NANOAGENTS

Surface modified luminescent and magnetic gold nanoparticles as cellular targeting agents

Coordinatore	THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN    more  Organization address address: College Green - city: DUBLIN postcode: 2 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Deirdre Cognome: Savage Email: send email Telefono: 35318961942 Fax: 35317071633
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Ireland [IE]
Totale costo	183˙504 €
EC contributo	183˙504 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-04-01   -   2015-03-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN  Organization address address: College Green - city: DUBLIN postcode: 2 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Deirdre Cognome: Savage Email: send email Telefono: 35318961942 Fax: 35317071633	IE (DUBLIN)	coordinator	183˙504.60

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The use of nano-sized particles is a new and promising topic in Chemistry, Medicine and Materials Science. Those nanoparticles have applications in many fields, from Computer Science to Medicine and the interest and the money invested for finding new applications grows every day.

Gold is a very interesting material for designing nanoparticles (AuNPs) for medical applications due to its inertness, stability, spectroscopical properties, capacity for functionalization and biological compatibility. On the surface of AuNPs can be anchored chemical species with interesting properties. Doing this, the properties of the AuNPs can be modulated at will. Hereby we propose a 24 month research project for the design and developing of AuNPs with luminiscent properties and with potential applications for therapeutic use, drugdelivery, tissue imaging and cellular signalling.

The major aim will be to signal cancer tissues for early detection and treatment of this disease. The surface of the AuNPs will be functionalized with luminiscent species that will target specific types of tissues and cells.

This work will be carried out by Dr. S. Blasco, a young Spanish researcher whohas recently obtained his PhD and was formed as a Supramolecular and Bioinorganic Chemist in Prof. Enrique Garcia-Espana's group in the University of Valencia, Spain. The research work contained in this proposal will be done under the supervision of Prof. T. Gunnlaugsson, a renowned expert in the field.'