Start-up company CapCo Bio
Non-viral multilayered polymer assemblies as a gene delivery system for biomedical applications
StartUp Mission: Our mission is to empower scientists in industry and academia by delivering innovative, high-quality, and reliable biomolecule delivery solutions.
Project description: CapCo Bio´s Nanocapsules are the state-of-the-art nanocarriers platform for safe, efficient, and intracellular drug and gene delivery. It works as a 100% synthetic biodegradable biomimetic of extracellular vesicles, providing 100% control of the nanocapsules shell composition. The wide range of applications from a simple transfection up to challenging techniques, including theranostics, cancer treatment, vaccine delivery and cell- and gene therapy.
Scientific Team: Dr. Iana Tarakanchikova - Chief scientific officer; Markus Kätker – PhD student; Andrea Layedra – master student
Technical Assistants: Maren Voglstätter; Irene Hanemann
Funding and collaborations:
Group Leader
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Irina Nazarenko
Telefon: +49 (0) 761 270-82100
Telefax: +49 (0) 761 270-82030
irina.nazarenko@uniklinik-freiburg.de
twitter account: @nazarenkoteam
Linkedin account: Extracellular vesicles research group - Prof. Irina Nazarenko
Instagram: @nazarenkoteam
Assistance
Susanne Görner
Phone: + 49 (0) 761 270-82390
Fax: + 49 (0) 761 270-82030
susanne.goerner@uniklinik-freiburg.de