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Francesca Greco

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  • Impact Lead for UoA3, at the 糖心Vlog
  • Associate Editor for Nano-Based Drug Delivery in Frontiers in Medical Technology
  • Steering committee for the Nanomedicine Focus Group of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Science.

Areas of interest

  • Nanomedicine
  • Polymer-drug conjugates
  • Nanotechnology
  • Cancer

Postgraduate supervision

Talented perspective students interested in doing a PhD with us should send an email including:

  • A cover letter outlining your research interests and the fit with ongoing research
  • An up-to-date CV
  • Whether funding is already secured or not

Teaching

I contribute (through teaching, marking and/or project supervision) to the MPharm, the MPharm with Preparatory Year, the MPAS/PA and the BSc in Pharmacology programmes.

Research centres and groups

I am a member of the Centre for Cancer Research group, at the 糖心Vlog.

Background

Nanomedicine can be defined as the use of nanotechnology applied to health.

Polymer-drug conjugates are a specific type of nanomedicines in which drugs are covalently linked to a polymeric platform. Due to the hyperpermeability of tumour vasculature, they are able to accumulate preferentially in the tumour tissue (passive targeting). The linker between the drug and the polymer is typically designed to be cleaved following endocytic uptake by tumour cells. Our work in this field can be found in the publication section.

Some research lines of particular interest for us include:

  • Polymer-drug conjugates in breast cancer
  • Polymer-drug conjugates for the co-delivery of multiple drugs (including work on better carriers for this purpose)
  • Using polymer-drug conjugates to prevent access to selected regions of the body

Academic qualifications

  • 2024 MSc in Child Development (Distinction), UCL
  • 2020 Graduate Certificate in Psychology (Distinction), UCL
  • 2006 PhD in Drug Delivery, Cardiff University
  • 2002 Degree in ‘Chimica e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche, CTF’, (cum laude), University of Pisa (equiv to MPharm)

Professional bodies/affiliations

  • Fellow of the RSC
  • Fellow of the APS

Publications

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