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Claudia Contini

Claudia Contini

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Lecturer in Bioinspired and Life-like Soft Matter Systems at Imperial College London. BBSRC Discovery Fellow and L’Oréal and UNESCO UK. Director of AISUK.

  • Education

    • University of Padua

      2005 - 2012
      Master degree Medical Chemistry

      I graduated in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies at University of Padua with a thesis entitled "Synthesis of a hydrophobic PEG Dendron for the creation of a motile polymerosome". This project was done under the supervision of Dr. Gianfranco Pasut and Prof. Giuseppe Battaglia. During the one thesis year, I familiarized myself with the synthesis and characterization of PEG-dendron, protein conjugation and nanoparticles characterization. Also, I familiarized myself with different… Show more I graduated in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies at University of Padua with a thesis entitled "Synthesis of a hydrophobic PEG Dendron for the creation of a motile polymerosome". This project was done under the supervision of Dr. Gianfranco Pasut and Prof. Giuseppe Battaglia. During the one thesis year, I familiarized myself with the synthesis and characterization of PEG-dendron, protein conjugation and nanoparticles characterization. Also, I familiarized myself with different facilities such as spectrophotometer UV, HPLC, NMR, TEM and DLS.Research Interest: Show less

    • The University of Sheffield

      2012 - 2012
      Sperimental thesis- Erasmus project Polymer Chemistry

      During the four months of erasmus project, I familiarise myself with the protein coniugation and characterization ( SDS-PAGE, Western blot, HPLC). Also, I had the chance to familiarise with the pretaration and characterization techniques for synthetic polymeric vesicles.

    • UCL

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      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physical Chemistry

  • Experience

    • University College London

      Mar 2013 - Jan 2017
      PHD

      Creating an artificial self-propelled object, similar to many biological micro and nano- motors present in Nature, is one of the main challenges in nanotechnology. The chemotaxis, known as a potent long range targeting process present in Nature, applied to an artificial nanovector could be used for a wide range of applications, including drug delivery systems and nanoreactors. Combining natural enzymes with synthetic vesicles, we propose a chemotactic and eself-propelled nano-system driven by enzymatic conversion of small water-soluble molecules. These synthetic vesicles, well known as polymersomes, are made by amphiphilic copolymers able to self-assemble in water into nano-metre sisized vesicles. The physicochemical characterization is carried on using different methods and technologies such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and nanoparticles tracking analysis (NTA). Show less

    • Imperial College London

      Nov 2016 - now

      The Fellowship is designed to provide flexible and practical financial support, alongside tools and support, for early-career women scientists to pursue their research. My research aims to set inanimate matter in motion at the nano and microscale, with a focus on the design of synthetic life-like systems that mimic biological properties and functions for biotechnological and biomedical applications. My current research area focuses on investigating the interaction between nanomaterials and model biological systems. This project is founded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

      • Lecturer in Biotechnology and BBSRC Fellow

        Nov 2023 - now

      • BBSRC Discovery Fellow

        Oct 2022 - Nov 2023

      • L’Oréal and UNESCO UK Women in Science Engineering Fellow

        Oct 2021 - Nov 2023

      • ISSF Springboard Fellow

        Aug 2019 - Nov 2023

      • Postdoctoral Research Associate

        Nov 2016 - Nov 2023

    • Queen Mary University of London

      Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
      Lectuer in Biochemical Engineering

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • London Polymer Group Symposium

      Poster presentation

    • MRS spring meeting and exibit

      Oral presentation
      Apr 2015

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      L'Oréal-UNESCO UK Rising Talent Engineering Fellowship - Sep 2021 My research aims to set inanimate matter in motion at the nano and microscale. Realising an artificial motile system, controlling its motion and mimicking biological communication, will push the boundaries of scientific discovery and pave the way for biomedical applications.
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      Seed for Success Fund Imperial College London May 2021 Research grant in support of career progression. The fund aims to provide postdocs with funds to work on preliminary data for a Fellowship application.
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      TUM Foundation Fellowship Technical University of Munich (TUM) 2020 Funded research project on the realisation of bio-inspired and life-like soft matter systems with applications to bottom-up synthetic biology.
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      Italy Made Me award Italian Embassy in London Sep 2019 Award assigned from the Italian Embassy in London to Italian researchers operating in the United Kingdom, who received part of their education in Italy, in recognition of innovative research in "Motile Synthetic Vesicles".
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      ISSF Springboard Fellowship Wellcome Trust and Imperial College London Aug 2019 Fully funded research project from the Wellcome Trust and Imperial College London based at the Department of Chemistry and in collaboration with the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London.
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      Winner of the PFDC Reps Individual award Imperial College London Jul 2019 Recognition given by the Provost of Imperial College London, Prof. Ian Walmsley, in recognition of the significant contribution as Postdoc and Fellow Representative in the Chemistry Department at Imperial College London.
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      Researcher Mobility Grant Royal Society of Chemistry Jan 2019 Fully funded travel grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry in support of early-career researchers to undertake multiple visits to collaborators at international organisations.
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      Brian Vincent UK/Australia Exchange Bursary Royal Society of Chemistry 2019 Fully funded travel grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry finalised to strengthening links between UK/Australia research community by attending the Australian Colloid and Surface conference in Gippsland and visiting research group in Melbourne
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      Erasmus Staff Training Mobility Grant European Commission 2019 ully funded travel grant from the European Commission’s Erasmus Programme for training visit at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (iBEC) in Spain.
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      IUPAC Young Observer bursary Royal Society of Chemistry 2019 Fully funded travel grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry to attend the 2019 IUPAC World Chemistry Congress and General Assembly in Paris.
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      Postdoc Mobility Travel Grant Technical University of Munich (TUM) 2019 Fully funded travel grant from the TUM to attend Research Opportunities Week. Funding enables eligibility for TUM Foundation Fellowship.
    • Awarded to Claudia Contini
      Leonardo Da Vinci studentship European Commission 2012 Funded by the European Commission and given to the top 5 applicants at the University of Padua to study abroad for a period of 3 months.