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Prof. Quan Zhou received new funding from the Academy of Finland

We just received a new grant from the Academy of Finland, titled: “Robotic Magnetic Needle Characterization of Single Nanoparticle Uptake in Cells”, in cooperation with Prof. Hélder Santos of the University of Helsinki.
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We just received a new grant from the Academy of Finland, titled: “Robotic Magnetic Needle Characterization of Single Nanoparticle Uptake in Cells”, in cooperation with Prof. Hélder Santos of the University of Helsinki.
This collaboration consortium with Aalto University is worth around 1 million euros.
Robotic Instrument's research group leader Prof. Quan Zhou is the PI of this project.

Check the results report here.

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