Cristina Zivko, PhD
@cristinazivko.bsky.social
BSc,MSc ETH PharmSc @ETH | PhD Chem & Molecular Sc @UniJena, @Helmholtz_HIPS, @unibern | Postdoc @HopkinsMedicine | Almost a polyglot.Amateur guitarist. she/her
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We published a new manuscript in Small, which evaluates different methods of #extracellularvesicle hybridisation and their impact on (pathogenic) bacteria 👇.
Congrats to our PhD student Leila for this wonderful work! 👩🔬🎉🧫
doi.org/10.1002/smll...
Congrats to our PhD student Leila for this wonderful work! 👩🔬🎉🧫
doi.org/10.1002/smll...
Bioengineered Bacterial Vesicles and Biomimetic Hybrids Eliminate Biofilms and Balance the Gut Microbiome
Biomimetic nanocarriers based on liposomes and Myxobacteria outer-membrane vesicles (OMVs) are effective antibiotic delivery systems. Hybrids have a higher drug loading and can target intracellular p...
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We published a new manuscript in Small, which evaluates different methods of #extracellularvesicle hybridisation and their impact on (pathogenic) bacteria 👇.
Congrats to our PhD student Leila for this wonderful work! 👩🔬🎉🧫
doi.org/10.1002/smll...
Congrats to our PhD student Leila for this wonderful work! 👩🔬🎉🧫
doi.org/10.1002/smll...
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Honored and thrilled to be the new President of the #CRSDeChAt Local Chapter! With me a new executive Board has been elected today, on Day 2 of our Annual Meeting held in Bern for the first time: >180 participants, 100 posters, 6 sessions, and wonderful science! @unibern.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Honored and thrilled to be the new President of the #CRSDeChAt Local Chapter! With me a new executive Board has been elected today, on Day 2 of our Annual Meeting held in Bern for the first time: >180 participants, 100 posters, 6 sessions, and wonderful science! @unibern.bsky.social
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DEI explained
February 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
DEI explained
Our very first imaging of EVs by super resolution microscopy with the ONI Nanoimager was quite the experience. Thank you Peter and Siobhan for the excellent introduction and training!
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Our very first imaging of EVs by super resolution microscopy with the ONI Nanoimager was quite the experience. Thank you Peter and Siobhan for the excellent introduction and training!
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Congratulations to the Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research (EVR) in the University of Bern, for getting their new #Nanoimager! ONI offers unique tools for #EV #research and we are very happy that the team is taking their journey to discovery with us! @cristinazivko.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Congratulations to the Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research (EVR) in the University of Bern, for getting their new #Nanoimager! ONI offers unique tools for #EV #research and we are very happy that the team is taking their journey to discovery with us! @cristinazivko.bsky.social
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How can medicines be directed to the precise location within the body where they need to act? Research lead by ETH Zurich have now unveiled a special class of effective particles. They appear visually striking under a microscope too, resembling tiny paper flowers or desert roses.
Delivering medicines with microscopic flowers
These small particles are reminiscent of paper flowers or desert roses. Physicians can use them to guide medicines to a precise destination within the body. Better yet, the particles can easily be tra...
ethz.ch
December 10, 2024 at 8:44 AM
How can medicines be directed to the precise location within the body where they need to act? Research lead by ETH Zurich have now unveiled a special class of effective particles. They appear visually striking under a microscope too, resembling tiny paper flowers or desert roses.
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"If talent and opportunity were equally distributed, the average winner would come from a middle income background.
The reality?
The average laureate grew up in a household just below the top 10%. More than 50% come from the top 5%"
By Torsten Bell
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The reality?
The average laureate grew up in a household just below the top 10%. More than 50% come from the top 5%"
By Torsten Bell
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The science behind winning a Nobel Prize? Being a man from a wealthy family | Torsten Bell
A lot of talent is wasted in a world where more than half of laureates come from households in the richest 5%
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:59 PM
"If talent and opportunity were equally distributed, the average winner would come from a middle income background.
The reality?
The average laureate grew up in a household just below the top 10%. More than 50% come from the top 5%"
By Torsten Bell
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The reality?
The average laureate grew up in a household just below the top 10%. More than 50% come from the top 5%"
By Torsten Bell
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
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Can you explain your doctoral research through interpretive dance?
The 17th annual #DanceYourPhD competition is open! Submit by 28 March for a chance to win $2000: scim.ag/3BcKi0e
The 17th annual #DanceYourPhD competition is open! Submit by 28 March for a chance to win $2000: scim.ag/3BcKi0e
Science’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest is open again!
This year’s competition has a special category on artificial intelligence research or quantum science—no Ph.D. needed
scim.ag
December 5, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Can you explain your doctoral research through interpretive dance?
The 17th annual #DanceYourPhD competition is open! Submit by 28 March for a chance to win $2000: scim.ag/3BcKi0e
The 17th annual #DanceYourPhD competition is open! Submit by 28 March for a chance to win $2000: scim.ag/3BcKi0e
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the sham legacy of Richard Feynman
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the sham legacy of Richard Feynman
YouTube video by Angela Collier
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November 28, 2024 at 3:01 PM
the sham legacy of Richard Feynman
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Had a fantastic time at the #StemCellResearch & Regenerative Medicine meeting in #Bern! Huge thanks to @luciani-lab.bsky.social for the invite and for showing me the beauty of you city! Excited for new collaborations, especially with the EV Research Center!🚀🔬
@cristinazivko.bsky.social
@cristinazivko.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Had a fantastic time at the #StemCellResearch & Regenerative Medicine meeting in #Bern! Huge thanks to @luciani-lab.bsky.social for the invite and for showing me the beauty of you city! Excited for new collaborations, especially with the EV Research Center!🚀🔬
@cristinazivko.bsky.social
@cristinazivko.bsky.social
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Like me, you might be frustrated at the amount of overlapping and photoshopped images in science papers that we sleuths are finding.
But what is even more frustrating is the lack of response and action from journals.
Here is a thread with some outrageous examples.
#ThisImageIsFine
/
But what is even more frustrating is the lack of response and action from journals.
Here is a thread with some outrageous examples.
#ThisImageIsFine
/
November 20, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Like me, you might be frustrated at the amount of overlapping and photoshopped images in science papers that we sleuths are finding.
But what is even more frustrating is the lack of response and action from journals.
Here is a thread with some outrageous examples.
#ThisImageIsFine
/
But what is even more frustrating is the lack of response and action from journals.
Here is a thread with some outrageous examples.
#ThisImageIsFine
/