Synthesis of carbohydrate based nanocapsules and their functionalization with glycomimet-ics for cell-specific targeting (A02)

• Subject Area: Preparatory and Physical Chemistry of Polymers
• Term: from 2013 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 213555243

This project combines the use of carbohydrates, both as structural material for the preparation of nanoparticles and nanocapsules and as targeting moieties to achieve selective binding to certain immune cells. By working with polysaccharide based nanocapsules with high loading efficiencies it aims to prepare stimulus responsive carriers, which bind selectively to certain subpopulations of immune cells to release their cargo

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1066: Nano-Dimensional Polymer Therapeutics for Tumour Therapy
• Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Co-Applicant Institution: Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Katharina Landfester; Professor Dr. Till Opatz