’s digestive tract deliver the metabolic potential for degrading recalcitrant lignocellulose-rich organic matter and rendering it digestible. Amongst the microbiota thriving in the rumen, anaerobic fungi (AF) with the unpronounceable name Neocallimastigomycota host a ...
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3D chemistry - platform and app for classroom use and teaching - digitalization
Three-dimensional imagination is highly relevant for understanding the fundamentals of chemistry at university level. Especially when drawing molecular structures, it is important that students are able to imagine molecules/salts with the right geometry, so that the correct functioning in ...
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Cost and Efficiency of Heat Pumps
Survey to find relevant numbers to calcualte the life cycle cost of small heat pumps with air or borehole heat excahngers. Statistical analyses and interpretation of the results. Comparison of the LCC with oil and gas boiler plants. In the survey data of the service life and maintenance cost could be found. Up to ...
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Decarbonisation of the Swiss Energy System
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LAMP Diagnostic in Ornamentals
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Life Cycle Assessment of Tourism in Thailand
The proposed seed project consists of two main parts: In the first part, a life cycle assessment (LCA) is conducted to analyze the environmental impact of tourism activities in Thailand. Based on the analysis, practical recommendations for providing these services more sustainably are developed. In the second part, ...
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Microalgae-Food: Enhanced cultivation strategies for microalgae in food applications
Operational support (equipment installation, training, process development) in the implementation of a microalgae food production facility in Switzerland.
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Platform Health
Researchers from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management (LSFM) initiated a platform to promote interdisciplinary research in the field of health. The School of LSFM supports this initiative to increase visibility of all health-research related activities in teaching, R&D, continued education, and ...
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Transglutaminase crosslinking potential
Evaluation of the transglutaminase crosslinking potential of self-assembly peptides for bioink development
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Facility Management compensation and industry study 2019
Longitudinal study on the compensation of specialists and executives in the Facility Management market in Switzerland, as well as their influencing factors on behalf of the industry association fmpro. It is designed as a quantitatively online survey for the targeted 1,000 participants in the form of a multi-factor ...
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Local bioColours
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MyFoodChoice: Personal values for sustainable consumption
Consumption decisions are personal and based on one's own preferences, possibilities and values. Everyone has his or her own consumer ethical values and ideas according to which he or she wishes to act. But are they being implemented? A large proportion of Swiss people state that they also pay attention to ...
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Neuronal Growth Modelling (BioDynaMo Initial Project)
The aim of the project is to create a simulation module in the BioDynaMo framework for three-dimensional modeling of the structural development of a part of the human cortex. The implementation is based on an existing model. This project serves an initial contribution to the BioDynaMo consortium. ...
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Swiss UAS-Compensation Study 2019
Longitudinal study in all three national languages on the wages of university graduates in Switzerland, primarily the graduates form the Universities of Applied Sciences. It is based on a quantitatively online survey with about 10,000 participants, designed as a a multi-factor analysis, which is based on a survey ...
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Assessment of mineral oil tax relief for synthetic fuels from biological methanation
The debates in 2004-2007 on the tax exemption of fuels from renewable raw materials focused mainly on 1st generation fuels. Consequently, the instruments are also geared to this type of fuel. At that time, however, the legislator made it possible for fuels from renewable energy sources to also benefit from the tax ...
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Drone brood as an income
The harvest of drone brood of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) will be studied, documented and the additional income for beekeepers will be assessed. Finally, a model process for different beekeeping systems will be evaluated.
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Eco Missions
Escape Rooms and Outdoor Missions are booming: Electronic scavenger hunts, foxtrails, geocaching, or mobile phone trails are a popular leisure activity among young families or young people. Our new "Eco Missions" offer is designed to do justice to these new leisure activities. In an eco mission, the various aspects ...
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Extension of the study on life cycle assessments for alternative substrates to peat
The aim of the research study is to extend the study by Eymann et al. (2015) of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) by selected substrate components and substrate mixtures which, based on defined criteria, have a high potential as peat substitutes. Analogous to the 2015 study, the present research ...
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Bioprinting of vascular structures
Bioprinting of vascular structures based on enzymatically crosslinked gelatin. Tests involved core-shell extrusion of tubular structures and postprinting xlinking using various transglutaminase preparations.
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BioCat Nutrient supplementation
Regular (approximately monthly, depending on requirements) preparation of two standardised nutrient supplements in the environmental biotechnology laboratories and their delivery to the Electrochaea pilot plant. There the supplements are used in the experimental reactor for biological methanisation (BioCat ...
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Biocatalytic oxidation processes with alpha-ketoglutarate dependent enzymes for sustainable chemical synthesis
Development of biocatalytic oxidation processes with alpha-ketoglutarate dependent enzymes for sustainable chemical synthesis.
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enjoy biodiversity - reality laboratory