Tracking nanoparticles
in living
organisms
Professor Robert Parton
explains how nanotechnology
is being used to target
diseased cells
Tracking nanoparticles
in living organisms
Professor Robert Parton explains how nanotechnology is being used to target diseased cells
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In July 2021, Professor Robert Parton received a prestigious Laureate Fellowship to further his research into tracking nanoparticles inside living organisms.
His research explores how cells function in ‘real-time’ and focuses on why this is a key challenge in the new era of cell biology.
Significantly, the project will explain how proteins or nanoparticles pass from the bloodstream into tissues and then into cells, and in doing so deliver much-needed knowledge of protein and particle trafficking in situ.
He hopes this understanding will enable us to one day target only the sick cells within the human body.
Professor Parton spoke to Research News about the significance of his nanotechnology research, and how it feels to be honoured with a Laureate Fellowship.
Professor Robert Parton is group leader for Cell Surface in Health and Disease research at The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience.
His research focuses on the cell surface and, in particular, on the structure and function of caveolae. Caveolae are small pits in the plasma membrane which have been linked to tumour formation and muscular dystrophy. He's investigating the role of caveolae in cell physiology and their exploitation by pathogens.
T: 07 334 62032
E: r.parton@imb.uq.edu.au
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