Amphiphilic Janus dendrimers are arrangements containing both hydrophilic and
hydrophobic units, capable of forming ordered aggregates by intermolecular noncovalent …

Infectious diseases continue to inflict a high global disease burden. The consensus is that
vaccination is the most effective option against infectious diseases. Oral vaccines have …

A code is defined by the nature of the symbols, which are used to generate information‐
storing combinations (eg oligo‐and polymers). Like nucleic acids and proteins, oligo‐and …

Viral and synthetic vectors to deliver nucleic acids were key to the rapid development of
extraordinarily efficient COVID-19 vaccines. The four-component lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) …

All activities of our daily life, of the nature surrounding us and of the entire society and its
complex economic and political systems are affected by stimuli. Therefore, understanding …

Trafficking of leukocytes and their local activity profile are of pivotal importance for many
(patho) physiological processes. Fittingly, microenvironments are complex by nature, with …

Glycan recognition by lectins mediates important biological events. This Tutorial Review
aims to introduce lectin–ligand interactions and show how these molecular recognition …

In 2022, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Bertozzi, Meldal, and Sharpless “for
the development of click chemistry and biorthogonal chemistry”. Since 2001, when the …

Carbohydrates are more than an energy-storage. They are ubiquitously found on cells and
most proteins, where they encode biological information. Lectins bind these carbohydrates …

Metal-chelating ligands such as nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) bind to polyhistidine-tagged (His-
tagged) proteins. Lipids conjugated to NTA are widely used to decorate the surface of …