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MICROFLUIDICS AS A TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM FOR NANO & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Grant number: 18/19537-8
Support Opportunities:Regular Research Grants
Duration: February 01, 2019 - November 30, 2021
Field of knowledge:Engineering - Chemical Engineering
Principal Investigator:Lucimara Gaziola de la Torre
Grantee:Lucimara Gaziola de la Torre
Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Química (FEQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
Associated researchers:Antonio Augusto Malfatti Gasperini ; Thiago Bezerra Taketa

Abstract

This research project encompasses the activities of the Laboratory of Nano&Biotechnology for Advanced Developments (LaNBDA), under coordination of the responsible researcher of this project. The research activities are targeted to the microfluidics area, which is the science and technology that allow manipulation of microscale devices and handles small amounts of fluids that flow in artificial microsystems fabricated by using specific materials. Under such flow characteristics, it is possible to control molecules in space and time with reproducibility, enabling many applications. Among different applications we highlight nanotechnology and biotechnology. In the field of nanotechnology, microfluidics can be applied for the synthesis of nanomaterials, as liposomes and polymeric nanoparticles, mainly for gene delivery therapy. This therapy is based on the idea to carry out the treatment of diseases through the insertion of a therapeutic gene to target cells or patients. In the biotechnological field, a current microfluidic application is the evaluation of cellular behavior for drug screening and for mimicking skin. Despite the great research trend, the development of monitoring sensors in microfluidic devices is still a challenge. In this sense, this research project presents 8 LaNBDA's subprojects, inserted in two main research lines: (i) Microfluidics and Nanobiotechnology for the synthesis of STEALTH liposomes with specific targeting for gene delivery (subproject I) and new microfluidic methods based on chaotic advection for liposomes synthesis (subproject II); polymeric nanoparticles for nucleic acid delivery (subproject III); sustained delivery systems for liposomes delivery (subproject VI); microbubbles for specific targeting (subproject V); (ii) Microfluidics and Biotechnology for the development of drug screening techniques (subproject VI), development of in vitro models to mimic skin (subproject VII) and development of optical instrumentation for bioprocess monitoring (subproject VIII). These subprojects have the national collaboration with Professors Sang Won Han - Centro de Terapia Celular e Molecular (CTCMol) - Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Hernandes Faustino de Carvalho and Marcelo Bispo de Jesus from Biology Institute and Eric Fujiwara from School of Mechanical Engineering, all from University of Campinas and Dr. Renato de Sousa Lima from CNPEM. The international collaborators are Professor Patrick Tabeling who coordinates the Microfluidics, MEMS, Nanostructures (MMN) Laboratory from École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI) (Paris/France) and Professor Nicolas Szita from University College London - UK, specialist in microfluidics applied to bioprocesses. Therefore, this project aims to contribute in the field of (i) microfluidics applied to nanobiotechnology, more specifically for gene therapy applications, developing new processes for the synthesis of nanostructured vehicles for nucleic acid delivery and (ii) microfluidics applied to biotechnology to develop microfluidic devices for biotechnological process evaluation, as drug screening and assemble of in vitro models that mimic skin. It is also expected to qualify human resources in these respective areas. (AU)

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Scientific publications (10)
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
CARVALHO, BRUNA G.; GARCIA, BIANCA B. M.; MALFATTI-GASPERINI, ANTONIO A.; HAN, SANG W.; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA G.. Hybrid polymer/lipid vesicle synthesis: Association between cationic liposomes and lipoplexes with chondroitin sulfate. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, v. 210, . (15/20206-8, 18/18523-3, 18/19537-8)
DE CARVALHO, BRUNA GREGATTI; TAKETA, THIAGO BEZERRA; MORENO GARCIA, BIANCA BONETTO; HAN, SANG WON; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA GAZIOLA. Hybrid microgels produced via droplet microfluidics for sustainable delivery of hydrophobic and hydrophilic model nanocarriers. Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications, v. 118, . (18/19537-8, 15/20206-8, 18/18523-3)
CINEL, VICTOR DAL POSOLO; TAKETA, THIAGO BEZERRA; DE CARVALHO, BRUNA GREGATTI; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA GAZIOLA; DE MELLO, LUCAS RODRIGUES; DA SILVA, EMERSON RODRIGO; HAN, SANG WON. Microfluidic encapsulation of nanoparticles in alginate microgels gelled via competitive ligand exchange crosslinking. Biopolymers, v. 112, n. 7, . (18/19537-8, 18/18523-3, 19/19719-1, 18/06635-1, 15/20206-8)
FIRMINO, PRISCILLA C. O. S.; VIANNA, SAVIO S. V.; DA COSTA, OHANNA M. M. M.; MALFATTI-GASPERINI, ANTONIO A.; GOBBI, ANGELO L.; LIMA, RENATO S.; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA G.. 3D micromixer for nanoliposome synthesis: a promising advance in high mass productivity. LAB ON A CHIP, v. 21, n. 15, p. 2971-2985, . (18/19537-8)
RODRIGUES COSTA, ANA LETICIA; WILLERTH, STEPHANIE M.; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA GAZIOLA; HAN, SANG WON. Trends in hydrogel-based encapsulation technologies for advanced cell therapies applied to limb ischemia. MATERIALS TODAY BIO, v. 13, p. 19-pg., . (18/06635-1, 18/19537-8, 20/02313-0, 15/20206-8)
BIANCHI, JHONATAN RAFAEL DE OLIVEIRA; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA GAZIOLA; COSTA, ANA LETICIA RODRIGUES. Droplet-Based Microfluidics as a Platform to Design Food-Grade Delivery Systems Based on the Entrapped Compound Type. FOODS, v. 12, n. 18, p. 26-pg., . (18/19537-8)
ES, ISMAIL; MALFATTI-GASPERINI, ANTONIO A.; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA GAZIOLA. The diffusion-driven microfluidic process to manufacture lipid-based nanotherapeutics with stealth properties for siRNA delivery. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, v. 215, p. 11-pg., . (15/14468-0, 18/19537-8)
CARVALHO, BRUNA G.; VIT, FRANCIELE F.; CARVALHO, HERNANDES F.; HAN, SANG W.; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA G.. Layer-by-Layer Biomimetic Microgels for 3D Cell Culture and Nonviral Gene Delivery. Biomacromolecules, . (18/18523-3, 15/20206-8, 18/19537-8, 17/20341-8)
CARVALHO, BRUNA G.; CECCATO, BRUNO T.; MICHELON, MARIANO; HAN, SANG W.; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA G.. dvanced Microfluidic Technologies for Lipid Nano-Microsystems from Synthesis to Biological Applicatio. HARMACEUTIC, v. 14, n. 1, . (15/20206-8, 18/18523-3, 18/19537-8)
CARVALHO, BRUNA G.; VIT, FRANCIELE F.; CARVALHO, HERNANDES F.; HAN, SANG W.; DE LA TORRE, LUCIMARA G.. Recent advances in co-delivery nanosystems for synergistic action in cancer treatment. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B, v. 9, n. 5, p. 1208-1237, . (18/18523-3, 18/19537-8, 15/20206-8)

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Filed patent(s) as a result of this research project

DISPOSITIVO E MÉTODO PARA FORMAÇÃO DE TOPOGRAFIA MIMETIZANDO TECIDO BIOLÓGICO BR1020190216867 - Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM) ; Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) . Naiara Godoi ; Lucimara Gaziola De La Torre ; Franciele Flores Vit ; Hernandes Faustino De Carvalho ; Rony Nunes ; Angelo Luiz Gobbi ; Rui César Murer - October 2019, 15