Month: February 2019

Collaborators Sonja Hartl and Carolin Tetyczka, PhD students from the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Graz, are visiting the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health from 18th to 22nd of February 2019.

During their research visit they will be conducting cell experiments to study the toxic effect of nanosilver and nanoselenium, according to the work plan of the Croatian – Austrian bilateral project “Pharmacokinetic profiling of silver nanoparticles: the role of biological barriers – NanoPasS“.

As a part of the COST Action CA17140 Nano2Clinic, PhD student Barbara Pem was awarded a scholarship for a Short Term Scientific Mission at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK.

Under the supervision of Prof Andrew Adamatzky, Barbara Pem will be working on the development of computational models for describing and predicting the behaviour of nanoparticles coated with functional molecules. These models will be used for the investigation of the interactions of functionalised nanoparticles with biological systems, as a part of the NanoFaceS workplan. The STSM will take place from February 18th to April 14th 2019.

As a part of the COST Action CA17140 Nano2Clinic, PhD student Rinea Barbir was awarded a scholarship for a Short Term Scientific Mission at Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon in Zaragoza, Spain.

Under the supervision of ProfJesus Martinez de la Fuente, Rinea Barbir will conduct physico-chemical experiments to investigate the interactins of silver nanoparticles with model proteins. These experiments are in accordance with the work plan of the NanoFaceS project and will form a part of Rinea Barbir’s doctoral thesis. The STSM will take place from February 18th to April 14th 2019.