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Judit

Tomsen Melero

PhD in Nanomedicine and Materials Science

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Department: NANOMOL-BIO

Biography

Judit Tomsen-Melero, BSc in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2016) from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and MSc in Biomedicine (2017) from the Universitat de Barcelona. She enrolled in Nanomol group (ICMAB-CSIC) to carry out her PhD thesis work. She obtained her PhD (2021) under the supervision of Dr. Nora Ventosa and Dr. Elisabet González.

 

Research interest

Judit Tomsen-Melero's research is mainly focused on the development of drug delivery systems for its use in nanomedicine field. During her PhD thesis, she has studied the use of new lipid-based nanovesicular systems functionalized with targeting-ligands to supply therapeutic enzymes through biological membranes.

University Degrees:

BSc in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2012-2016, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

MSc in Biomedicine (2016-2017, Universitat de Barcelona)

 

Doctorates:

Materials Science (2021, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona ICMAB-CSIC),

PhD programme in Materials Science from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Awards:

• FI-AGAUR predoctoral grant (Generalitat de Catalunya, 2018). • Beca de Colaboración en Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa - CSIC (MINECO, Gobierno de España, 2017). • Beca JAE-INTRO de Introducción a la Investigación (CSIC, 2016).

Scientific Highlights:

Publications

J. Tomsen-Melero, E. González-Mira, N. Segovia, J. Veciana, N. Ventosa. European Smart-4-Fabry project to develop a new nanomedicine for the treatment of Fabry disease. Rev. la Soc. Catalana Química 18, 100–110 (2019).

J. Tomsen-Melero, S. Passemard, N. García-Aranda, Z.V. Díaz-Riascos, R. González-Rioja, J. N. Pedersen, J. Lyngsø, J. Merlo-Mas, E. Cristóbal-Lecina, J.L. Corchero, D. Pulido, P. Cámara-Sánchez, I. Portnaya, I. Ionita, S. Schwartz, J. Veciana, S. Sala, M. Royo, A. Córdoba, D. Danino, J.S. Pedersen, E. González-Mira, I. Abasolo, and N. Ventosa. Impact of Chemical Composition on the Nanostructure and Biological Activity of α-Galactosidase-Loaded Nanovesicles for Fabry Disease Treatment. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13, 7825–7838 (2021).

J. Merlo-Mas, J. Tomsen-Melero, J.L. Corchero, E. González-Mira, A. Font, J.N. Pedersen, N. García- Aranda, E. Cristóbal-Lecina, M. Alcaina-Hernando, R. Mendoza, E. Garcia-Fruitós, T. Lizarraga, S. Resch, C. Schimpel, A. Falk, D. Pulido, M. Royo, S. Schwartz Jr., I. Abasolo, J. S. Pedersen, D. Danino, A. Soldevila, J. Veciana, S. Sala, N. Ventosa, and A. Córdoba. Application of Quality by Design to the robust preparation of a liposomal GLA formulation by DELOS-susp method. J. Supercrit. Fluids 173, 105204 (2021).

Patents

N. Ventosa, J. Veciana, M. Royo, J. Tomsen-Melero, I. Abasolo, S. Schwartz, J. L. Corchero Nieto, D. Pulido, E. Cristóbal-Lecina, E. González-Mira, S. Sala Vergés, A. Córdoba, J. Merlo-Mas, A. Soldevila, A. Font. Liposomes and its use for enzyme delivery. EU patent Application No 21382062.4 – 1112 (2021) Applicant/Property: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER), Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, Nanomol Technologies SL, and LeanBio SL.