NanoBioSystems

The laboratory’s research activities, integrating expertise in materials chemistry, biotechnology, cell biology and molecular biology, are focused on:

• micro-nanostructured systems and natural nanovesicles as carriers of biomolecules (e.g., nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and secondary metabolites);
• extracellular vesicles produced by ecosystems as intra- and interspecies communication and transport shuttles.

The bioactivity of such NanoBioSystems is studied into two-dimensional  and three-dimensional cell culture models including spheroids, organoids, scaffolds and hydrogels.

Relevant instrumentation

• Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA)
• Ultracentrifuge
• Zetasizer Ultra
• Dolomite Microfluidics Systems
• Fluorescence microscope