About Us

About

BIOCOCOMER is focused on the design and engineering of innovative biomolecular coacervates using peptides, proteins, polysaccharide, polyphenols and nucleic acids, as innovative tools for gene delivery in mammalian cells and plants.


The Consortium of seven Universities, three research institutes, one start-up company provides high-quality training opportunities and a mentoring environment for experienced and early career researchers.

BIOCOCOMER CONSORTIUM 

Coordinator
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI
ROMA TOR VERGATA
Lead PI

email:francesca.cavalieri@uniroma2.it Web: web.uniroma2.it/en

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA Lead PI Margherita Morpurgo
Margherita Morpurgo

Email:margherita.morpurgo@unipd.it Web: https://www.unipd.it/en/

INNO-SOL
Lead PI Gaetano Barbato
Gaetano Barbato

Email:gaetano.barbato@inno-sol.it Web: https://www.inno-sol.it/

UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO
Lead PI Verónica Salgueiriño
Verónica Salgueiriño

Email:vsalgue@uvigo.gal
Web: https://www.uvigo.gal/en

INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Lead Pi Manuel Banobre

Email:manuel.banobre@inl.int
Web: https://inl.int/

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (UOM)
Lead Pi Frank Caruso

Email: fcaruso@unimelb.edu.au
Web: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/

CENTRO DE INGENIERIA GENETICA Y BIOTECNOLOGIA (CIGB)
Lead PI Hilda Elisa Garay Perez

Email:hilda.garay@cigb.edu.cu
Web: https://www.cigb.edu.cu/en/home/

GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Lead PI
Chan-Jin Kim

Email:chanjink@gnu.ac.kr
Web: https://www.gnu.ac.kr/eng/main.do

ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY*RMIT UNIVERSITY, Lead PI Nitin Mantri

Email: nitin.mantri@rmit.edu.au
Web: https://www.rmit.edu.au/

LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR POLYMERFORSCHUNG DRESDEN EV Lead PI Quinn Besford

Email:besford@ipfdd.de
Web: https://www.ipfdd.de/de/home/

UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURG, Lead PI Marco Lattuada

Email: marco.lattuada@unifr.ch
Web: https://www.unifr.ch/