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CLINAM Conference 2023

08/10/ - 11/10/2023 - Basel, CH
The Collaborative Research Center 1066 again supports the CLINAM Conference and will organizes two plenary sessions.

Matthias Barz and Lutz Nuhn will chair the session “Chemistry in or Inspired from Living Systems: From Novel Chemical Tools to Improved
Nanomedicine”.

Stephan Grabbe and Volker Mailänder will chair the session “Nanocapsules and Nanoparticles Modulating the Immune System: Immunization for Tumors and
Dampening Autoimmunity and Allergy”.

We are looking forward to a lot of CRC 1066 PhD students and postdocs presenting their research on nanomedicine in small speeches and during poster sessions!

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

03/07/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B13
Speaker: tba

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

19/06/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B12
Speaker: tba

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

05/06/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B8
Speaker: tba

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

22/05/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B6
Speaker: tba

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

08/05/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B4
Speaker: tba

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

24/04/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B3
Speaker: tba

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

27/03/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject Q6
Speaker: tba

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

13/03/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject Q5:
Speaker: tba

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

27/02/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject Q4:
Mustafa Diken
Evolution of mRNA vaccines

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

The 14th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

15/02/2023 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Chunxia Zhao - University of Adelaide:
Role of nanoparticle stiffness in regulating nano-bio interactions

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

13/02/2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject Q2:
Ingo Lieberwirth
Electron microscopy on nanoparticles and cells

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

23.01.2023 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B16:
Toszka Bohn
GPR65-dependent composition of the tumor microenvironment and its role in tumor immunoevasion

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

05/12/2022 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B15:
German Islan
Hybrid solid lipid nanoparticles as a potential tool for targeting bacterial infections

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

The 12th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

22/11/2022 - 9:00 -10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Per Zetterlund - UNSW Sydney:
Emulsion Polymerization

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

07/11/2022 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B13:
Roy van der Meel (external Speaker)
Regulating innate immunity with nanotherapeutics

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

10/10/2022 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B8:
Christian Becker
cAMP: From Treg Function to Melanoma Therapy

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

The 11th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

28/09/2022 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Talk 1: Proteomics-Guided Intracellular Trafficking of Nanocarriers
by Richard da Costa Marques, phd candidate
Group of Prof. Katharina Landfester, Max Planck Institute for Polymer
Research, Germany.

Talk 2: Simultaneous determination of the release of two payloads by electrochemical measurements
by Jindaporn Janprasit, phd candidate
Group of Assoc. Prof. Daniel Crespy, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

26/09/2022 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B6:
Kerstin Steinbrink, Katharina Landfester
Modulation of STAT3-mediated tumor-associated tolerance by functionalized nanoparticles

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

12/09/2022 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject B18:
Stephan Grabbe, Markus Radsak, Peter Langguth
Dithranol – ein Wirkstoff im Wandel der Zeit vom Inhibitor zum Adjuvans

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

Introduction to the CRC 1066

In this video, produced by the University Medical Center Mainz, the Collaborative Research Center 1066 introduces its basic research approaches and explains why Mainz is a suitable location therefor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgWvxo85-vI

Summer School of the CRC 1066

18/07/ - 22/07/2022 - Dipperz
The Collaborative Research Center 1066 from Mainz organizes its joint summer school together with the CRC 1278 „Polytarget“ from Jena. PIs, postdocs and PhD students of both CRCs will present their research on nanocarriers for drug delivery and will discuss future collaborative projects.

Joint Symposium CRC 1066 and TRR319

07/07/ - 08/07/2022 - Mainz, Erbacher Hof
The first joint symposium of the CRC 1066 and the TRR319 on “Medicinal mRNA and Immunity” will take place in Mainz. With top-notch speakers and a lot of PhD students and postdocs of both research centers, but also, external paorticipants, this will be a highly interesting mini conference on an more and more upcoming field.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

20/06/2022 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject Q5:
Tanja Schirmeister, Seah-Ling Kuan, Till Opatz
Project Q5: Principles and Design

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

CIMT 2022 Conference

10/05/ - 12/05/2022 - Mainz
The Collaborative Research Center 1066 supports the CIMT 2022 Annual Meeting by hosting a plenary session on “Chemical Immunology”.

Next to having Helena Florindo and Dan Peer, we are glad to have our Yound Investigator PI, Toszka Bohn, giving a talk on her research within the CRC 1066.

In addition, a lot of PhD students and postdocs will present their research on nanoparticle-mediated cancer immunotherapy within the poster sessions.

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

09/05/2022 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject Q2:
Kaloian Koynov
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy characterization of drug nanocarriers

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

The 10th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

05/05/2022 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Talk 1: Protein Nanocapsules: a Versatile Tool for Nanomedicine
by Dr. Sharafudheen Pottanam Chali
Group of Prof. Katharina Landfester
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

Talk 2: Chemo-Photothermal Combination Therapy of Melanoma: Metastasis, Proliferation, and Thermotolerance
by Yingjie Yu
School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China

Poster Prizes at the CLINAM 2022

04/05/2022
Congratulations to Jenny Schunke and Michael Fichter for their poster prizes at the CLINAM conference. Jenny Schunke received the second prize in the category "Basic Nanomedicine Priorities", Michael Fichter the third prize in the category "Translational Nanomedicine Priorities".

CLINAM Conference 2022

02/05/ - 04/05/2022
The Collaborative Research Center 1066 supports the CLINAM Conference and organizes two plenary sessions.

Stephan Grabbe and Volker Mailänder will chair the session “Nanovaccines ‐ from Packaging to Targeting and Controlled Degradation”.

Matthias Barz and Lutz Nuhn will chair the session “From Novel Materials to Improved Therapies”.

We are looking forward to a lot of CRC 1066 PhD students and postdocs presenting their research on nanomedicine in small speeches!

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

25/04/2022 - 17:30 - 18:15
Subproject Q1:
Giovanni Settanni
Molecular-level characterization of nanomaterials for nucleic acid delivery

This lecture series will be organized by the Integrated Graduate College within the Collaborative Research Center 1066. Every subproject will either present their own research or invite external speakers to provide insights in ongoing top-notch research to the PhD students and all other interested researchers.

Video broadcast by the CRC 1066 on arte

In this video, broadcasted by arte, the members of the CRC 1066 give insights into the mRNA technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha8wUTNhHFU

The 9th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

23/11/2021 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Talk 1: Nanoparticles of aromatic biopolymers for catalyzing CO₂ cycloaddition to epoxides
by Wimalin Jaroowatana
Group of Assoc. Prof. Daniel Crespy
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand

Talk 2: Nanomedicine design for targeted delivery and antitumor immunotherapy
by Zhi-Cheng Wang
Group of Prof. Cheng Wang
School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China

The 8th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

13/09/2021 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Tuning the dynamic behavior of soft hairy nanoparticles and nanocomposites
by Dr. Waraporn Wichaita
Group of Prof. Katharina Landfester
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

Smart Polymeric Nanocarriers for Biomedical Applications
by Asst. Prof. Banu İyisan
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Summer School of the CRC 1066

20/09/ - 24/09/2021 - Oberlahr
Members of the CRC 1066 participated in the summer school of the Collaborative Research Center 1066 from Mainz. They presented and discussed their projects about nanocarriers for drug delivery and tumor immunotherapy.

It is great to have a in person retreat to discuss with PIs and graduate students fascinating science about nanomedicine!

The 7th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

02/08/2021 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Protein adsorption on planar surfaces
by Dr. Maria Martinez Negro
Group of Prof. Katharina Landfester
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

Multicompartmentalization: A step towards Artificial Cell Assembly
by Ttsvetomir Ivanov
Group of Prof. Katharina Landfester
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

CTN Seminar Talk

15/06/2021 - 17:00 - 18:30
Presenter:
PD Dr. Franziska Roth-Walter
Group leader for Applied Immunology
Department of Comparative Medicine
Messerli Research Institute
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Title:

Ligands as missing links to immune resilience against allergy

Meeting Link (Webex):
https://mpip.webex.com/mpip/j.php?MTID=m4bcb827d03c1eccc3379398ea43017a9

Additional funding for the CRC 1066

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has decided to support the Collaborative Research Center 1066 for additional four years. This provides the opportunity to further perform groundbreaking research nanoparticle-based cancer immunotherapy.

Press releases and further details:
https://www.unimedizin-mainz.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/aktuellemitteilungen/newsdetail/article/sonderforschungsbereich-zur-tumorimmuntherapie-zum-zweiten-mal-verlaengert.html

https://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/13717_DEU_HTML.php

https://www.dfg.de/service/presse/pressemitteilungen/2021/pressemitteilung_nr_16/index.html

The 6th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

02/06/2021 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Towards 2-D minimally invasive and simultaneous real-time temperature and oxygen sensing in cell cultures
by Maria Micheva
Group of Prof. Katharina Landfester
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

Control at the nanoscale: Coated nanodiamonds as intracellular heaters and temperature sensors
by Marco Raabe
Group of Prof. Tanja Weil
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

Functional hydrogels for biomedical applications
by Supissra Boon-Im
Group of Prof. Daniel Crespy
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand

CTN Seminar Talk

29/04/2021 - 17:00 - 18:30
Presenter:
Prof. Dr. Willem Mulder
Professor of Radiology, ISMMS
Professor of Precision Medicine, TU/e
Director, Nanomedicine Program

Title:
Taking control of innate immunity with nanobiologics

Meeting Link (Webex):
https://mpip.webex.com/mpip/j.php?MTID=m2966d1a3f1a46294d3bfeffbaf7ccb38

The 5th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

26/04/2021 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Adelina Haller:
Modulation of pharmacokinetics of nanodimensional drug carriers
Nachnicha Kongkatigumjorn:
Controlling the selectivity of thiopropionates hydrolysis
Dr. Lutz Nuhn:
Enhancing immunotherapy responses by bio-responsive macromolecules more

CTN Seminar Talk

18/03/2021 - 17:00 - 18:30
Presenter:
Dr. Leyuan Ma
Group of Prof. Darrell Irvine, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Title:
An MHC-Independent Booster Vaccine for Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells

Meeting Link (Webex):
https://mpip.webex.com/mpip/j.php?MTID=m6cc93e196e1acff40570d2c280acdde7

The 4th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

09/03/2021 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

Mareike Deuker:
Prevalence of anti-PEG antibodies in a sample of the population
Arjaree Jobdeedamrong:
Inflammation-responsive nanocapsules for dual-release of antibacterial drugs
Dr. Yinyin Bao:
3D printing of biodegradable photopolymers for personalized medicine more

The 3rd Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

03/02/2021 - 9:00 - 10:30
This webinar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the Max Planck-VISTEC Partner Laboratory. Our aim is to establish a platform for developing and strengthening research collaborations between the chemists and the biologists at the crosspoint of nanomedicine.

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CLINAM Conference 2023

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

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CRC 1066 Lecture Series

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CRC 1066 Lecture Series

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The 14th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

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The 12th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

The 11th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

Introduction to the CRC 1066

Summer School of the CRC 1066

Joint Symposium CRC 1066 and TRR319

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

CIMT 2022 Conference

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

The 10th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

Poster Prizes at the CLINAM 2022

CLINAM Conference 2022

CRC 1066 Lecture Series

Video broadcast by the CRC 1066 on arte

The 9th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

The 8th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

Summer School of the CRC 1066

The 7th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

CTN Seminar Talk

Additional funding for the CRC 1066

The 6th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

CTN Seminar Talk

The 5th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

CTN Seminar Talk

The 4th Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar

The 3rd Polymers and Nanomedicine Webinar