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Nine months in…
Time flies by, and it is now nine months since the ‘STOP’ project formally started on 1st September 2022. We are looking forward to our next face-to face working meeting to be hosted in June by the project partner FORTH (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas) on Crete. At this meeting, we will discuss […]
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STOP at the 2023 Science Festival in Sofia
The STOP project has a stand at the science festival in Sofia (Bulgaria) which is currently taking place (11th – 14th May, 2023). Project members from the femtoscience group of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are explaining our aims with the aid of plasticine models of bacteria and of surface topography. This group uses lasers […]
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STOP project meeting June 2023 to be hosted by FORTH(Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas)
The next meeting of the project ‘Surface Transfer of Pathogens’ will take place ovr two full days on 8th and 9th June 2023, hosted by the project partner FORTH on Crete. We will be discussing the results of antimicrobial assays and physico-chemical characterization of our first new antimicorbial material candidates, and also (very importantly) our […]
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STOP project explained in Estonian
The aims of the STOP project were recently explained in an Estonian radio interview with Prof. Angela Ivask and Prof. Andres Merits of the University of Tartu (a partner in the project). The interview, part of a series about research carried out at Estonia’s national university, can be replayed from this link . The University […]
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STOP project starts
The “Surface Transfer of Pathogens” project formally started on 1st September 2022. Press releases from 5th October describe the project’s plans in English and in German. The project will develop antimicrobial surfaces to reduce the spread of infections, for example through buttons and handholds used in public transport, or door handles in nursing homes. Handholds […]