Team
Current members
Ainhoa G. Caelles
PHD student
Title: Nanobots-based gene therapy for bladder cancer.
Nawfal El-Kaddouri
Master student (erasmus)
Title: Evaluation of knockdown of FGFR3 in bladder cancer cell lines using PLGA-based nanobots.
Joan Rius
Bachelor student (Undergraduate thesis)
Title: PLL-based LbL iron oxide magnetic nanomotors for gene silencing
Alumni
Charlotte Hinnekens, PhD Thesis (co-director). Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Defended on 02/12/2024.
Title: Non-viral engineering of natural killer cells. Exploring nanopartciles-sensitized photoporation as a promising transfection technology.
Former PhD students
Maryam Sharifiaghdam, PhD Thesis (co-director). Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Defended on 28/06/2022.
Title: Reprogramming macrophages with siRNA coated nanoparticles for improved diabetic wound healing.
Former Master students
Izabela Kasakova. Ghent University.
Lena Kesio. Ghent University.
Ana Aldaz. University of Barcelona.
Elnaz Shaabani Sichani, PhD Thesis (co-director). Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Defended on 27/06/2022.
Title: Improving angiogenesis in diabetic wound healing with hypoxia inducing siRNA coated gold nanoparticles.