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Online CiMUS Seminar

To target: nanomedicine in precise delivery to the brain

Giovanni_Tosi

Giovanni Tosi

Full Professor. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy.

3 September 2025 10:00–11:00

Online via ZOOM

About

Nanomedicine offers unprecedented opportunities for the targeted delivery of therapeutic agents to specific sites or cells within the body. This approach has shown particular promise in overcoming physiological barriers, such as the blood-brain barrier, enabling effective brain delivery of drugs. The success of nanomedicine-based COVID-19 vaccines has highlighted the potential of nanocarriers in delivering nucleic acids to intracellular targets. Central to these advances is a growing understanding of intracellular trafficking mechanisms, which determine the fate and efficacy of delivered therapeutics. This talk will explore the role of nanomedicine in achieving precise delivery to both extracellular and intracellular targets, with a focus on brain delivery and the lessons learned from recent vaccine developments.

Bio

Prof. Giovanni Tosi (born March 2, 1977, in Bologna, Italy) is a Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), a position he has held since 2020. He earned his degree in Pharmacy in 2002 with honors (110/110) and completed his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2005 at the same university. He became a researcher in 2005, Associate Professor in 2015, and qualified as a Full Professor in 2017.

Over the years, he has held several academic and institutional roles, including:

  • Coordinator of the "Applied Technology" curriculum within the PhD program in Health Products,
  • ILO (Industrial Liaison Office) representative for the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Scientific delegate for international cooperation at UNIMORE since 2017
  • Coordinator of the UNIMORE Nanomedicine Platform since 2017
  • Vice-Chair of the "Nanotherapeutics" Working Group in the European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine from 2019 to 2021.
  • Secretary of European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine since 2022
  • Coordinator of Italian Nanomedicine Platform since 2024
  • Coordinator of PhD Course Health innovative products and technologies at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia since 2023
     

His research focuses on the design and development of polymeric and lipid-based nanocarriers for targeted drug and gene delivery, particularly to the Central Nervous System (CNS) and oncological applications. 

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Hosted by María José Alonso. Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery group, CiMUS.

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