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Establishing Design Principles of Polymers for Intracellular Delivery (UWA led ARC Discovery Project) (2022-2025)

Abstract

Engineered polymers have played a central role in the field of bionanotechnology by enabling targeted nanoscale cell interactions. Progress in the field of intracellular delivery is currently affected by a major bottleneck due to the absence of effective polymers that is applicable across the range of bimolecular cargoes. In essence depending on the type of cargo: DNA, RNA or protien, the polymer needs programmability. The limited tunability of traditional polymers agents makes them unsuitable for this particular application. The multidisciplinary project addresses this significant problem by engineering novel sequences of defined polymer based nanoscale agents to achieve efficient delivery in cells.

Experts

Professor Kristofer Thurecht

Senior Group Leader and Deputy Dire
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Kristofer Thurecht

Dr Craig Bell

Affiliate Research Fellow of School
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Faculty of Science
Research Fellow/Senior Research off
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Craig Bell
Craig Bell