Dissertation • Shaquib Rahman Ansari
- Date: 14 June 2024, 13:00–16:30
- Location: Uppsala Biomedical Centre, A1:111a
- Type: Thesis defence
- Thesis author: undefined
- DiVA
- Organiser: Institutionen för Farmaci
- Contact person: Shaquib Rahman Ansari
- Research topic: Drug development
Shaquib Rahman Ansari, PhD Student at Uppsala University's Department of Pharmacy, defends his thesis: From design to application: Iron oxide nanoparticles for imaging and therapeutics in inflammatory and infectious diseases.
In this thesis, Shaquib Rahman Ansari focus on Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), a promising advancement in nanomedicine, demonstrating remarkable potential in both diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Yet, the clinical utility of SPIONs is hindered by challenges related to scalable and reproducible manufacturing.
The primary objective of Shaquib’s thesis is to develop SPIONs tailored for imaging and therapy of inflammatory and infectious diseases through scalable manufacturing techniques.
In his thesis, Shaquib introduces systematic exploration of SPION properties and their functional performance. He has also established a scalable synthesis technique for their production, and developed novel systems for wider adaptation of SPIONs in biomedical applications.
Researcher bio
Shaquib Rahman Ansari was recruited to a PhD Student position at Uppsala University’s Drug Delivery group in 2020. Shaquib’s cv also includes an MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Copenhagen and a Bachelors in Pharmacy from Mumbai University.
Faculty examiner
Twan Lammers, Professor, RWTH Aachen University
Supervisors
Alexandra Teleki, Uppsala University
Christel Bergström, Uppsala University
Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos, University of Florida
Yvonne Perrie, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences