Nanobiotechnology

Nanobiotechnology sits at the interface of materials science and the life sciences, asking how structures engineered at sub-100 nm scales can interrogate, mimic, or manipulate biological systems — from how proteins self-assemble to how engineered particles cross a cell membrane. As a graduate elective open to students from different backgrounds, the workload centers on two lab sessions and three oral presentations rather than exams, so you are expected to read primary literature and present applications like targeted drug delivery, biosensing, tissue scaffolds, and theranostics. It assumes you already have a working command of biochemistry and basic materials concepts, and it pairs naturally with later work in nanomedicine, drug delivery, or device-oriented research where understanding nanoparticle–cell interactions and nanotoxicity is essential.