BioNanoInteract - Oct 2007 - June 2011
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Project Title
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BioNanoInteract: Interactions of engineered nanoparticles with biological systems-a rational basis for nanotoxicology and nanomedicine |
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Summary
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We combine state of the art techniques, methodologies, skills and instrumentation from several scientific arena's in major Irish research centres to create discipline-independent platforms address key questions in nanotoxicology and nanopharmacology. Thus, we identify the routes via which nanoparticles enter and accumulate in living organisms, and connect this to representative cell-nanoparticle systems. Then using the most advanced methods of chemical, physical, biological and toxicological sciences we connect nanoparticle properties (in physiological conditions) to the mechanisms via which they interact with, and disrupt, cellular processes. We establish means and protocol via which every step of the programme will be controlled, eliminating the factors that currently cause irreproducibility. We emphasize novel unbiased assessments of intra - and inter-cellular processes after exposure to nanoparticles, enabling us to explore an extensive database of nanoparticle effects on the living human cells and will develop a new generation of nanotechnology-based tools for diagnostic and treatment applications |
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Principal Investigator
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Prof. Yuri Volkov |
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Funding agency
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Science Foundation of Ireland, |
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Programme
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Strategic Research Cluster |
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Date from
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Oct 2007 |
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Date to
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June 2011 |