Cristina Fornaguera, PhD

OUR RESEARCH FOCUS

Nanomedicines engineering to control the interactions with physiological barriers

  • Polymeric nanoparticles

    Synthesis of proprietary polymers as biomaterials to formulate polymeric nanoparticles for the controlled delivery of drugs, biologicals and actives with smart delivery properties.

  • Extracellular Vesicles

    Engineering and loading of extracellular vesicles to further use them as natural carrier systems for controlled drug delivery.

  • Crossing biological barriers

    Formulate nano and microscarriers able to selectively interact with mucoses, epithelial and immune resident cells, to achieve the non-invasive delivery (i.e. inhaled administration or blood-brain barrier crossing).

  • mRNA vaccines

    Design of prophylactic or therapeutic mRNA vaccines for pharmaceutical and veterinary uses.

  • Cancer combined immunotherapies

    Use of the engineered nanotools, encapsulating different therapeutic nucleic acids, to become the next generation of cancer nanomedicines.

  • Cosmetic applications

    Use of the technology generated for the nano and micro-encapsulation of active ingredients of interest for cosmetic industries.

TEAM

Cristina Fornaguera, PhD

Team Leader

Marta Guerra Rebollo, PhD

Senior Researcher

Anna Clua-Villas

Postdoctoral researcher

Vladimir Stamenovic

Postdoctoral researcher

Patricia González, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher