Applied Photobiological Chemistry
(AppLightChem)
2021 SGR 01023
AppLightChem is a research group that specializes in the biomedical applications and chemical aspects of photonics.
It focuses its research and transfer activities on solar photoprotection, cancer photochemotherapy, photoantimicrobial therapies and fluorescence imaging. AppLightChem develops advanced chemical technologies for photoprotection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases with light-activated drugs.
The group is an international leader in its field and has a significant number of international and corporate collaborations.
It has been recognised by AGAUR as a Consolidated Research Group since 2021.
In this environment, AppLightChem carries out its RD and technology transfer activities on the following areas:
- Biological photochemistry
- Photofunctional molecules and nanomaterials
- New strategies in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: genetically encoded photosensitisers, peptide-photosensitiser conjugates and multi-cationic photosensitisers
- Photodynamic therapy and theragnostic applications of light
- New strategies in singlet oxygen detection using fluorescence probes
- Photoprotective solar filters
- Photoelectrochemistry of nanostructured semiconductive electrodes
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MEMBERS:
EXTERNAL COLABORATORS
Giovanni Romano, PhD
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Nelly Henry, PhD
Sorbonne Université, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie
Emilio Palomares, PhD
Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ)
Elena Reddi, PhD
Università di Padova
Karas Kadioglu, PhD
Liverpool University
Glyn Taylor, PhD
Cardiff Scintigraphics Limited (i2c)
FACILITIES
Photochemistry Laboratory
BUSINESS SOLUTION AREAS
LINKED NEWS
Theranostic Photosensitizing Agents for Phosphorescence-Guided Surgery
Self-Assembled Nanosystems for Phototheranostic Applications
Photosensitive Targeted Nanocarriers for Selective Delivery of Photodynamic Therapy
LATEST PROJECTS
Theranostic photosensitizers (Phosphorescence-guided surgery combined with photodynamic therapy)
PhotoSMS (Terapia fotodinámica en cancer)
LIGHT4LUNGS (Fotones y radicales de O2 para combatir infecciones resistentes a antibioticos)
