Bioprogramming the behaviour of nanoparticles in live cells by nanoscopy

该项目旨在开发可持续地来自甜玉米的更安全的材料，并使用先进的成像技术调查这些材料是如何在生物系统中处理的，包括人类和植物细胞。该项目期望在材料的优化设计方面产生新的知识，这些材料可以安全有效地用于医学和农业中的生物应用。这一多学科项目的预期成果包括一个高度生物兼容的纳米材料库，以及关于生物细胞中纳米材料的成像技术和结构-功能关系的扩展知识。这应该会带来显著的好处，例如提高作物产量和更安全的转染剂。

The project aims to develop safer materials that are sustainably sourced from sweet corn, and investigate using advanced imaging technologies, how these materials are processed in biological systems, including human and plant cells. This project expects to generate new knowledge in the optimal design of materials that can be used safely and effectively in biological applications in medicine and in agriculture. Expected outcomes of this multidisciplinary project include a library of highly biocompatible nanomaterials and expanded knowledge on imaging technologies and structure-function relationship of nanomaterials in biological cells. This should provide significant benefits, such as improved crop yields and safer transfection agents.