PhD student Lorenzo Chiaverini delivered an oral presentation entitled “A combined SEC-based metallomics and TEM reveal the role of vicinal dithiols in reducing protein corona formation on gold nanoparticles” at the 7th EuChemS Inorganic Chemistry Conference, held in Belgrade (Serbia) from September 7 to 11, 2025.
PhD student Cheherazade Trouki presented an oral communication entitled “Molecular and physico-chemical characterization of multilayered PLGA/Gelatin-based patches incorporating Fmoc-diphenylalanine for myocardial repair” at ESB2025 – 34th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, held in Turin (Italy) from September 7 to 11, 2025.
Giulia Galgani is the first author of a recent publication in the journal Foods titled “Bioavailability, Human Metabolism, and Dietary Interventions of Glucosinolates and Isothiocyanates: Critical Insights and Future Perspectives.”The paper reviews the current knowledge on glucosinolates and isothiocyanates—bioactive compounds with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticancer properties—highlighting the challenges linked to…
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Fabio Spiaggia for his publication entitled “Synthesis, properties and applications of DNA-templated copper nanoclusters in chemical and biological sensing” in the Trends in Analytical Chemistry. DNA-templated copper nanoclusters (DNA-CuNCs) are versatile nanomaterials with remarkable properties: low cost, low toxicity, biocompatibility, Mega-Stokes shifts, and utility in…
Fabio Spiaggia, a PhD student from our doctoral school, has recently received the Best poster presentation Award at the XXXI Congresso della Divisione di Chimica Analitica 2025 with the research project “Higly fluorescent DNA-templated copper nanoclusters as optical probe for quantitative detection of pathogenic DNA by a rapid ultra-facile CRISPR/Cas12a-based…
PhD student Francesca Caricchio delivered an oral communication entitled “Antioxidant properties and wound healing potential of glycosaminoglycan-like polysaccharides from Rhizostoma pulmo” at the conference Novel Approaches for Skin Health, held in Ferrara (Italy) on June 10, 2025.
PhD student Cheherazade Trouki presented an oral communication entitled “Translating soft science into hard impact: toward a scalable, bioartificial cardiac patch” at GreenChemCo 2025 – Green Chemistry and Sustainable Coatings, held in Pisa (Italy) from June 16 to 18, 2025.
PhD student Lorenzo Chiaverini presented an oral communication entitled “LC-based metallomics and TEM reveal gold nanoparticles surface treatment with vicinal dithiols to abolish protein corona formation” at ISABC17, held in Uppsala (Sweden) from June 14 to 18, 2025.
Bianca Laura Bernardoni is the first author of a recent publication in the journal Molecular Diversity titled “A scaffold repositioning approach: dihydroBenzolImidazoTriazineDione (BITD) derivatives as selective ALDH1A1 inhibitors.”In this work, a novel class of ALDH1A1 inhibitors was developed through a scaffold repositioning strategy, identifying dihydroBenzolImidazoTriazineDione (BITD) derivatives as promising selective…
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Giulia Galgani for her publication entitled “In Vitro Models of Diabetes: Focus on Diabetic Retinopathy” on Cells. Diabetic retinopathy is a major eye complication in patients with diabetes mellitus, which causes endothelial damage and vascular lesions, leading to ischemic conditions in certain areas of the…
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