Objective The major goal of the proposed project is to facilitate the applicant’s reintegration to his home institute after a successful Marie Curie training period at the Surface Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, KTH, Stockholm. To reach this goal the host (Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest) offers a permanent position for him and provides the infrastructure necessary to implement the proposed research project. The proposed research project consists of two independent work packages. The first work package aims at developing and applying a nanoprobe technique to determine the optimal structure of DNA-polyelectrolyte complexes, which is an important step required to increase the efficiency of current non-viral gene delivery systems. The second work package will map the effect of multivalent ions on the interaction of a flexible polyelectrolyte and an oppositely charged surfactant, which will provide information how the strong ion-ion correlations, introduced by the multivalent ions, affect surfactant/polyelectrolyte self-assembly. Finally, the reintegration grant will allow the researcher to transfer his new competences (related to modern surface characterization techniques, e.g. DPI, AFM, QCM-D, ellipsometry) to the host institution of the reintegration period and to the wider audience of its students. Keywords Gene delivery Polyelectrolyte/surfactant interaction Surface chemistry Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) PEOPLE-2007-2-2.ERG - Marie Curie Action: "European Reintegration Grants" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-2-ERG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-ERG - European Re-integration Grants (ERG) Coordinator EOTVOS LORAND TUDOMANYEGYETEM EU contribution € 45 000,00 Address EGYETEM TER 1-3 1053 Budapest Hungary See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Judit Danisné Ravasz (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data