Chemprobes

The group develops the following lines of research:

• multinuclear development and characterization of relaxometric NMR in solution of paramagnetic metal complexes as diagnostic probes (PE5_14);
• synthesis of polyamine carboxylic chelators and their covalent or non-covalent conjugation to biological vectors or nanoparticulate systems, both organic (micelles, liposomes) and organic / inorganic hybrid (PE5_23);
• synthesis and characterization of multifunctional inorganic nanoparticles (PE5_10);
• development of molecular probes responsive to the tissue microenvironment for applications in molecular and cellular imaging (PE5_16).

Team leader: professor Mauro Botta

Team members: Fabio Carniato, Giuseppe Digilio, Daniela Lalli, Loredana Leone, Jonathan Martinelli, Alessandro Nucera, Lorenzo Tei.