In view of the interdisciplinary nature of the above-defined lines of research is very various knowledge is required in order to bring the experimental work to a successful conclusion. Both research groups have entirely complementary expertise but share the same objectives. Thus the expertise of Gern situated mainly in materials science right while LMCT has a very extensive immunological knowledge and much experience in vivo. At Ghent University is much (pharmaceutical) expertise in ‘ advanced drug delivery, while the university is a leader in medical and clinical aspects of ‘ advanced Biotherapies / cell Therapy.