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MedicQuant seed round advances AU DNA nanotechnology for acute-care diagnostics

Malthe Hansen-Bruhn and Line Debois Nielsen from MedicQuant, a spinout from iNANO and Aarhus University.

MedicQuant, a spinout from iNANO and the Department of Chemistry at Aarhus University, has secured new seed funding to advance a diagnostic platform…

New project aims to develop novel therapy for Parkinson’s disease

Group photo of researchers from Aarhus University and Draupnir Bio standing on a staircase indoors. The team is part of the DESYNA project, which aims to develop a new therapy for Parkinson’s disease.

iNANO Professor Daniel Otzen is part of the new DESYNA project, which has received DKK 26.7 million from Innovation Fund Denmark to develop a novel…

Nanoscience student wins at SDC Ideathon 2026 co-organised by Morten Foss

Group photo from the award ceremony at the SDC Transdisciplinary Innovation Ideathon 2026 in Beijing, showing the two winning teams and co-organiser Morten Foss on stage in front of a red backdrop. Several students hold diplomas and large cheques.

In March 2026, the SDC Ideathon in Beijing brought together more than 150 master’s students for 36 hours of transdisciplinary innovation. The event…

Nanomotors help artificial cells build internal scaffolds inspired by bacterial motion.

Portrait of Miguel A. Ramos Docampo and Brigitte Städler standing side by side indoors at Aarhus University.

Researchers at iNANO and Aarhus University, including Miguel A. Ramos Docampo and Brigitte Städler, have shown how nanoscale motors can help…

Two Nanoscience images featured in DNRF photo exhibition at AIAS

Collage of three research images featuring iNANO and Nanoscience at Aarhus University. Top: a black-and-white microscopy image of a tangled, twisted network of gold nanostrings, captioned “Tangled & Twisted Network of Gold Nanostrings by Mathias Nielsen” (Nanoscience). Bottom left: a colourised microscopy image of food-related microstructures, captioned “Healthy food is beautiful! by Armin Afrough” (Nanoscience). Bottom right: a colourised close-up microscopy image of an irregular, textured organic surface.

Two Nanoscience images by Assist. Prof. Armin Afrough and MSc in Nanoscience, Mathias Nielsen, are included in the DNRF Photo Competition 2025…

iNANO-backed AU team heads for iGEM 2026 as AUNAB hosts 11 student innovators

Four students sit around a table in a classroom, smiling and discussing while playing a board game with cards and tokens; other students work at tables in the background.

AUNAB has assembled 11 students from across Aarhus University to compete in iGEM 2026, the world’s largest synthetic biology contest. This spring,…

From waste gloves to climate tech: iNANO chemists turn nitrile rubber into CO₂ sorbents

Portrait of Professor Troels Skrydstrup from iNANO at Aarhus University.

A new feature in Chemical & Engineering News highlights research led by iNANO-affiliated chemist Troels Skrydstrup, where discarded nitrile lab and…

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Annette Wandahl