Bianco

Alberto

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(+) 33 388 417088

(+) 33 388 417029

Fax 

(+) 33 388 610680

E_mail

A.Bianco@ibmc.u-strasbg.fr

Degree: CR1 -CNRS

Position: Associate Researcher

Research Interests:

- Development of carbon nanomaterials (nanotubes and fullerenes) and their use as new therapeutic vectors

- Biological applications of functionalized carbon nanotubes

- Synthesis of peptidomimetics containing fullero-amino acids as new ligands in immunotherapy

- Solid-phase organic and combinatorial chemistry of heterocyclic molecules

- Conformational characterization of solid supported molecules by HRMAS NMR spectroscopy

 

Available positions:

Any

Selection of Recent Publication (2003-2006):

Carbon nanotubes

Pantarotto, D.; Hoebeke, J.; Graff, R.; Partidos, C. D.; Briand, J.-P.; Prato, M.; Bianco, A. "Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Immunological Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Peptides" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6160-6164

Pantarotto, D.; Partidos, C. D.; Hoebeke, J.; Brown, F.; Kramer, E.; Briand, J.-P.; Muller, S.; Prato, M.; Bianco, A. "Immunization with peptide-functionalized carbon nanotubes enhances virus-specific neutralizing antibody responses" Chem. Biol. 2003, 10, 961-966

Pantarotto, D.; Briand, J.-P.; Prato, M.; Bianco, A. "Translocation of Bioactive Peptides Across Cell Membranes by Carbon Nanotubes" Chem. Commun. 2004, 16-17

Pantarotto, D.; Singh, R.; McCarthy, D.; Erhardt, M.; Briand, J.-P.; Prato, M.; Kostarelos, K.; Bianco, A. “Functionalised carbon nanotubes for plasmid DNA gene delivery” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 5242-5246

Bianco, A. “Carbon Nanotubes for the Delivery of Therapeutic Molecules” Expt. Opin. Drug Deliv. 2004, 1, 57-65

Bianco, A.; Kostarelos, K.; Partidos, C. D.; Prato, M. “Biomedical applications of functionalised carbon nanotubes” Chem. Commun. 2005, 571-577

Bianco, A.; Hoebeke, J.; Godefroy, S.; Chaloin, O.; Pantarotto, D.; Briand, J.-P.; Muller, S.; Prato, M.; Partidos, C. D. “Cationic Carbon Nanotubes Bind to CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides and Enhance Their Immunostimulatory Properties” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 58-59

Wu, W.; Wieckowski, S.; Pastorin, G.; Benincasa, M.; Klumpp, C.; Briand, J.-P.; Gennaro, R.; Prato, M.; Bianco, A. “Targeted Delivery of Amphotericin B to Cells Using Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 6358-6362

Tasis, D.; Tagmatarchis, N.; Bianco, A.; Prato M. “Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes” Chem. Rev. 2006, 106, 1105-1136

Singh, R.; Pantarotto, D.; Lacerda, L.; Pastorin G.; Klumpp, C.; Prato, M.; Bianco, A.; Kostarelos, K. “Tissue Biodistribution and Blood Clearance Rates of Intravenously Administered Carbon Nanotube Radiotracers” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2006, 103, 3357-3362

Pastorin, G.; Wu, W.; Wieckowski, S.; Kostarelos, K.; Briand, J.-P.; Prato, M.; Bianco, A. “Double functionalisation of carbon nanotubes for multimodal drug delivery” Chem. Commun. 2006, 1182-1184

 

Fullerene-based amino acids and peptides

Bianco, A.; Pantarotto, D.; Hoebeke, J.; Briand, Prato, M.; "Solid-phase synthesis and characterization of a novel fullerene-peptide derived from histone H3" Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003, 1, 4141-4143

Pantarotto, D.; Tagmatarchis, N.; Bianco, A.; Prato, M. "Synthesis and Biological Properties of Fullerene-containing Amino Acids and Peptides" MiniRev. Med. Chem. 2004, 4, 805-814

Bianco, A. “Efficient solid-phase synthesis of fullero-peptides using Merrifield strategy” Chem. Commun. 2005, 3174-3176.

 

HRMAS NMR spectroscopy

Lancelot, N.; Elbayed, K.; Raya, J.; Piotto, M.; Briand, J.-P.; Formaggio, F.; Toniolo, C.; Bianco, A. "Characterization of the 310-Helix in Model Peptides by HRMAS NMR Spectroscopy" Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 1317-1323

Rainaldi, M.; Lancelot, N.; Elbayed, K.; Raya, J.; Piotto, M.; Briand, J.-P.; Kaptein, B.; Broxterman, Q. B.; Berkessel, A.; Formaggio, F.; Toniolo, C.; Bianco, A. "Conformational analysis by HRMAS NMR spectroscopy of resin-bound homo-peptides from Ca-methyl-leucine" Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003, 1, 1835-1837

Poschalko, A.; Lancelot, N.; Marin, J.; Larras, V.; Limal, D.; Elbayed, K.; Raya, J.; Piotto, M.; Briand, J.-P.; Guichard, G.; Bianco, A. "DEUSS: a Perdeuterated Polyoxyethylene-based Resin for Improving HRMAS NMR Study of Solid-supported Molecules" Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 4532-4537

 

Courses:

International School “Nanotubes” 3-15 July 2006, Cargèse, France

Title: “Biological applications of carbon nanotubes”

Three-hour course on the applications and impact on health of carbon nanotubes

 

Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, Fullerenes, Drug Delivery, Peptidomimetics, Combinatorial Chemistry, HRMAS NMR Spectroscopy