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Profile
| Academic position | Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader |
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| Research fields | Biomaterials,Physical Chemistry at Surfaces |
| Keywords | Biomimetics, Biomaterials, Surface Engineering, Cell Biology, Self-Assembly |
| Honours and awards | 2013: Richard-Zsigmondy Price of German Colloid Society 2010: Sofja Kovalevskaja Award 2009: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship 2007: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship 2003: Award of President of Russia for excellent studies 2003: DAAD fellowship |
Current contact address
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| City | Nottingham |
| Institution | Nottingham Trent University |
| Institute | Department of Chemistry and Forensics |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Regine Klitzing | Institut für Chemie, Stranski-Laboratorium TC 9, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin |
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| Dr. Claus Duschl | Zelluläre Biotechnologie & Biochips, Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik (IBMT), Golm |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Dirk Schubert | Lehrstuhl für Polymerwerkstoffe, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/09/2009 |
Programme(s)
| 2008 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs |
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| 2010 | Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| High hopes have been placed on the introduction of cell-based therapies in medicine. Stem cells are to serve the treatment of degenerative diseases in future, cells of the immune system are to be stimulated, and new drugs are to be tested more reliably, and without animal experiments, using tissue samples. For all these applications, it is necessary to be able to control the behaviour and development of cells. Adherent cells are important in such therapies. They can grow outside an organism on a surface and can also divide, and they will respond to the texture of the surface that they are growing on. Dmitry Volodkin is taking advantage of this by tailoring ultra-thin layers made out of a wide range of poly-electrolytes to suit the purpose of controlling the development of the cells. Additionally, he is modifying the poly-electrolyte layers so that their properties can be “switched on and off” by external stimuli, such as laser light, making it much easier to use them and extending the range of applications. He now wants to further examine the cellular biology, biochemical and physical aspects of this concept and attempt to enhance the potential for biomedical applications. |