Research

From laboratory study to data-driven and archival research, to investigations in the field, our scientists and data analysts engage in world-class research and make groundbreaking contributions to their fields

Featured projects

ANGIE project

Magnetically steerable wireless Nanodevices for the targeted delivery of therapeutic agents in any vascular region of the body

We are a partner in a groundbreaking project hoping to treat stroke once and for all. The project’s code name is “ANGIE”, and it is backed by EU funding. It will develop a radically new technology for localized targeted drug delivery in hospitals by building tiny machines capable of navigating the body’s vascular system and deliver drugs where no instrument can go.

Navigating inside the body to treat injured tissues has fascinated scientist and the public for decades, but the required technologies have lagged far behind. We believe we are now able to make it happen!

To demonstrate the value of our technology, we target stroke, the leading cause of adult physical disability in the world that affects 17 million people worldwide each year. On an annual basis, stroke causes 6 million deaths globally. This number is expected to rise by more than 30% by 2040 due to population aging and the growing rates of obesity and diabetes.

EVA project

New 3D printing technology could transform passive composites into active mechanisms. The EU-funded EVA project is developing a new technology which can program the mechanical, magnetic and electrical properties of 3D printed structures. This could offer applications in fields such as biotechnology (scaffolds to stimulate new cell growth) and wastewater treatment (high-efficiency catalytic membranes to remove micropollutants)

The technology of EVA will allow many biotechnological applications for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine such as the development of bio-degradable scaffolds to stimulate growth and differentiation of stem cells.

The EVA project will develop the tools to tackle the wastewater treatment problem, with high efficiency catalytic membrane to free wastewaters from persistent micro-pollutants.

Sonocraft project

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide. At SONOCRAFT, we’re tackling this challenge by revolutionising the way heart tissue models are built. By merging advanced volumetric 3D bioprinting with precise ultrasonic cell manipulation, our project enables the creation of functional, aligned myocardial constructs that closely resemble real heart tissue.

Our goal is to create cutting-edge, lab-grown cardiac models that reduce the need for animal testing and provide more accurate platforms for drug screening and disease modelling.