Code
01SC1013
Duration
01 March 2013 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Biomarker discovery and evaluation
- Drug discovery and development
- Medicinal products
- Pharmaceutics
- Pharmacognosy and phytochemistry
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacotherapy
- Toxicology and toxinology
- Other pharmaceutical sciences
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Engineering and technology
- Biomaterials engineering
- Ceramic and glass materials
- Materials science and engineering
- Semiconductor materials
- Other materials engineering
- Biological system engineering
- Biomaterials engineering
- Biomechanical engineering
- Other (bio)medical engineering
- Environmental engineering and biotechnology
- Industrial biotechnology
- Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering
Keywords
gold nanoparicles
vaccines
dendritic cells
Project description
Dendritic cells (DC) are the key players linking annate to adaptive immunity and the development o nanocarriers that can target and activate these cells while delivering an antien payload is believed to be o high importance in the development of the next generation of vaccines against intracellular pathogens and for the development of anti-cancer cavvines. here we aim to design nanovaccines based on gold nanoparticles with sezes ranging from 10-100 nm and decorated with antigen, DCC-targeting and DC-activating ligands.