Jacek Adam Tuszynski

Full Professor (L. 240)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center PolitoBIOMed Lab - Biomedical Engineering Lab

Profile

Research interests

Bioelectricita
Cancer chemotherapy
Microtubules
Motor proteins
Pharmacokinetics
Rational drug design
Tubulina

Scientific branch

IBIO-01/A - Bioengineering
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Skills

ERC sectors

LS1_8 - Biophysics (e.g. transport mechanisms, bioenergetics, fluorescence)
PE8_13 - Industrial bioengineering
LS7_3 - Pharmacology, pharmacogenomics, drug discovery and design, drug therapy

Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Research groups

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Supervised PhD students

  • Marco Cannariato. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
    Thesis: Molecular modeling of subcellular biological filaments: in silico approaches tailored to filament biomechanics
    Multiscale Modelling Methods in Biomechanics
    Multiscale Modelling Methods in Biomechanics
  • Carlotta Mattioda. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (37th cycle, 2022-in progress)
    Research subject: Solvent-free nanoparticles for encapsulation of water-soluble compounds for melanoma treatment
    Nanomedicine
    Bionanotechnology
    Nanomedicine
    Bionanotechnology
    Nanomedicine
    Bionanotechnology
  • Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
    Thesis: Bioinformatics and Machine Learning Approaches for Biomarker Discovery and Predictive Modelling
    Computer Science
    Computer Science
  • Marialucia Rubicondo. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
    Thesis: Design and optimization of polymeric nanoparticles for the delivery of a novel computationally designed colchicine derivative for cancer application
    Nanomedicine
    Bionanotechnology
    Nanomedicine
    Bionanotechnology

Publications

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