Group for Functionalized Biomaterials

The Group for Functionalized Biomaterials is interested in the development of polymeric materials and multifunctional nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

• Polymeric hydrogels for cell transplantation
• Surface functionalization for the engineering of viral biosensors
• Polymeric nano-assemblies for gene delivery
• Theranostic nanoparticles

The research activities of our group are devoted to the development of new chemical entities for bio-applications. We are mainly interested in the design, synthesis and evaluation of functionalized nanomaterials, thin surfaces and biomaterials for therapeutic applications as imaging probes, theranostics nanoparticles, cell transplantation devices and viral biosensors.

NEWS

Alessandra presented her work at the CRS Meeting in Bern!

Published:21.02.25 — On February 13-14, 2025, Alessandra Spada participated in the CRS 2025 Local Chapter Meeting Germany/Switzerland/Austria (DeChAt) in Bern.

Anna participated in the GYSS 2025 in Singapore!

Published:24.01.25 — We are pleased to share that Dr Anna Poryvai participated in the Global Young Scientists Summit which was held in Singpore on 6-10 January 2025. She was selected together with Nana Obayashi (PhD candidate at the CREATE-LAB) to represent EPFL at this amazing scientific event.

Congratulations Alessandra!

Published:21.01.25 — We are pleased to share that the review paper of Alessandra Spada entitled "Surface Functionalization of Nanocarriers with Anti-EGFR Ligands for Cancer Active Targeting" has just been published in Nanomaterials.

Pauline passed her candidacy exam; congratulations!

Published:14.01.25 — We are very pleased to share that Pauline Skigin passed her candidacy exam on 14.01.2025 on her PhD thesis project entitled "Multifunctional lipid nanoparticles as carriers for DNA-therapeutics : Treatment of a genetic liver disease". Congratulations from the whole GBF team and good luck for the next three years!

Congratulations Pauline!

Published:05.12.24 — We are very pleased to share that Pauline Skigin received a Dean's Award for Excellence in teaching during the academic year 2023-2024.

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