NanoTherapies Lab

Nanomedicines engineering to control the interactions with physiological barriers.

Mission

Developing innovative nanomedicine solutions to address unmet medical needs.

Vision

To transform nanomedicine research into safer, more precise and effective therapies.

Values

Innovation, Scientific Excellence, Translation Collaboration, People & Integrity

Impact

Turning scientific discovery into knowledge and new possibilities for healthcare.

Our Research Focus

Polymeric nanoparticles

Synthesis of proprietary polymers as biomaterials to formulate polymeric nanoparticles for the controlled delivery of drugs, biologicals and actives with smart delivery properties.

Extracellular Vesicles

Engineering and loading of extracellular vesicles to further use them as natural carrier systems for controlled drug delivery.

Crossing biological barriers

Formulate nano and microscarriers able to selectively interact with mucoses, epithelial and immune resident cells, to achieve the non-invasive delivery (i.e. inhaled administration or blood-brain barrier crossing).

mRNA vaccines

Design of prophylactic or therapeutic mRNA vaccines for pharmaceutical and veterinary uses.

Cancer combined immunotherapies

Use of the engineered nanotools, encapsulating different therapeutic nucleic acids, to become the next generation of cancer nanomedicines.

Cosmetic applications

Use of the technology generated for the nano and micro-encapsulation of active ingredients of interest for cosmetic industries.

Join us

We are a young team looking for highly motivated outstanding researchers of the multidisciplinary disciplines that involves our research, focused on nanomedicine, immunotherapies and biomaterials.

We encourage applications for postdoc, PhD and MSc thesis. If you are interested, you can directly contact us: cristina.fornaguera@iqs.url.edu

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