Seminario "Organic transducers for cell opto-stimulation"

DiSAT è lieta di invitarvi al seminario "Organic transducers for cell opto-stimulation" organizzato per il 13 gennaio in Aula Perucca alle 11.30 .
Il seminario sarà tenuto dal prof. Guglielmo Lanzani del Politecnico di Milano.

Photopharmacology traditionally refer to the use of photoswitchable drugs that once delivered into the organism can be switched On and Off by light, to modulate a therapeutic action. Recently, in collaboration with the group of Chiara Bertarelli in POLIMI, we developed a family of amphiphilic azobenzenes that preferentially dwells in the cell membrane. These compounds absorb light and transform it into a bio electric stimulation that in turn modulates the cell physiology. We studied their photophysics, the bio stimulation mechanism, and in collaboration with the group of Fabio Benefenati we explored their application in neurons in vitro and in vivo and recently as therapy for photoreceptor degeneration in the retina.

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Laura Fabris - Francesco Scotognella