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Dr Anna Caprifico

Job: Lecturer in Biomedical Science

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: School of Allied Health Sciences

Address: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: +44 116 257 7699

E: anna.caprifico@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Dr Caprifico is a Lecturer in Biomedical Science within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (HLS) at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ (²ÝÁñÊÓƵ). Dr Caprifico pursued her BSc and her MSc degrees in Biology at the University of Salento in Lecce, Italy, in 2010. Subsequently, she relocated to Belgium (Bruxelles), where she served as a Research Assistant for the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in Human and Molecular Biology (IRIBHM). Following this, Dr Caprifico transitioned to the United Kingdom, where she undertook her second MSc in Biomedical Science at Aston University in Birmingham. In 2015, she commenced employment as a Scientist at Abzena Ltd. in Cambridge, contributing to the Immunology team. In 2018, Dr Caprifico embarked on a Ph.D. program in Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy at Kingston University in London, United Kingdom. where she developed chitosan nanoparticles for brain-targeted drug delivery and tested blood-brain barrier (BBB) passage.

Research group affiliations

Leicester Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation for Integrated Care (LIPIIC)

Research interests/expertise

In vitro drug screening; anti-cancer natural drugs; polymeric nanoparticles; fluorescent markers; in vitro models of diseases

Areas of teaching

Immunology, Cell Biology, Blood Transfusion

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ taught

Biomedical Science

Consultancy work

Abzena Ltd., Cambridge, UK

Current research students

Ayesa Bibi (1st supervisor)

Published patents

WO2022022874A1, Polymers and hydrogel for application with neutron intra-operative radiation therapy, UK/Italy

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