On the 10th of December 2018, Professor Troels Skrydstrup received an honorary professorship from Nanchang University (China), which was delivered by the vice-president of the university, Professor Xiaohua Deng.

Development of nanozymes constitutes an increasingly important mean to overcome the limitations of natural enzymes in biotechnology and biomedicine. AU researchers have just recently expanded the yet narrow range of nanozymes greatly and reveal a novel example of nanozyme‐prodrug‐therapy.

The Carlsberg Foundation has awarded DKK 4.460.000 in total for research infrastructure for iNANO researchers. This new equipment will be used for research in circular RNA, functional materials, immunotherapy and much more.

On November 29, 2018, the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), together with the Center for Integrated Materials (iMAT), once again invited the industry to Brainnovation Day. This year, the aim was to address the challenges encountered by industry in the degradation and recycling of inorganic materials.

The leading Nordic researchers within the field of soft matter studied by scattering methods will meet in Aarhus on 9th-10th of January. Deadline for registration is December 2018.

Congratulations to iNANO researcher, Assoc. Prof. Brigitte Städler, for receiving funding from European Research Council for her research projekt, ArtHep.