Designing a Nanotechnology Toolkit for the Total Management of Glioblastoma
Kostas Kostarelos
ICREA Research Professor & Severo Ochoa Distinguished Professor at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Barcelona (Spain)
Theatre room, CiMUS
About
The use of nanomaterials in medicine has been growing at an unprecedented rate for a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic or combinatory applications. The clinical translation of advanced materials that are being discovered or synthetically engineered is considered by many the critical factor to determine the ´success´ or ´failure´ in nanomedicine. In this talk, an array of nanotechnology tools recently developed for the total management of glioblastoma by neurosurgery and neuro-oncology will be presented. The nanotechnology toolkit designed and developed, includes nanoscale scavengers for novel biomarker discovery from blood and tissue, ultra-flexible and highly fidelity neural electrodes based on graphene contacts, and a few approaches in the nanoplatform-based therapeutic interventions aiming to remodel the glioblastoma marginal zone in the post-resection setting.
Bio
Professor Kostas Kostarelos is ICREA Research Professor in Life & Medical Sciences and Severo Ochoa Distinguished Professor at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) in Barcelona, where he leads the Nanomedicine Lab. He also holds a Chair in Nanomedicine at the University of Manchester (UK). With degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of Leeds and Imperial College London, his career spans top academic and medical institutions in the UK, US, and Japan. A pioneer in therapeutic nanotechnologies, he founded the Nanomedicine Lab in 2003 and has led cutting-edge work in drug and gene delivery using liposomes and nanomaterials like graphene. He is a Fellow of several UK scientific societies and the recipient of numerous international honors, including the Barcelona City Award and an ERC Synergy Grant.
Hosted by María José Alonso. Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Group, CiMUS
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