Project

Identification of individual exosome like vesicles by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Acronym
Exosomes SERS
Code
F2016/IOF-CONTT/310
Duration
15 October 2016 → 14 October 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Industrial Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Morphological sciences
    • Oncology
    • Morphological sciences
    • Oncology
    • Morphological sciences
    • Oncology
Keywords
vesicles
 
Project description

In this project, we want to be able to pre-clinically validate identification of individual extracellular vesicles (EVs) using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) to be used for non-invasive cancer diagnostics in urine and plasma. In addition to optimizing the gold nanocoating around EVs, we also want to initiate the automation of Raman spectrum recordings for application to patient samples and the aim is to find industrial partners for marketing the technology.