Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase
Center for Colloid and Surface Science

Personal information

Position: alumni

Email: b.castroflorio@gmail.com

Phone: +39 0957385137

Location: Catania


Fields of Interest and Expertise

Surfaces modification.

Inorganic Nanoparticles.

Nanostructures for drug and gene delivery.

 

Curriculum Vitae

2006: Bachelor Degree in Chemistry, at the University of Catania (110/110). Title: “Micropatterning of Polymers through RF plasma and Microcontact Printing”.

2011: Master Degree in Chemistry, at the University of Catania (110 cum laude/110). Title: \\\\\\\\"Specific Adsorption of Amino Acids on Molecular Surfaces”

September 2011-present: CSGI fellowship (FIRB Project) on \\\\\\\\"Synthesis of Inorganic and Lipid Nanostructures for Drug Delivery”.

January 2012-present: PhD student (Dottorato di Ricerca) in Chemical Sciences at the University of Florence. Title: \\\\\\\\"Design and Characterization of Nanosystems for Encapsulation and Delivery of Biomolecules or Macromolecular Therapeutic Agents”. Advisor: Dott.ssa D. Berti (University of Florence).

Unit

Publications

Biomimetic protein-harpooning surfaces

- Grazia Maria Lucia Messina - Bonaccorso C. - Rapisarda A. - Benedetta Castroflorio - Sciotto D. - Giovanni Marletta
MRS Communications

Diastereoselective self-assembly of clofarabine lipids

- Sandin P. - Francesca Baldelli Bombelli - Benedetta Castroflorio - Müller C. - Obermeier J. - Karlsson G. - Edwards K. - Piero Baglioni - Debora Berti
New Journal of Chemistry

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