Bio-inspired molecular engineering: from synthetic viruses to proto-cells

Datum

13.07.2012

Zeit

11:00 - 12:00

Sprecher

Prof. Giuseppe Battaglia

Zugehörigkeit

The CRUK/YCR Sheffield Cancer Research Centre, The University of Sheffield

Serie

CMCB Life Sciences Seminar

Sprache

en

Hauptthema

Biologie

Andere Themen

Biologie, Chemie

Host

Brigitte Voit

Beschreibung

We are interested in research problems that require a considerable understanding of biology to tackle clinical challenges via the development of new physical and nanotechnological tools. We start identifying the tools necessary to tackle the specific biological problem, we subsequently study in details the interactions between the nanostructured materials and the living system often adapting and/or developing new techniques. Finally we translate these for addressing specific clinical challenges by testing our devices using detailed pharmacological and medical characterizations. We approach this by combining fundamental science with engineering coalescing expertise from across disciplines such as synthetic chemistry, polymer science, soft matter physics, biophysics, cell biology, immunology, oncology, and neuroscience.

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