Targeted drug delivery is one of the greatest challenges in nanomedicine. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are promising natural carriers for therapeutic molecules, but making sure that they reach the right cells remains a key hurdle. A…
The idea behind our OpenLabs is simple: open laboratory doors, bring people from different disciplines together, and create conversations that wouldn’t happen otherwise. Our NanoPrecMed OpenLab series was off to a sunny start at Mendel…
Great ideas alone do not change the world. They need to be communicated, shared and developed through collaboration. This philosophy lies at the heart of Conny Schneider’s work. With a background in biotechnology and tissue engineering,…
Tiny structures, big questions. How do molecular structures in our genome influence aging? What can we learn when we look at biology at the nanoscale? And how do discoveries like these eventually make their way…
DNA is usually known for its classic right-handed double helix. But under certain conditions, it can adopt an alternative shape called Z-DNA. This left-handed structure is increasingly linked to gene regulation, chromatin organization, and immune…
The new year starts on a positive note: with a publication in the renowned journal Genomics, the first direct collaboration between two NanoPrecMed partner institutions goes to print. Researchers from Brno University of Technology and…
What can our cells tell us, and how can we decode their language for the medicine of tomorrow? This was the guiding question of Conny Schneider’s (LBI Trauma) talk at the Vienna Planetarium, hosted as…
We are proud to congratulate Johannes Oesterreicher on successfully defending his PhD thesis “Engineering Extracellular Vesicles: Reducing Thrombogenicity and Targeting the Lymphatic Vasculature” at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). Johannes…
When scientists talk about the genetic code, we usually mean the famous process where DNA is “translated” into proteins, the molecular machines of life. But what if that’s only half the story? A new study…
What if we could build surfaces with nanometer precision – using DNA as a construction material? Our NanoPrecMed Consortium partners at Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz have taken an exciting step in that direction. In…
