Nanobiotechnology

Nanobiotechnology is a multidisciplinary field exploiting the potential of nanostructures for biomedical applications. A collaboration between the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and the Advanced Technology Institute of the University, the group focuses on the applications of carbon nanotubes for cancer therapy. Two major research topics are extensively studied: use of carbon nanotubes directly as near-infrared heating devices for hyperthermia and indirect application as a transporter system for anti-cancer drugs. The group posses extensive expertise in functionalisation of carbon nanotubes along with clinical testing of carbon nanotube related effects.

This project is funded by the European Community in the framework of the Marie Curie Research Training Network “Multifunctional Carbon Nanotubes for Biomedical Applications” (CARBIO) and is a collaboration of the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (Dresden, Germany), Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France), Szczecin University of Technology (Poland), University of Oxford (UK), Johannes Kepler University (Linz, Austria), University of Twente (Enschede, Netherlands), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (Dresden, Germany), and the University of Surrey.