Centre of Excellence in Materials-driven Solutions for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance (MADNESS)

What we do

With antibiotic resistance on the rise and new drugs failing to meet the challenge, our mission is to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and biofilms by pioneering advanced material-based treatment strategies against infectious diseases.

We leverage tailored nanoparticles as delivery systems for antimicrobial therapies, and extend our solutions to wound healing and tissue regeneration.

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RCF project granted: Xylan Bottlebrush Polymer: Unimolecular Nanomaterial for Alternative Antimicrobial Solution (XylBBP)

13.6.2025

RCF project granted: Xylan Bottlebrush Polymer: Unimolecular Nanomaterial for Alternative Antimicrobial Solution (XylBBP) The Research Council of Finland announced that they granted funding for the MADNESS PI Xiaoju Wang’s project Xylan Bottlebrush Polymer: Unimolecular Nanomaterial for Alternative Antimicrobial Solution (XylBBP). The funding of 600 000 euros closely aligns with MADNESS and we are thrilled to…

PhD Defence: Ezgi Özliseli

9.12.2024

PhD Defence: Ezgi Özliseli M.Sc. Ezgi Özliseli publicly defended her doctoral thesis on December 4, 2024 in bioscience with specialisation on pharmacy with her thesis entitled Nanoparticle-aided delivery for tracking and controlling cell fate decisions in complex environments. The thesis can be read in the Doria publication archive. Docent Alexandra Stubelius, Chalmers University of Technology,…

Xiaoju Wang became docent in Biomaterials Engineering

14.10.2024

Xiaoju Wang’s docentship in Biomaterials Engineering was recently granted by the Faculty of Science and Engineering at ÅAU.

PhD defence: Qingbo Wang

20.9.2024

PhD defence: Qingbo Wang On September 20th, 2024, MSc Qingbo Wang successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled ‘Wood-Derived Functional Biomaterials towards 3D Bioprinting’. Docent Xiaoju Wang, PI in MADNESS, acted as the Custos and Dr. Gilberto De Freitas Siqueira from EMPA-Swiss Federal Laboratories was the respected opponent. Qingbo’s thesis work is a large part of…

Centre of Excellence in Materials-driven Solutions for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance

Artillerigatan 6A
20520 Turku
FINLAND

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