Nanotechnology research organisations to co-operate
CNSI and MESA+ combine resources to apply nanotechnology to health problems
The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), UCLA and the MESA+ Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Twente in The Netherlands are to combine their resources to focus on expanding understanding of nanotechnology.
Through joint research projects and educational exchanges, CNSI and MESA+ will apply nanotechnology to problems of global concern in health and the environment. Special attention will be given to new materials, nanoelectronics, and medical diagnostic devices.
“This Memorandum of Agreement provides access to a pre-eminent Dutch research institute and represents our first formal connection to a facility located on the European continent,” said CNSI director Professor Paul Weiss.
“MESA+ is a highly respected centre of nanoscience, known throughout the world for the quality of its research and its innovative approaches to technology transfer. CNSI will gain enormously from this link to MESA+.”
Professor Dave Blank, scientific director of MESA+ added: “Our discoveries will contribute to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and viral diseases.”
CNSI is a research facility devoted to nanoscience and nanotechnology. It is located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
MESA+, part of the University of Twente in Enschede, is one of the world’s largest nanotech research facilities, employing 500 people. Its research facilities include 1,250m2 of cleanroom space combined with an array of instrumentation and other equipment necessary for nanoscale research.