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, July 2026
BBRC Special Issue

Erlangen, June 2026
Visit from Siemens

Erlangen, April 2026
Future Medicine at the University of Erlangen

Erlangen, March 2026
Revolutionary technology: Funding needed for the final step toward application

Peking, March 2026
Successful participation in IWMPI 2026 in Beijing

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









