Synthesis And Characterisation Of Biosurfactants For Biomedical Applications

Organisation/Company: Università degli Studi di Torino
Research Field: Chemistry
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Leading Researcher (R4), First Stage Researcher (R1), Established Researcher (R3)
Country: Italy
Application Deadline: 27 Jan 2025 - 13:00 (UTC)
Type of Contract: To be defined
Job Status: Not Applicable
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description In this project, sustainable strategies will be implemented for the synthesis of new lignin-derived surfactants for biomedical applications.
Lignin will be extracted from waste from the Piedmontese agro-food industry and then depolymerised using innovative technologies to obtain value-added bio-aromatic compounds such as vanillin and vanillic acid.
These compounds will be used to synthesise new bio-derived surfactants for applications in gene transfection or drug delivery.
Surfactant properties will then be studied, with measurements to determine the critical micellar concentration and surface tension, and a morphological characterisation as well as a chemical-physical properties analysis will be carried out on the nanosystems containing gene material or active substances.
The biological properties will then be studied by means of transfection/cytotoxicity tests.

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