Code
1121023N
Duration
01 November 2022 → 31 October 2026
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Applied immunology
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Pharmaceutical technology
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Engineering and technology
- Nanomaterials
Keywords
Immunotherapy
Nanotechnology
T-cells
Project description
The goal of this project is to investigate a strategy to pre-target CD8+ T cells in vivo with a chemical moiety that allows for subsequent cellspecific delivery of nanoparticle-formulated therapeutics, functionalized with a complimentary reactive moiety on their surface using ultrafast covalent click chemistry. Via this technology, we aim to modulate T cells in vivo in the blood and in the tumor microenvironment.