Vito Foderà

Vito Foderà

Lektor, Professor

Medlem af:

    ORCID: 0000-0003-2855-0568

    I am Professor of Biophysics at the Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen, Denmark leading a highly interdisciplinary research team working at the interface between physics, biology and pharmaceutical sciences.

    Team website: http://www.vitofodera.com/

    Key Scientific Interests

    • Protein and peptide self-assembly
    • Stability of protein drug formulations
    • Sustainable smart materials for drug delivery
    • Biophysics of protein-membrane interactions
    • Advanced neutron and X-ray scattering for biomolecules

    Aktuel forskning

    We use tools derived from physics and chemistry to address the complexity of nano- and micro-scale systems of biological relevance. We love working with proteins and peptides with the aim of understanding the physics laws ruling their stability, self-assembly mechanisms, and interactions with both biological interfaces and other biomolecules. We aim at translating this fundamental knowledge into novel high-impact applications, with a main focus on creating advanced materials for nano-medicine and drug delivery, improving safety of protein drug formulations and understanding the etiology of protein-related neurodegenerative diseases.

    To achieve our goals, we use theoretical frameworks in combination with experiments mainly based on UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray and neutron scattering and optical and electron microscopies. We work in close connection with both international collaborators in academia, large-scale facilities and national and international industrial entities.

    Details on our research projects can be found here.

    Postdocs

    • Samuel Lenton
    • Mai Bay Stie
    • Marco Polimeni

    PhD students

    • Kleopatra Kalouta
    • Xuedan Sun
    • Inna Brakti
    • Giorgia Puleo
    • Filippo Vitale
    • Xuezhi Zhou
    • Gabriele Lo Buglio

    Master students

    • Asmaa Mohamed
    • Haya Munzer Azrak
    • Sama Yalmaz Hassan
    • Ipak Arianpour
    • Ebru Kücükköse 
    • Mathilde Dyberg Skandov
    • Tobias Winckler-Carlsen

     

    Selected Recent Funding

    Villum Young Investigator Plus Award, 2023-2026, ~4 M DKK

    Novo Nordisk Foundation Research Project, 2024-2025 ~2 M DKK

    China Scholarship Council, PhD stipend,2022-2025, ~420,000 DKK

    Novo Nordisk A/S  Industrial PhD 2022-2025 ~2 M DKK 

    Novo Nordisk Foundation Research Project, 2021-2023 ~2 M DKK

    Villum Young Investigator Award, 2018-2025, 8.6 M DKK 

     

     

     

     

     

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