Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (iLBD)

• Generation and characterisation of model aerosols

• Gene expression analysis of exposed rodents

• Differential blood analysis of rodents (ADVIA)

• Dosimetry of inhaled aerosols and different applied nanoparticles; deposition, clearance, and translocation in the whole organism

• Controlled exposure of rodents

• Exposure of cell cultures at the air-liquid interface

• Analysis of lung function of rodents

• Determination of small macrophages in sputum

• Flow cytometry analysis of leucocytes

• Modelling of particle lung deposition