The project is part of the VÚVeL concept to build the European Research Centre for Veterinary and Preclinical Medicine. The aim of the project is to prepare a leading team and infrastructure for oriented basic research in the field of use of nanotechnology in biomedicine and in the new scientific field of nanotoxicology. The strategic intention of the VÚVeL is to build a European Research Centre focused on research and development of modern vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics for infectious diseases and dangerous zoonoses. a.