Prof. Dr. Peter Wick
Area of Interest
My research interest is to study the interactions of nanomaterials with human tissues including barrier tissue in vitro and ex vivo with the purpose to obtain detailed mechanistic understanding about their uptake, accumulation, biotransformation, transport and effect on different types of cells systems and entire tissue need for hazard assessment of nanomaterials and development of innovative nanomedicines.
Prerequisites a student should comply with
high intrinsic motiviation in nanomaterials, their safety and potential applications
basic knowledge in in vitro model and cell biology or toxicology
Recommended master courses (Electives) of Learning Agreement of the Major
mainly
Medical Technology
Human Health, Nutrition and Environment
Research projects of the group
Our laboratory enables particle-based solutions for diagnostics and therapeutics driven by clinical needs. We are active in characterizing, understanding and steering the interaction of particulate materials with human cells or tissues and provide expertise in the interdisciplinary field of particulate materials safety and applications for industry or authorities.
We are a highly motivated team of biologists and chemists with core competences in cell- and molecular biology, material science, chemistry and bioinformatics as well as machine learning. We pioneered investigations on particle bio-functionalization, particles uptake, accumulation, translocation across biological barriers and their bio-responses. With this we provide key contributions to novel personalized strategies of particles design for drug delivery, imaging or diagnosis.