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Nature Reviews Materials, 2024, in press

In vivo biomolecule corona and the transformation of a foe into an ally for nanomedicine

Marilena Hadjidemetriou, Morteza Mahmoudi*, Kostas Kostarelos*

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Nature Nanotechnology, 2024, in press [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01572-3]

First-in-human controlled inhalation of thin graphene oxide nanosheets to study acute cardiorespiratory responses

Jack Andrews^, Shruti Joshi^, Evangelos Tzolos, Maaz Syed, Hayley Cuthbert, Livia Crica, Neus Lozano, Emmanuel Okwelogu, Jennifer Raftis, Lorraine Bruce, Craig Poland, Rodger Duffin, Paul Fokkens, John Boere, Daan Leseman, Ian Megson, Phil D. Whitfield, Kerstin Ziegler, Seshu Tammireddy, Marilena Hadjidemetriou, Cyrill Bussy, Flemming Cassee, David Newby, Kostas Kostarelos*, Mark Miller*

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ACS Nano, 2024, published online

Environmental and health impacts of graphene and other two-dimensional materials: a Graphene Flagship perspective

Hazel Lin, Tina Buerki-Thurnherr, Jasreen Kaur, Peter Wick, Marco Pelin, Aurelia Tubaro, Fabio Candotto Carniel, Mauro Tretiach, Emanuel Flahaut, Daniel Iglesias, Ester Vázquez, Giada Cellot, Laura Ballerini, Valentina Castagnola, Fabio Benfenati, Andrea Armirotti, Antoine Sallustrau, Mathilde Keck, Frédéric Taran, Cyrill Bussy, Sandra Vranic, Kostas Kostarelos, Mona Connolly, José Maria Navas, Florence Mouchet, Laury Gauthier, James Baker, Blanca Suarez-Merino, Tomi Kanerva, Maurizio Prato, Bengt Fadeel*, Alberto Bianco*

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Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, 2024, in press

Clinical translation of graphene-based medical technology

Kostas Kostarelos, Carolina Aguilar, and Jose Garrido*

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Nature Nanotechnology 2024, in press [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01570-5]

Nanoporous graphene-based thin-film microelectrodes for in vivo high-resolution neural recording and stimulation

Damià Viana^, Steven T. Walston^, Eduard Masvidal-Codina^, Xavier Illa, Bruno Rodríguez-Meana, Jaume del Valle, Andrew Hayward, Abbie Dodd, Thomas Loret, Elisabet Prats-Alfonso, Natàlia de la Oliva, Marie Palma, Elena del Corro, María del Pilar Bernicola, Elisa Rodríguez-Lucas, Thomas A. Gener, Jose Manuel de la Cruz, Miguel Torres-Miranda, Fikret Taygun Duvan, Nicola Ria, Justin Sperling, Sara Martí-Sánchez, Maria Chiara Spadaro, Clément Hébert, Sinead Savage, Jordi Arbiol, Anton Guimerà-Brunet, M. Victoria Puig, Blaise Yvert, Xavier Navarro, Kostas Kostarelos*, Jose A. Garrido*

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bioRxiv, 2024, doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.18.558196

Engineering the glioblastoma microenvironment using TLR7/8 agonist-complexed graphene oxide nanosheets

Maria Stylianou, Thomas Kisby*, Despoina Despotopoulou, Helen Parker, Alexandra Thawley, Kiana Arashvand, Neus Lozano, Andrew MacDonald, Kostas Kostarelos*

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ACS Nano, 2023, 17 (24): 24919–24935

Pulmonary toxicity of boron nitride nanomaterials is aspect ratio dependent

Luis Visani^, Thomas Loret^, Yilin He, Morgan Legnani, Hazel Lin, Anne Marie Galibert, Alexander Fordham, Sonja Holme, Antonio Castillo, Francesco Bonaccorso, Alberto Bianco*, Emmanuel Flahaut*, Kostas Kostarelos*, Cyrill Bussy*

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Nanoscale, 2023, published online [https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR04490D]

Delivery of graphene oxide nanosheets modulates glutamate release and normalizes amygdala synaptic plasticity to improve anxiety-related behavior

Elisa Pati, Audrey Franceschi Biagioni, Raffaele Casani, Neus Lozano, Kostas Kostarelos, Giada Cellot*, Laura Ballerini*

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Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023, e202301762

Graphene oxide nanosheets hamper glutamate mediated excitotoxicity and protect neuronal survival in an in vitro stroke model

Lorenza Tortella, Irene Santini, Neus Lozano, Kostas Kostarelos, Giada Cellot*, Laura Ballerini*

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bioRxiv, 2023, doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.22.553542

Engineering of a graphene oxide-based two-dimensional platform for immune activation and modulation

Despoina Despotopoulou, Maria Stylianou, Luis Miguel Arellano, Thomas Kisby, Neus Lozano, Kostas Kostarelos*

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RECENT NEWSVIEW ALL

02/06/2023

Prof. Ben Feringa, Nobel Prize in Chemistry gives a lecture at ICN2

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29/05/2023

Students from the Nanoscience & Nanotechnology UAB programme visit Nanomedicine Lab@ICN2

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19/05/2023

Sam and Ahmed present at the Methods in Neuroscience seminar series

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18/05/2023

NanoInflammation and NanoCell Biology Teams chair session and give talks at the Inhaled Particles and NanOEH Conference

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09/05/2023

Hanan talks at the Strategic Training in Transdisciplinary Radiation Science (STARS21), University of Toronto

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26/04/2023

Neus presents our Lab at Second General Assembly of MINIGRAPH project

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25/04/2023

Rahaf gives two talks at 8th NanoToday Conference in San Diego

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17/04/2023

Engineers from ICN2 visit Manchester

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03/04/2023

Welcome to Daniel – our new PhD student!

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