Nanoscience in medicine
The potential to transform medicine to become more individualised and hence safer lies behind the use of nanotechnology. Physical nanoscience could provide bioresponsiveness, higher detection capabilities, connectivity to advances in the digital world and addressing security issues (counterfeiting, privacy). Specifically, our students will work to produce individualised and safer medicines: predominantly in the perspective of the diagnosis and treatment of (auto)inflammatory diseases and solid tumours, nano-structured materials will allow biologically triggered release of drugs and/or accurate mapping of biological variables e.g. combining single molecule analysis with fluidodynamics of tissues, encompassing also toxicology and the impact of nanomaterials on public health.