Raddel Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN)

A workshop on Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) characterisation will be held on the 19th of January at ICMAB-CSIC. This workshop, aimed at providing an overview of novel advanced methods for the nanoscale characterization of materials functionalities in diverse fields (biology, materials science, soft condensed matter), is part of the RADDEL training programme and open to any fellow with interest in attending. Special emphasis will be placed in presenting a didactic content for those non-experts in AFM methods which are however curious in learning how AFM can contribute to their research. On-site demonstration of AFM advanced capabilities will take place with a Cypher System from Asylum Research.

Happy new year to everyone! We hope you had a great Christmas time and best wishes for 2015.

We start 2015 with a programme full of activities for the fellows!!!!

Next week the 5th RADDEL network meeting will take place at the University of Oxford (UK); with the network meeting being held on Tuesday 13h afternoon. A social dinner for all partners will be offered by local organisers on the same evening. On Wednesday 14th, scientists-in-charge will attend a Supervisory Board session while all recruited fellows will be trained in Complementary Training skills through the Workshop "A Practical Guide on EU Funding: the Basics of Horizon 2020". The same afternoon, the 2nd Workshop on "Developing and Marketing of Radiopharmaceuticals" will be delivered by industrial partner IBA. Finally, on 15-16th January, 5 RADDEL fellows will attend the second and final Hands-on-school in "Pharmacology Applied to Nanomaterials" organised by King's College London.

Updated list of publications from RADDEL:

1) Modification of fulleropyrazolines modulates their cleavage by light; Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12297-12299 (UOX).
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/cc/c4cc03859b #!divAbstract

2) Polyethylene Glycol Conjugated Polymeric Nanocapsules for Targeted Delivery of Quercetin to Folate-Expressing Cancer Cells in Vitro and in Vivo; ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 1384-1401 (Collaboration including KCL and EMAT).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn405155b

3) Ultraviolet pulsed laser irradiation on multi-walled carbon nanotubes in nitrogen atmosphere; Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 115, 093501 (Collaboration between CSIC and ICN).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/115/9/10.1063/1.4864776

4) Synthesis of PbI2 single-layered inorganic nanotubes encapsulated within carbon nanotubes; Advanced Materials, 2014, 26, 2016-2021 (Collaboration between CSIC and ICN).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201305169/abstract

5) Magnetically Decorated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Dual MRI and SPECT Contrast Agents; Advanced Functional Materials, 2014, 24, 1880-1894 (Collaboration between CSIC, KCL and EMAT).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.201302892/abstract

6) Endowing carbon nanotubes with biological and biomedical properties by chemical modifications; Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2013, 65, 1899-1920 (Collaboration between CNRS and UNITS).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169409X13001609

7) The effect of static many-body local-field corrections to inelastic electron scattering in condensed media; Journal of Applied Physics, 2013, 114, 144907 (UOI).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/114/14/10.1063/1.4824541

8) Inelastic Cross Sections for Low-Energy Electrons in Liquid Water: Exchange and Correlation Effects; Radiation Research, 2013, 180, 499-513 (UOI).
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1667/RR13362.1

Pictures from the Hands-on-school in "Dosimetry calculations and modeling of therapeutic efficacy" that took place at the Medical School of the University of Ioannina (Greece) on the 22nd and 23rd of July 2014

3-day industrial training programme for RADDEL fellows at the industrial partner IBA's headquarters in Saclay (Paris).

3 new fiches about Spectroscopy, Cancer Therapy and Drug Delivery are available for downloading:

www.icmab.es/raddel/project/docs/doc_download/63-raddel-fiche-6-cancer-therapy

www.icmab.es/raddel/project/docs/doc_download/62-raddel-fiche-5-drug-delivery

www.icmab.es/raddel/project/docs/doc_download/58-raddel-fiche-4-spectroscopy

These fiches are being prepared by RADDEL fellows and the aim is to provide a simple explanation to the non-specialised audience about the different topics related to the work being developed during the project.

More Fiches coming soon!

In the last few months several secondments have taken place in the frame of the network, with fellows traveling to other partner institutions for periods of several weeks in order to work on different research environments and be able to improve their research skills. So far, 13 secondments have taken place in the frame of RADDEL, with many more planned before the end of the project. This is a crucial activity within the training programme and all the partners are encouraged to send their fellows to different partner institutions so they can improve their research skills and enhance the prospects for a future successful career in research.

More info at:

http://www.icmab.es/raddel/news/news/65-secondments-of-several-raddel-fellows-at-partner-institutions

Secondments of several RADDEL fellows at partner institutions Nanocapsules for Targeted Delivery of Radioactivity

It´s the turn for Pharmacology in this month's Fiche. It gives a clear and concise explanation about what pharmacology is and a brief history, along with the different routes of administration and the pharmacological effects of drugs. You can download it here:

http://www.icmab.es/raddel/project/docs/doc_download/54-raddel-fiche-3-pharmacology

These Fiches are being prepared by the recruited RADDEL fellows working in the project as part of their personal training programme.

http://youtu.be/QvXHvDCesqg

The Value of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Medical imaging has transformed the way physicians are able to diagnose and treat a wide spectrum of diseases. Moving beyond static anatomical images of the ...

http://youtu.be/wfPza-R2sAY

What is nuclear medicine? An illustrated introduction Nuclear medicine -- risks and danger of radioactivity, diagnosis and therapy of cancer. What is pet scan - pet scan risks, pregnant, baby, scanner, PET, SPEC...