Research Lines

The nanoBiosystems Group is committed to pioneering advanced, miniaturized diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, translating fundamental scientific discoveries into practical clinical applications. Although our primary focus is on tackling healthcare challenges in gynecology and infertility, our research also addresses wider medical issues, contributing to solutions across diverse fields.

Microfluidic nanobiosensors

Microfluidic nanobiosensors integrated with advanced spectroscopy techniques for enhanced sensitivity in detection.

Microrobotic tools

Microrobotic tools

 Tethered and untethered microrobotic tools for precise cell manipulation and controlled drug delivery.

Smart sensor-actuators

organ-on-a-chip

 Smart sensor-actuator systems for next-generation organ-on-a-chip platforms.

Imaging and Advanced Control Systems

Imaging and advanced care control systems

 In vivo imaging and control for deploying sensing and actuation micro-nanosystems.

Related Publications

The list of publications of our group is periodically updated on the publications section.

Other publications, such as conference proceedings and book chapters are shown bellow: 

Smart Surface Engineering in Microcarriers: Towards Applications in Cancer Therapy
Fatemeh Rajabasadi, Silvia Moreno, Mercedes Gonzalez, Pedro Viñola, Kristin Fichna, Franziska Hebenstreit, Susanne Boye, Andreas Janke, Dietmar Appelhans, Mariana Medina-Sánchez (2025)
https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/67a38cb3fa469535b92920bb 

Study of the influence of loss function weights with YOLOv8 and YOLOv9 on the tracking accuracy of medical microrobots
Johanna Hoppe, Richard Nauber, David Castellanos-Robles, Jürgen Czarske, Mariana Medina-Sánchez (2024) 
International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS)

P-260 In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) using magnetotactic sperm cells and their prospects for assisted in vivo reproduction
C Ribeiro, F Striggow, F Hebenstreit, R Nauber, J Schoen, M Medina-Sanchez (2024/7/1)
Human Reproduction 39 (Supplement_1), deae108. 630

Geometry matters: Gamete transport using magnetic microrobots
David Castellanos Robles, Farzin Akbar, Mariana Medina-Sánchez (2024/1/1)
Academic Press

Sperm-micromotors for assisted reproduction and drug delivery 
F Striggow, F Akbar, A Aziz, M Medina-Sánchez 
Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots

Microrobot's performance in cell-lining surfaces and ex-vivo tissue 
Carla Ribeiro, Richard Nauber, Azaam Aziz, David Castellanos-Robles, Mariana Hebenstreit, Franziska, Medina-Sánchez
International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS)

Optimization of smart microactuators utilizing 2D and 3D lithography 
Sumaiya Tahera Rahman, David Castellanos-Robles, Fatemeh Rajabasadi, Mariana Medina-Sánchez
International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS)

Photoacoustics-guided real-time closed-loop control of magnetic microrobots through deep learning 
R Nauber, J Hoppe, D Castellanos-Robles, M Medina-Sánchez 
International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS)

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