Welcome to the website of the Section for Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON)!
The Medical Faculty of the Friedrich-Alexander University and Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Alexiou were successful in a competitive selection process for the W3 endowed professorship for nanomedicine of the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation. Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Alexiou has now held this position since July 1, 2009 at the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, Head and Neck Surgery of the University Hospital Erlangen. In this function he works clinically-surgically as a senior physician in the ENT clinic as well as the head of SEON.
SEON Highlights

Erlangen, October 2024
Else Kröner Fresenius Symposium

Erlangen, October 2024
The symposium in review: Our highlights in pictures

Manfred Roth Foundation supports international symposium in Erlangen
30.000 Euro for Nanomedicine
Selected current publications
- Moedl et al.: Loading monocytes with magnetic nanoparticles enables their magnetic control without toxicity
Published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology - Pfister et al.:Loading of CAR-T cells with magnetic nanoparticles for controlled targeting suppresses inflammatory cytokine release and switches tumor cell deathmechanism
Published in MedComm - Vogel et al.: Critical Offset Magnetic PArticle Spectro-Scopy for rapid and highly sensitive medical point-of-care diagnostics
Published in Nature Communications