Junior Guest Researcher in WG 4 – Biophysics of Drug Delivery, between March–June 2023, LINXS Fellow

Luisa Affatigato, PhD Student in Technologies and Sciences for human Health, University of Palermo, Italy

Since her master studies, Luisa have focused the attention on the development of new nanocages that can be used for drug delivery, imaging and theranostics in the oncology field. In particular, her PhD project is in collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome and it is based on the study of two engineered ferritin from the synthesis and purification to the biomedical applications. For this purpose, biophysical and biological techniques with in vitro studies are applied, including spectroscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering at the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Copenhagen.