Francesca Giuntini | Liverpool John Moores University - Inglaterra

• Grant number: 14/50972-1
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: June 06, 2015
• End date: August 12, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Physical-Chemistry
• Agreement: CONFAP ; Newton Fund, with FAPESP as a partner institution in Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Wendel Andrade Alves
• Grantee: Wendel Andrade Alves
• Visiting researcher: Francesca Giuntini
• Visiting researcher institution: Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), England
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Bottom-up fabrication of nanostructures by supramolecular assembly is an efficient and inexpensive route for the manufacture of a variety of smart materials. Peptide- and carbohydrates low molecular weight organic gelators (LMWOG) can self-assemble to form biocompatible materials with versatile chemical properties, displaying great potential for biomedical applications. The dipeptide diphenylalanine (FF) is a thoroughly studied LMWOG consisting of two covalently linked phenylalanine units. Chemical species containing the FF unit can self-assemble under different Processing conditions into a variety of structures (e.g.: nanotubes, nanofibres, etc.), and adopt characteristic spatial arrangement to form non-covalent hydrogels with unique viscoelastic properties. Thanks to this behaviour and to their low toxicity, FF-based self-assembled materials found numerous applications in the fields of biosensing, imaging, biomineralisation, and regenerative medicine… (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ROJAS, JOSE EDUARDO U.; GERBELLI, BARBARA B.; RIBEIRO, ANDERSON O.; NANTES-CARDOSO, ISELI L.; GIUNTINI, FRANCESCA; ALVES, WENDEL A.. Silk fibroin hydrogels for potential applications in photodynamic therapy. Biopolymers, v. 110, n. 2, FEB 2019. (17/02317-2, 15/24018-1, 14/18527-8, 14/50972-1)

GERBELLI, BARBARA B.; VASSILIADES, SANDRA V.; ROJAS, JOSE E. U.; PELIN, JULIANE N. B. D.; MANCINI, RODRIGO S. N.; PEREIRA, WALLACE S. G.; AGUILAR, ANDREA M.; VENANZI, MARIANO; CAVALIERI, FRANCESCA; GIUNTINI, FRANCESCA; et al. Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Peptides and its Applications in Bionanotechnology. MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, v. 220, n. 14, p. 22-pg., 2019-07-01. (18/05888-3, 17/02317-2, 14/50867-3, 16/50188-4, 14/50972-1)

GERBELLI, BARBARA B.; VASSILIADES, SANDRA V.; ROJAS, JOSE E. U.; PELIN, JULIANE N. B. D.; MANCINI, RODRIGO S. N.; PEREIRA, WALLACE S. G.; AGUILAR, ANDREA M.; VENANZI, MARIANO; CAVALIERI, FRANCESCA; GIUNTINI, FRANCESCA; et al. Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Peptides and its Applications in Bionanotechnology. MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, v. 220, n. 14, SI, JUL 2019. (18/05888-3, 16/50188-4, 17/02317-2, 14/50972-1, 14/50867-3)

SOUZA, MARCIA I.; PRIETO, TATIANA; RODRIGUES, TIAGO; FERREIRA, FABIO F.; NASCIMENTO, FRANCISCO B.; RIBEIRO, ANDERSON O.; SILVA, EMERSON R.; GIUNTINI, FRANCESCA; ALVES, WENDEL A.. Conjugation with L, L-diphenylalanine Self-Assemblies Enhances In Vitro Antitumor Activity of Phthalocyanine Photosensitizer. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 7, OCT 13 2017. (15/24018-1, 14/50867-3, 14/50972-1, 16/24409-3)