I’m Mark Hardmeier

Trained chemical biologist .

PhD in nanomaterials.

Aspirant poly musician.

Amateur creator of things.

Based in Oxford.

News!

DLS analysis of glucose functionalised NPs (Glc-NPs: a-d) and galactose functionalised NPs (Gal-NPs: e-h) incubated in a suspension of MUC2. Mean particle size (black), PDI (red) and particle count (blue) are shown for (a) Glc-NPs alone; (c) a mixture of Glc-NPs/MUC2), (e) Gal-NPs alone; and (g) a mixture of Gal-NPs/MUC2). Also shown are colour map plots showing size distribution by intensity for (b) Glc-NPs; (d) the Glc-NPs/MUC2 mixture, (f) Gal-NPs; and (h) the Gal-NPs/MUC2 mixture. All data points were measured in PBS with a 60-second pause between each measurement

New Paper Alert!

Finally my PhD work has been published!

We analysed saccharide on the surface of silica particles as targeting moieties for Glycoproteins.

Hardmeier, M.S.E., Dziemidowicz, K., Williams, G.R. et al. Glucosamine and Galactosamine Functionalised Silica Nanoparticles for the Targeting of Glycoproteins. J Clust Sci 36, 224 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-025-02947-3