Research Excellence
15 pioneering research projects have received funding through the EU’s Horizon programme for BioHYBRITE. Our interdisciplinary training network brings together a unique team of world-leading academics and industry partners to develop the next generation of biomolecular systems based on hybrid DNA–RNA–protein nanotechnology.
Work Package 1
Designing Atomically Defined Components: the Molecular Foundry
Work Package 2
Hybrid Sensing in the Bionano-Systems: Imaging, Biosensing and Interaction
Work Package 3
Designing sensors, interactions and action in Bionano-Systems
Our Mission & Vision
At the heart of our mission is the training of 15 Doctoral Candidates through a unique combination of experimental and computational expertise. Working at the emerging interface of nanotechnology and biotechnology, they will become the new generation of experts in the development of of smart, self-assembling, hybrid nano-devices that detect and act in complex biomolecular systems, and will form the basis of a future nanomedicine based on active molecular systems. We aim to shape the future of biomolecular engineering by integrating bottom-up molecular design with top-down conventional nanotechnology. By combining DNA, RNA, and protein nanotechnologies, we are developing hybrid sensing and actuation systems with unprecedented capabilities.
Objective 1
Lay the foundation and seed the integration of DNA, RNA and protein nanotechnology towards an integrated bottom-up nanotechnology
Objective 2
Integrate hybrid functionalities and create use cases for integrated molecular devices, for sensing inputs and create response by signal transduction or local action
Objective 3
Show new single-molecule, imaging and sensing capabilities for decoding and understanding biomolecular systems