Maria Manuela Gaspar
Contacts
E-mail: manuelagaspar[at]edu.ulisboa.pt
Professional networks
Curriculum
Research topics
- Drug delivery systems
- Liposomes
- Polymeric nanoparticles
- Metallic nanoparticles
- Cancer
- Melanoma
- Colon cancer
- Lung cancer
- Prostate cancer
- In vitro models
- Pre-clinical studies
- Biodistribution studies
- Cancer murine models
Biography
The areas of research of Maria Manuela Gaspar include the design, characterization, in vitro and in vivo evaluation of appropriate delivery systems, eitheir of lipid or polymeric nature, loaded with low and high molecular weight compounds, already in clinical use (aiming to improve its therapeutic index), or newly synthesized with high therapeutic potential. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of gold nanoparticles as photothermal enhancers in PTT. Establishment of infectious and cancer murine models, such as M. avium, M. tuberculosis, leishmania, MRSA, melanoma, colon cancer, for validating the therapeutic effect of developed nanoplatforms.