The MAIN research center at the Technical University of Chemnitz (TUC) hosted its MAIN Focus Day on Quantum Dots on 18 January 2024.

The event consisted of 2 research seminars held at the MAIN facilities and a colloquium in the central auditorium.

Julia Hann presented a poster showing the possibility of integrating quantum dots with the DNA origami on surfaces, using the example of our activities in nanoparticles and biomolecules with DeDNAed.

More information about the event (in German) can be found here.

From November 8-10, 2023, the DeDNAed consortium gathered for our M30 General Assembly, hosted by our partner the University of Potsdam.

The program started with work package presentations and discussion of the project’s progress, challenges and achievements. Members of our Advisory Board were present to provide valuable feedback, as well.

All partners then joined for hands-on experiments, delving deep into methodologies crucial for the development of our biosensing platform.

View some impressions from our General Assembly and group experiment here!

This summer, the Center for Microtechnologies, in collaboration with Fraunhofer ENAS and the Funken Academy 2023, gave 10 artists an insight into the research field of DNA-based nanotechnology.

The artist duo Carolin Liebl and Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler led the initiative, in which researchers from the Centre for Microtechnologies (ZfM) at the Technical University of Chemnitz accompanied artists through the complex research world of DNA origami, teaching them how to “shape the invisible”.

The scientists involved explained all the steps from the design, development and synthesis of a DNA origami to its deposition and “visualization” of the nano-objects by atomic force microscopy.

The artists then incorporated the impressions they had gathered into their works, which they presented at an exhibition on October 13 in cooperation with the Klub Solitaer on the campus of the Technische Universität Chemnitz.

We at DeDNAed are overwhelmed by the breadth of interpretations and creative ideas that emerged from this collaboration. Congratulations to all the talented artists involved!