Dr. Juan C. Fraire
Positions
Ramón y Cajal Principal Investigator at the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, since 09/2025
Member of the Early Career Editorial Board of Drug Delivery by Taylor & Francis publishing group.
Senior Researcher at the Smart Nano-bio-devices group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain, since 07/2023, hosted by Prof. Samuel Sanchez
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher funded by the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of Catalunya, hosted by the Smart Nano-bio-devices group, IBEC, Barcelona, Spain, since 10/2022
Visiting Researcher funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) hosted by the Smart Nano-bio-devices group, IBEC, Barcelona, Spain, since 06/2021
Postdoctoral Researcher funded the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) hosted by the Laboratory of General Biochemistry & Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 09/2016 - 09/2022
Visiting Scholar funded by Fulbright hosted by the Nano-Bio Interface Laboratory of the Photonics Center, Boston University, U.S.A., 08/2015 – 11/2015
PhD at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Fisicoquímica de Córdoba (INFIQC), Nationa University of Cordoba (UNC), Cordoba, Argentina, 04/2012 - 07/2016
Top Poster Award CRS 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Bologna, Italy, from July 8-12, 2024.
Ocean Optics Young Investigator Award for the work ‘VNBmediated endosomal escape triggers robust gene silencing in human cell lines’ presented in the conference “Colloidal Nanoparticles for biomedical Applications XV, 2020 SPIE BiOS, 1-6 February at The Moscone Center San Francisco, California, United States.
Best Poster Price awarded by the Royal Belgian Society for Microscopy at From Pictures to Numbers: Workshop on Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy, Antwerp, Belgium.
Best Poster Price awarded by the Royal Belgian Society for Microscopy at From Pictures to Numbers: Workshop on Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy, Antwerp, Belgium.
Awards
NanoBio&Med Conference, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 05/11/2024 - 07/11/2024. Photoporation as a Versatile Tool Against Cancer: From Gentle Immune Cell Transfection to a Powerful Approach for Inducing Anti-Tumor Immunity.
NANOMOTORS Internacional Conference 2024, La Pedrera / COSMOCAIXA, Barcelona, Spain. 02/06/2024 - 05/06/2024. Combining nanocarrier design and self-propulsion for delivery of nucleic acids.
ECI Conference - Nanotechnology in Medicine IV: Physical Triggers and Advanced Materials 2024, Tomar, Portugal. 12/05/2024 - 16/05/2024. Enzyme Powered nanobots with photothermal and magnetic properties for biomedical applications.
ICONAN 2024, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain. 15/01/2024 - 17/01/2024. Swarms of enzyme powered nanomotors with photothermal and magnetic properties for immunogenic cell death.
NanoBio&Med Conference, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 22/11/2022 - 24/11/2022. Light-Triggered Vapor Nanobubbles and Nanomotors for Drug Delivery Applications.
NanoBio&Med Conference, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 22/11/2022 - 24/11/2022. Light-Triggered Vapor Nanobubbles and Nanomotors for Drug Delivery Applications.
Controlled Release Society (CRS) 2022 Annual Meeting & Expo, Montreal, Canada. 11/07/2022 - 15/07/2022. LIGHT-TRIGGERED NANOBOMBS FOR NANOPROJECTILE-MEDIATED DELIVERY OF BIG MACROMOLECULES.
Controlled Release Society (CRS) 2022 Annual Meeting & Expo, Montreal, Canada. 11/07/2022 - 15/07/2022. LIGHT-TRIGGERED NANOBOMBS FOR NANOPROJECTILE-MEDIATED DELIVERY OF BIG MACROMOLECULES.