Projects

06/2023-05/2025

Inhale

06/2023-05/2025

NanoProt

Development of nanoparticles that can be used to enrich proteins from biological samples, enabling their detection. The goal is the production of magnetic nanoparticles for automated sample processing, which will significantly improve the identification of particularly relevant proteins in biological samples.

01/2021-12/2023

WhisperCal

WhisperCal: Development of a whispering gallery mode calibration standard. WhisperCal-Syn: Synthesis of suitable WGM particles and immobilization in Meßchips.

04/2019-03/2022

ParOptiSens

ParOptiSens aims in the development of particle-based optical sensors for real-time analysis of metabolic processes for in vitro test systems.

03/2019-02/2023

OXIGENATED

This project aims to develop hemoglobin drug delivery nanocarriers in the nano and submicron range for simultaneous oxygen and photosensitizer delivery to tumor tissue for more efficient Photodynamic Therapy.

01/2019-12/2022

I-DireCT

The mission of I-DireCT is to provide training and carry out breakthrough research on the rapidly expanding and high impact field of cancer immunotherapy in a carefully integrated academic and inter-sectoral programme.

09/2018-08/2022

SIGN-2

German-Chinese Cooperation for Clean Drinking Water from Source to Consumer. The goal of SIGN-2 is to adapt the products of the German industrial partners to the Chinese market as well as to draw up practicable recommendations for action and management concepts for sustainable local water management.

06/2018-02/2022

SULEMAN

BMWi - cooperation project: Treatment of groundwater with increased sulfate concentration: innovative options and limits of resource and energy efficient drinking water management (SULEMAN).

06/2018-05/2021

LIPOLENS

A novel Liposomal system for drug delivery through contact lenses.

03/2018-02/2021

Immunoplex: Screening of auto-immune diseases by multiplex Whispering Gallery Mode (WGM) sensors

Surflay's WhisperSense technology is used and further developed for a reliable and cost-efficient screening of auto-immune diseases in samples.

06/2017-06/2020

Sensotek

Sensotek; Sensory Adhesive for damage detection in structural glass engineering, the aim is to develop a sensory adhesive system that enables the condition of bonded glass point holders to be monitored.

10/2016-09/2019

MetaDetect: Development of Nanoparticulate Multimodal Contrast Agents

Collaborative Project: Identification of patients at risk of recurrence of (metastatic) colorectal cancer using targeted imaging techniques. The aim of the overall project is to develop a targeted multimodal contrast agent for the diagnosis and monitoring of colorectal cancer.

03/2015-02/2018

ParFluid

Optical microsensors for in vitro quantification of bacterial contamination.

01/2015-12/2019

SYNCHRONICS

SYNCHRONICS mission is to synergistically address both needs by training a pool of future science leaders in the synthesis, characterization, and application to photonics of supramolecular-engineered functional materials within state-of-the-art photonic nanostructures fabricated thanks to the top-quality facilities and unique expertise available within the network.

11/2013-10/2017

VIROMA

VIROMA; Design of a versatile and fast colloidal sensor based on virus modified particles, the project aims to fabricate multiplexed bead-based arrays as sensing devices on the basis of virus capsids and virosomes Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assisted assembly on colloidal carriers.

01/2012-12/2014

BactoSense

The project aims to develop a new analytical method for label-free diagnosis of bacteria, oligonucleotides, and antibodies. It is based on the "Whispering Gallery Modes" technology.

05/2010-04/2013

3MICRON

3MICRON; Three modality contrast imaging using multi-functionalized micro-balloons, is an ambitious project which gathers some of the most advanced European medical and technical institutions together to address the design of new strategies in diagnostics, and to push the potential of medical imaging beyond the state-of-the-art.