The Gibson group at the University of Warwick (incl. the NanoCarb ESRs Ashfaq Ahmad and Panagiotis G. Georgiou) just published their work on the detection of SARS-COV-2 using sugars instead of antibodies. This publication results from a collaboration with the platform company Iceni Diagnostics Ltd. and the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, and … Read more
Panagiotis Georgiou (ESR 3) from the Gibson Group at the Warwick University has received the Ottewill International Travel Scholarship from the Macro Group UK. This travel grant assists, each year, one outstanding UK-based PhD researcher in presenting their work related to polymer colloids at an international conference outside the UK. He will be attending the … Read more
Avelino (ESR 12) and Patricia (ESR 5) from Midatech Pharma Spain have presented a poster on the synthesis and characterization of Ultra-Small Gold Nanoparticles at the 3rD Glycobasque Meeting in Bilbao, ES, held on March 12-13 2020. You can find Avelino and Patricia’s poster in the Dissemination section.
Our ESR Riccardo Rovina from CICbiomaGUNE attended the 3rd Biennial Young Researchers Workshop on Biomaterials and Applications (bioMAPP19) held in Bilbao on the 4th and 5th of December 2019. The workshop takes place every two years in differents Spanish cities. The conference focuses on biofunctional materials, biosurfaces, molecular imaging, therapy, diagnostics, sensing and catalysis. Many … Read more
The first NanoCarb paper – “Tuning aggregative versus non-aggregative lectin binding with glycosylated nanoparticles by the nature of the polymer ligand” by Panagiotis Georgiou (ESR 3) from the Gibson group in the University of Warwick – has been published on the Journal of Material Chemistry B. This manuscript explores how polymeric linkers, with glycans at one end, … Read more
NanoCarb has successfully held its second Network Meeting at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland from the 25th to the 29th November 2019 in Dublin, IE. On the 25th, the ESRs have been trained on Light Scattering by Dr Diogo Fernandes, Product Technical Specialist at Malvern Panalytical Ltd. The training notably covered dynamic light scattering, nanoparticle … Read more
The NanoCarb Autumn Workshop is taking place this week in Dublin at the premises of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The workshop includes practical training on nanoparticle characterisation, lectures and scientific talks with the NanoCarb Scientific Advisory Board. The programme is as follows: Monday 25 November: Training on nanoparticle characterisation provided by Malvern … Read more
NanoCarb coordinator Marco Monopoli (RCSI) gave a lecture on the use of nanotechnology in biomedical research during the Trinity College Chemistry Seminar Series. This was the occasion to spread the word about NanoCarb and our recent findings.
Four NanoCarb ESRs took part in the 2019 European Researchers’ Night in Milan (IT) and Granada (ES). The European Researchers’ Night is a Europe-wide event involving over 300 cities in around 30 countries. The event is supported by the European Commission and promotes science, fun learning and research careers. It takes place every September since 2005. At the EU … Read more
NanoCarb has successfully held its first Network Meeting at the CNR Research Area in Milan from the 14th to the 17th May 2019. Part of the event was held together with the European Training Networks (ETNs) GLYCOVAX. From the 14th to the 16th May 2019, both ETNs have organised a series of common lectures for … Read more