Two NanoCarb ESRs involved in the development of a diagnostic tool against SARS-COV-2

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

Panos awarded with the 2021 Ottewill International Travel Scholarship

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

NanoCarb at the 2019 European Researchers’ Night

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-GLYCOVAX joint workshop + First network meeting

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

Get to know our ESRs

In the last months, the NanoCarb consortium has recruited 11 of the 15 planned Early-Stage-Researchers (ESRs). You can read about their background and NanoCarb projects on the dedicated page. Each of the 15 ESRs will be exposed to a well-balanced and optimal experience in academia, industry and research centre in order to increase their research … Read more

Upcoming events in nanotechnologies and carbohydrates

On the 27th March 2019 in Brussels, the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) organises its 8th Annual Symposium where industrial producers of nanomaterials, expert service providers, end-users, policy makers and regulators will come together and discuss among others how the nanoscale is changing products, processes, and business across sectors. Member of the NIA, NanoCarb partner VITO … Read more

NanoCarb – training the next leaders in nanomedicine

NanoCarb will bring together the multidisciplinary expertise of eight Beneficiaries and nine Partner Organisations, includinguniversities, Research Centres, SMEs and one Large Enterprise in the fields of synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, biochemistry.