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Collaboration between Tilen Koklič from the F5 Department and N. Aničić, M. Vukomanović and D. Suvorov from the K9 Department resulted in discovery of basic principles of contact-based mechanism of MgO antibacterial activity. Their research confirmed the key role of MgO surface defects in hydrolysis, antibacterial activity and ROS generation, setting guidelines for further development of MgO-based medical devices. The findings were published in the Small journal and the research illustration was chosen as the cover of the June issue.

Researchers from Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS) I.Urbančič, M.Garvas, H.Majaron, B.Kokot, P.Umek, Z.Arsov, T.Koklič, M.Škarabot, I.Muševič in J.Štrancar (F5) and M.Čeh (CEMM in K7) as well as from University of Oxford (UO) F.Schneider, S.Galiani in C.Eggeling and from from University College Dublin (UCD) have identified the causal connection between inhalation of nanoparticles, lipid wrapping and triggerring of the coagulation signal cascade in lung epithelium. Recently installed super-resolution STED microscope significantly contributed to this findings together with expertise transfer from UO and new proteomics techniques at UCD. The work entitled Nanoparticles Can Wrap Epithelial Cell Membranes and Relocate Them Across the Epithelial Cell Layer was published in Nano Letters.

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