Tenure-track Assistent Professor Julián Valero from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics/iNANO has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to develop a novel class of biohybrid interlocked molecules (BIMs) that mimics the function of proteins and enables precise biomolecular regulation. The grant is worth EUR 2.0 million (approx. DKK 15 million) and runs for five years.
A research team from MBG and iNANO at Aarhus University has used an in vitro selection technique to develop an RNA molecule that recognizes and binds the Spike protein from SARS-CoV-2 with very high specificity and strength. The hope is that the new molecule, known as an RNA aptamer, can help improve diagnostics and treatment of COVID-19.
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