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María José Alonso enters the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium as a Foreign Member

María José Alonso, Professor of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), has entered the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium (ARMB) as Foreign Member. This is a new recognition of the outstanding career of Professor Alonso by international scientific institutions.

María José Alonso receives the Burdinola Research Award

María José Alonso, Professor of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), has been recognized with the Burdinola Research Award, which has highlighted her outstanding work in the field of personalized and regenerative biomedicine in relation to nanomaterials and nanoparticles.

María José Alonso, recognized with the Honorific Award for Excellence in Scientific Research of the AstraZeneca Foundation

The Honorific Award has been awarded since 2017 to clinical researchers with a proven career in biomedical research and who have contributed to the generation of knowledge and advances in their specialty and to the training of new researchers.

Libera Bio receives the Bioga Award for the Best Biotech Business Idea 2020

Libera Bio is a spin-off of the Maria Jose Alonso’s lab at the University of Santiago de Compostela that develops anticancer drugs based on nanotechnology. The goal of its project is to address "undruggable" oncology targets by delivering whole antibodies inside the tumor and metastatic cells.

Engineering Anisotropic Meniscus: Zonal Functionality and Spatiotemporal Drug Delivery

The authors acknowledge the original source of publication. Final publication is available from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.teb.2020.0096

Get free access to our latest paper: “Laser-induced transient skin disruption to enhance cutaneous drug delivery”

Free access until November 07 to this article published in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics.

María José Alonso receives the prestigious ‘Medal of Merit in Research and Education’ granted by the Government of Spain

María José Alonso’s lab has pioneered numerous discoveries in the field of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine. Her research is focused on designing novel nanostructured materials intended to transport drugs and antigens across biological barriers and deliver them to the target tissue, with the final goal of producing innovative nanomedicines and vaccines

Our latest paper, published in Frontiers in Immunology: “Arginine-Based Poly(I:C)-Loaded Nanocomplexes for the Polarization of Macrophages Toward M1-Antitumoral Effectors”

Publication: Dacoba TG, Anfray C, Mainini F, Allavena P, Alonso MJ, Torres Andón F and Crecente-Campo J (2020) Arginine-Based Poly(I:C)-Loaded Nanocomplexes for the Polarization of Macrophages Toward M1-Antitumoral Effectors. Front. Immunol. 11:1412. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01412

María José Alonso receives the prestigious ‘Distinguished Service Award’ and the ‘Women in Science Award’ of Controlled Release Society (CRS)

These are new recognitions of the outstanding career of Professor Alonso by international scientific institutions, after her election to the US National Academy of Medicine, to the prestigious College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) and to the CRS College of Fellows. Alonso also received the “CRS Founders Award” granted by this scientific organization in 2018

Polyaminoacid-based nanocarriers: a review of the latest candidates for oral drug delivery

In this review, we present an update of the current approaches and strategies carried out in the design of nanosystems and penetration-enhancing oral delivery strategies based on polyaminoacids.