nano-immunoera

🌎Meet our secondees: Elisa Paialunga from 🇮🇹 (UNITOV) to 🇨🇭(CSEM). Elisa Paialunga will work on the design and fabrication of microfluidic systems through 3D printing.

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Elisa Paialunga obtained a master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Rome, Tor Vergata, under the supervision of Prof. Alessandro Porchetta. Currently, she is in the final year of her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences & Technologies, under the supervision of Prof. Laura Micheli.

Her research focuses on the development of biosensors based on CRISPR-Cas for the detection of antibodies.

In Nano-ImmunoEra, she is actively involved in the design and fabrication of microfluidic systems through 3D printing, enabling the transposition of CRISPR-Cas assays into diagnostics in integrated devices.

🌎Meet our secondees: Andrea Celeste Di Pede from 🇮🇹 (UNITOV) to  🇳🇱 (WUR). Andrea will work on the development of CRISPR-Cas based biosensors for antibody detection.

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Andrea Celeste obtained a Master’s degree in Chemistry at the University of Tor Vergata. She is currently doing a PhD in Chemical Science under the supervision of Prof. Alessandro Porchetta.

The research focuses on the development of CRISPR-Cas systems for diagnostics of nucleic acids.

In Nano-ImmunoEra she is involved in the development of CRISPR-Cas based biosensors for antibody detection.

🌎Meet our secondees: Neda Bagheri from 🇮🇹 (UNITOV) to 🇩🇪 (INNE). Neda Bagheri will work on the development of CRISPR-based POC platforms for the monitoring of antibodies

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Neda is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Rome Tor Vergata in the field of chemical science under the supervision of Prof. Alessandro Porchetta.

Neda’s research focuses on recreating nature-inspired strategies to program CRISPR-Cas systems using innovative DNA nanodevices.

In Nano-ImmunoEra she contributes to the development of CRISPR-based POC platforms for the monitoring of antibodies.

🌎Meet our secondees: Elisa Lazzarini (UNIBO) from 🇮🇹  to  🇳🇱 (WUR). Elisa will work on chemiluminescence and electrochemiluminescence investigation of CRISPR-Cas based biosensors

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Elisa obtained a Master’s degree in Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology at the University of Bologna, she is currently doing a PhD in Nanoscience for Medicine and the Environment under the guidance of Prof. Mara Mirasoli.

The research focuses on the development of new portable devices for multiplexed detection based on chemiluminescent enzyme assays, immunoassays or gene probe assays, using microfabrication technology and microfluidics for the quantitative analysis of molecules of interest in the medical, alimentary and environmental fields.

In Nano-ImmunoEra she is involved in the electrochemiluminescence investigation of CRISPR-Cas based biosensors

🌎Meet our secondees: Andrea Idili from 🇮🇹 (UNITOV) to  🇺🇸 (UCSB). Andrea will work on electrochemical aptamer sensors for the detection of clinically relevant targets

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Andrea received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry with full marks at the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2017. During his Ph.D., he did three different visiting research periods (14 months) in the group headed by Prof. Alexis Vallée-Bélisle (UdeM, Canada). Dr.Idili did two different postdocs in the group of Prof. Kevin W. Plaxco (UCSB, USA – from 2017 to 2019) and Prof. Arben Merkoci (ICN2, Spain – from 2019 to 2021). From 2021 Dr. Idili has returned to the University of Rome Tor Vergata as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie research fellow and from 2022 he was appointed as Assistant professor. The importance of his research is highlighted in more than 39 peer-reviewed papers (21 h-index) published in high-impact factor journals, 1 patent, and 3 book chapters. He has received several international/national awards and fellowships in recognition of his work, including the “Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowship” (ERC, 2021), “ISSNAF Awards for Young Investigators 2019” (ISSNAF, USA), the “PROBIST postdoctoral fellowship 2018” (BIST, Spain), and the “Canada-Italy Innovation Award 2013” (Embassy of Canada to Italy).

His current research focuses on the development of novel DNA-based electrochemical and optical sensors able to support the real-time, continuous monitoring of diagnostically relevant molecules both in vitro and in vivo

In Nano-ImmunoEra he is involved in DNA structure-switching design and development of electrochemical aptamer-based (EAB) sensors for the detection of clinically relevant targets.