https:\/\/ibb.uab.cat\/wp-content\/themes\/viral\/modules\/ibb_membres\/view_grup.php?CodiGrup=33<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA. Villaverde is Chair Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology and leader of the Nanobiotechnology group at the Institute for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He coordinates a research team of about 20 people (Nanobiotechnology), that is full member of the Networking Biomedical Research Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN). Prof. Villaverde has authored more than 260 peer-reviewed research and review papers on microbiology-biotechnology-nanosciences, apart from several books, book chapters, patents and more than 330 communications to congresses. A. Villaverde founded the Open-Access journal Microbial Cell Factories, (ISSN: 1475-2859), of which he has been Editor-in-Chief from 2002 to 2016.<\/p>\n
Research interest<\/h3>\n
My activities can be summarized through two main research lines:<\/p>\n
1- Design of protein nanoparticles for cell-targeted drug delivery<\/strong>. We have evaluated peptidic ligands of cell surface tumoral markers as convenient agents of innovative antitumoral drugs and drug vehicles. The most potent identified ligand, the peptide T22, has been incorporated as targeting agent in self-assembling protein nanoparticles.<\/p>\n2- Exploitation of bacterial inclusion bodies as\u00a0in vivo<\/em>\u00a0depots for slow protein drug release<\/strong>. Bacterial inclusion bodies (IBs) are submicron functional amyloids. Recently, we have offered insights on their biomedical applicability by revealing that IBs mimic functions of the endocrine system. Many peptidic hormones are released from amyloidal reservoirs, with a structure compatible with that of IBs. By exploring further this issue we have described how tailored IBs can be implanted in animal models….<\/p>\nKey words<\/h3>\n
Biotechnology; Nanomedicine; Nanobiotechnology; Biomaterials; Recombinant proteins<\/p>\n
ORCID<\/h3>\n
0000-0002-2615-4521<\/p>\n
Resercher ID<\/h3>\n
N-3986-2018\u00a0
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La Instituci\u00f3 Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avan\u00e7ats (ICREA) va resoldre el mes de mar\u00e7 passat la convocat\u00f2ria 2018 del Programa ICREA Acad\u00e8mia, amb la concessi\u00f3 de 45 distincions amb l\u2019objectiu d\u2019impulsar i premiar l\u2019excel\u00b7l\u00e8ncia de la recerca dels professors de les universitats p\u00fabliques de Catalunya, 12 d\u2019elles per a investigadors i investigadores de la UAB. El proppassat dimarts 30 d’abril, al Palau de la Generalitat, va tenir lloc l\u2019acte de lliurament de les distincions presidit per la consellera d\u2019Empresa i Coneixement, \u00c0ngels Chac\u00f3n i amb la pres\u00e8ncia del secretari d\u2019Universitats i Recerca, Francesc Xavier Grau.<\/p>\n