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Realizing the promise of the world's smallest science @NorthwesternU. Tweets about nanoscience and nanomedicine research, events & more. Led by Chad A. Mirkin.

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@IINanoNU
International Institute for Nanotechnology
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Announcing the 2025 Kabiller Prize and Award recipients. Three pioneering scientists advancing nanoscience and improving human health. Meet this year’s honorees: Hear them speak at the IIN Symposium in October:
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@IINanoNU
International Institute for Nanotechnology
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We are proud to celebrate IIN faculty member Mercouri Kanatzidis, who has been awarded the 2025 Albert Einstein World Award of Science by the World Cultural Council. A well-deserved recognition for a truly transformative researcher.
@NUChemistry
Northwestern Chemistry
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Congrats Mercouri Kanatzidis on winning the 2025 Albert Einstein World Award of Science from the @WCCOfficial_! 🎉.@MercouriK is recognized for breakthroughs in solar PVs, halide perovskites & sustainable energy materials. #FacultyExcellence #MaterialsScience #NUChemistry
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@IINanoNU
International Institute for Nanotechnology
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“We just scratched the surface.”. After a year as chair of @NUChemistry, Omar Farha returns to Nanoscape to discuss MOFs, sustainability, and the future of nanotechnology. 🎧 New episode is LIVE. Listen at or wherever you get your podcasts.
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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What are MOFs? Why do they matter?. Professor Omar Farha broke it down in one of our most popular Nanoscape episodes — and he’s back tomorrow with more!. 🎧 Catch up now:
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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RT @hartreefocker: Check out our latest article from @NUChemistry and @IINanoNU in @JPhysChem where we discuss how real time density functi….
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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RT @NUChemistry: Cancer. Diagnostics. Programmable materials. One @NorthwesternU breakthrough is shaping it all. #SNAs power cancer drugs a….
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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Nicholas Peppas receives the Kabiller Prize for groundbreaking work in biomaterials and drug delivery. His research at @CockrellSchool has transformed targeted therapies and made oral treatments possible for millions.
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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Michael Mitchell receives the Kabiller Rising Star Award. His innovations in cancer immunotherapy and gene delivery at @PennEngineers are shaping next-generation treatments and inspiring future bioengineers.
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@IINanoNU
International Institute for Nanotechnology
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Nathan Gianneschi is recognized with the Kabiller Young Investigator Award. His research at @NUChemistry explores proteomimetic materials and nanoscale imaging, redefining how new drugs are designed and visualized.
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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RT @NUChemistry: Researchers from @TempelaarTeam and @UWMadisonChem found that a centrosymmetric #crystal—once thought incapable of #chiral….
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
2 months
What does it take to solve gigaton-scale challenges?. Professor Vinayak Dravid (@ProfDravid) explains how nanoscience + nature work together in the latest Nanoscape. Listen: or wherever you get your podcasts. #Nanoscience #Sustainability
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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Structure is the secret. In today’s ACS Nano perspective, Chad Mirkin and a team of scientific leaders explain how carefully engineered nanomedicines could make treatments safer, smarter, and more effective.
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@IINanoNU
International Institute for Nanotechnology
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🎧 New Episode!. How do you extend the life of organs outside the body?. Jarad Mason, Harvard chemist and former @MirkinGroupNU postdoc, shares how nanotech solutions, like oxygen-loaded porous water, change the game. 🔗 or wherever you get your podcasts.
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@IINanoNU
International Institute for Nanotechnology
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Pushing boundaries at the nanoscale: Join us in celebrating IIN Director Chad Mirkin, recipient of the 2025 Nadrian C. Seeman Nanoscience Prize — honoring a lifetime of innovation at the nanoscale.
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@IINanoNU
International Institute for Nanotechnology
3 months
A new perspective from Chad Mirkin (@CHADNANO), Milan Mrksich, and Natalie Artzi (@NatalieArtzi) charts a bold future for precision nanomedicine. Out now in Nature Reviews Bioengineering:
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@IINanoNU
International Institute for Nanotechnology
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What if you could program disorder into a crystal lattice? The Mirkin lab’s (@CHADNANO) latest breakthrough uses DNA to engineer cocrystals with both order and correlated disorder. Now in Science Advances:
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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RT @NorthwesternEng: A team led by Professor Vinayak Dravid demonstrated how researchers can pull carbon directly from the air using change….
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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🎧 New Episode! . Roel Tempelaar joins Nanoscape to discuss his quantum research that challenges textbook assumptions — and how jazz piano shaped his approach to science. 🎙️ Listen now: or wherever you get your podcasts. @TempelaarTeam .@NUChemistry
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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RT @NorthwesternEng: Northwestern Engineering Professors John Rogers, Igor Efimov, and Yonggang Huang have created the world's smallest pac….
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International Institute for Nanotechnology
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RT @NorthwesternEng: Professors Julius Lucks and James Rondinelli have been elected 2024 fellows of the American Association for the Advanc….
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