Associate Professor Alain Wuethrich
Associate Professor

Alain Wuethrich

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Background

Associate Professor Wuethrich is an NHMRC Emerging Leader fellow and ARC DECRA awardee at the Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland (UQ). He obtained his PhD from the University of Tasmania in 2016 after completing a Master’s degree in Switzerland. His research expertise lies in liquid biopsy, nanotechnology, and diagnostics. He held positions in international pharmaceutical companies and became lead inventor on a European patent. He has actively engaged with national and international companies to translate diagnostic nanotechnologies. Since 2017 he has provided continuous research mentoring to the group and has supervised >30 postgraduate and graduate students in nanotechnological strategies to detect cancer and other diseases.

Availability

Associate Professor Alain Wuethrich is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma, University of Tasmania
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tasmania

Research interests

  • Liquid biopsy

  • Nanotechnology

  • Diagnostics

  • Electrohydrodynamics

  • Biosensing

Search Professor Alain Wuethrich’s works on UQ eSpace

88 works between 2013 and 2025
All (88) Journal Article (80) Conference Publication (2) Book Chapter (6)

81 - 88 of 88 works

2016

Journal Article

Derivatisation for separation and detection in capillary electrophoresis (2012-2015)

Wuethrich, Alain and Quirino, Joselito P. (2016). Derivatisation for separation and detection in capillary electrophoresis (2012-2015). Electrophoresis, 37 (1), 45-55. doi: 10.1002/elps.201500290

Derivatisation for separation and detection in capillary electrophoresis (2012-2015)

2015

Journal Article

Electrophoretic concentration and sweeping-micellar electrokinetic chromatography analysis of cationic drugs in water samples

Wuethrich, Alain, Haddad, Paul R. and Quirino, Joselito P. (2015). Electrophoretic concentration and sweeping-micellar electrokinetic chromatography analysis of cationic drugs in water samples. Journal of Chromatography A, 1401, 84-88. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2015.05.018

Electrophoretic concentration and sweeping-micellar electrokinetic chromatography analysis of cationic drugs in water samples

2015

Journal Article

Green sample preparation for liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis of anionic and cationic analytes

Wuethrich, Alain, Haddad, Paul R. and Quirino, Joselito P. (2015). Green sample preparation for liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis of anionic and cationic analytes. Analytical Chemistry, 87 (8), 4117-4123. doi: 10.1021/ac504765h

Green sample preparation for liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis of anionic and cationic analytes

2014

Journal Article

Off-line sample preparation by electrophoretic concentration using a micropipette and hydrogel

Wuethrich, Alain, Haddad, Paul R. and Quirino, Joselito P. (2014). Off-line sample preparation by electrophoretic concentration using a micropipette and hydrogel. Journal of Chromatography A, 1369, 186-190. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.10.006

Off-line sample preparation by electrophoretic concentration using a micropipette and hydrogel

2014

Journal Article

Online sample concentration in partial-filling chiral electrokinetic chromatography - mass spectrometry

Wuethrich, Alain, Haddad, Paul R. and Quirino, Joselito P. (2014). Online sample concentration in partial-filling chiral electrokinetic chromatography - mass spectrometry. Chirality, 26 (11), 734-738. doi: 10.1002/chir.22257

Online sample concentration in partial-filling chiral electrokinetic chromatography - mass spectrometry

2014

Journal Article

Zero net-flow in capillary electrophoresis using acrylamide based hydrogel

Wuethrich, Alain, Haddad, Paul R. and Quirino, Joselito P. (2014). Zero net-flow in capillary electrophoresis using acrylamide based hydrogel. Analyst, 139 (15), 3722-3726. doi: 10.1039/c4an00557k

Zero net-flow in capillary electrophoresis using acrylamide based hydrogel

2014

Journal Article

Chiral capillary electromigration techniques-mass spectrometry-hope and promise

Wuethrich, Alain, Haddad, Paul R. and Quirino, Joselito P. (2014). Chiral capillary electromigration techniques-mass spectrometry-hope and promise. Electrophoresis, 35 (1), 2-11. doi: 10.1002/elps.201300377

Chiral capillary electromigration techniques-mass spectrometry-hope and promise

2013

Conference Publication

3D printed chitosan / hydroxyapatite scaffolds for potential use in regenerative medicine

Chavanne, Philippe, Stevanovic, Sabrina, Wüthrich, Alain, Braissant, Olivier, Pieles, Uwe, Gruner, Philipp and Schumacher, Ralf (2013). 3D printed chitosan / hydroxyapatite scaffolds for potential use in regenerative medicine. BMT (Biomedizinische Technik) 2013, Graz, Austria, 2013. Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/bmt-2013-4069

3D printed chitosan / hydroxyapatite scaffolds for potential use in regenerative medicine

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2029
    Immune Dashboard Chip (IDC): Single-molecule digital nanotechnology for profiling trace immune dysregulations in Long COVID-19 and improving mRNA vaccines
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2026
    ALL IN - AI and Laboratory Led IdentificatioN of PASC
    NHMRC MRFF Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Rhythms and blues: Personalising care for body clock dysfunction in mood disorders (NHMRC Synergy grant administered by University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2025
    Nanoscale profiling of immune overreactions in cancer therapy, infectious and autoimmune diseases
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    A blood-based nanotechnology to decipher the extracellular vesicle code in ALS
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Innovator Grant
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    nanoIMPAC: Monitoring immune toxicities and tumour immune evasion in lung cancer
    Cancer Australia
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Single molecule sensing on nanopillars: Reading complex molecular circuits
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    A protein phosphorylation mapping tool for monitoring tyrosine kinase inhibition therapy in cancer patients
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Harnessing nanotechnology to unravel extracellular vesicle heterogeneity
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Towards personalized nanomedicine: Exploring interfacial nanomixing as a tool to monitor aberrant protein phosphorylation pathways in cancer
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Enhanced electrochemical biosensing through electrohydrodynamic nanofluidics for cancer diagnostics
    UQ Development Fellowships
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Alain Wuethrich is:
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