(2017)

• Received a starting grant from Forschungsverbund Molekulare Medizin der Universitätsmedizin Greifswald together with Dr. Christian Denker from Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald to build deformable microstructures using two-photon polymerization for to study dynamics of cytoskeletal mechanics. 
• Presenting our latest results on nanoengineering of biointerfaces for investigation of Platelet-Pathogen interactions at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis Research, February 15-18, Basel, Switzerland.
• Our paper on antibody micropatterns for novel peptide-receptor interaction assays in live cells is published. (Link)

(2016)

• R.Palankar elected to the Advisory Board of German Society for Cytometry (DGfZ).
• Presenting a talk at the  26th Annual Conference of the German Society for Cytometry (DGfZ), October 5 – 7, 2016 , Berlin
• We are at 3rd European Platelet Network (EUPLAN) Conference, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (Germany), September 21 - 23, 2016 ( R.Palankar is presenting a talk on platelet-bacteria interactions) 
• Presenting our poster at 3rd International Conference Pathophysiology of Staphylococci, Tübingen (Germany), September 15-17, 2016  
• Presenting poster on our latest findings on platelet-bacteria interactions at the Innate Immunity in Host-Pathogen Interactions Symposium, EMBL Heidelberg (Germany) June 26-29, 2016  
• We have two posters at 60th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Research , Münster, Germany February 17-20, 2016.

(2015)

• 3D Printing with Lasers, Medical Nanotechnology and Translational Medicine in NDR.de Nordmagazin in collaboration with Prof.Dr. Markus Münzenberg 
• Best Poster Prize at The 25th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Cytometry (DGfZ e.V.)
• New lab-on-a-chip technique to analyze single cells. ( press release from EPFL and featured on Bioanalysis Zone our latest collaborative paper) 

(2009)

• Light-Switched Drug Delivery
• Drugs could be slipped into living cells using a light-sensitive capsule. MIT Technology Review article featuring my first paper during Ph.D. at Jacobs University Bremen,Gemany and collaborative work with Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm,Germany

Other press releases covering the topic

• Max Planck Society: Die Wege der Immunabwehr sind ergründlich
• Innovations Report magazine: Mikro-Shuttles und Laser-Fernbedienung
• Wissenschaftspark Potsdam-Golm: Into the cell with the micro-shuttle