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Magnetic Molecular Imaging

Reference	BB/D525764/1
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Quentin Pankhurst
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University College London
Department	London Centre for Nanotechnology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	51,324
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/05/2006
End date	30/04/2007
Duration	12 months

Abstract

Magnetic Molecular Imaging (MMI) is a new technology that offers users the ability to not just see, but to also mechanically manoeuvre and stimulate, biomolecular entities on a sub-micron lengthscale, in the presence of a living cell. It opens up possibilities for imaging/assaying cellular response functions, including (1) real-time and real-space assays of ligand-receptor binding strengths on cell membranes, which are of central importance in both pure and applied research, from cell biophysics, through to drug discovery; (2) real-time and real-space assays of cellular and/or biomolecular response to sub-micron scale localise heating and/or mechanical actuation, which may herald a new R&D drive in e.g. thermally assisted therapeutics and multi-modality drug recovery; and (3) the potential for scale-up to high throughput low-cost functional assay devices.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Follow-On Fund (FOF) [2004-2015]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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