We published WorMe: a new tool for measuring C.elegans
NN researchers Josep Llobet Lladó, Núria Garriga-Alonso, Amanda Muñoz-Juan, and Anna Laromaine have just published a paper introducing WorMe, a software tool that measures the length of Caenorhabditi…
Juan Pellico obtains an ERC Consolidator Grant to develop a "Biological GPS" against cancer
Juan Pellico secured a €2M ERC Consolidator Grant to develop a “Biological GPS” to fight cancer. He will develop NanoFLOW, a project that will study how tumour cells are fed and travel around the bod…
New paper: The role of reactive oxygen species in liver fibrosis and immune modulation
NN researcher Muling Zeng has published a new article in the journal Redox Biology. The study has been carried out in a collaboration network with de Shenzhen Longgang Second People's Hospital, Premi…
Juan Pellico secured a grant from La Marató de TV3 to develop an innovative pneumonia treatment
Juan Pellico has been awarded a grant by La Marató de 3Cat to develop the Carri-Air project, which aims to transform the treatment of pneumonia. The three-year project, which will start in early 2026…
New article: PET imaging of LDL for early detection of atherosclerosis
NN researcher Juan Pellico has published a new article in the journal Chemical & Biomedical Imaging. The study has been carried out in close collaboration with the Centro Nacional de Investigacio…
Review article in nanomaterials for cardiac arrhytmia
The NN researcher Anna Laromaine and the former NN PhD student Sumithra Y. Srinivasan published a review article in Advanced Healthcare Materials. The review addresses the development of nanomaterial…
The NN group welcomes 4 students from the Jianghan University
The Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites Group welcomes four master students from Jianghan University (Wuhan, China) for a research stay that will last until March 2026.
The visiting students are…
Congratulations, Dr. Xuesong Zhang!
Dr. Xuesong Zhang successfully defended his PhD thesis on 30 October 2025, obtaining an excellent qualification. His thesis was supervised by Dr. Pablo Guardia, and its title is Rational Design and…
New article: Tracking Silica Microparticles in Mice
NN researchers Jan Grzelak, Martí Gich, Anna Roig and Juan Pellico have published a new article in the journal Dalton Trans. The study has been carried out in close collaboration with Rafael T. M. Ro…
New article: Bacterial-cellulose, self-adhesive sweat sensors for eco-friendly health monitoring
Pushing bacterial cellulose into a transformative product for wearable sensor applications! Our biosynthesised nanocellulose is used here for the first time as a substrate enabling the screen printin…
Hot off the press: publication in JACS on ε-Fe₂O₃ nanorod synthesis
Naureen Khanam, Nico Dix, Ana Vila Costa and Martí Gich have co-authored a new paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). The study demonstrates a new strategy for synthesising hig…
Anna Roig and Juan Pellico published an editorial article
Anna Roig and Juan Pellico have published an editorial article in Frontiers in Chemistry. The editorial is titled Magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical imaging and therapy applications. The editorial…