NICOTRA FRANCESCO
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Biography
Career
2021- Emeritus Professor
2013-2018 Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Milano-Bicocca
2016- Scientific Director of the Foundation European Centre for Nanomedicine (CEN)
2009-2012 Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca
2002-2008 Head of the Departemt of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca
2000 Full professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca
1987 Associated professor, University of Milano
1985 Postdoctoral research associate, Prof. Pierre Sinay at University of Orleans
1981 Assistant professor, University of Milano
1973 Laurea "cum lode" University of Catania
Awards and Medals
Award for innovation in research of the Italian Chemical Society, 2011
Medal Berti for Research in Carbohydrate Chemistry, 2012
Medal Quilico of the Division of Organic Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society, 2015
International appointments
2018-2019 President of the IUPAC Division of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
2015-2018 Vice-President of the IUPAC Division of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
2006-2015 Chairman del subcommittee of Biotechnology of IUPAC
2011- Titular Member of the IUPAC Division of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
2002- Italian representative in the International Carbohydrate Organisation and in the European Carbohydrate Organisation
2002-2008 President of the Carbohydrate Group of the Italian Chemical Society
Publications
Cadamuro, F., Sampaolesi, S., Bertolini, G., Roz, L., Nicotra, F., Russo, L. (2023). Click Chemistry Protocol for 3D Bioprintable Elastin−Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels. CHEMNANOMAT, 9(2 (February 2023)) [10.1002/cnma.202200508]. Detail
Melder, R., Naso, F., Nicotra, F., Russo, L., Vesely, I., Tuladhar, S., et al. (2023). Preventing extrinsic mechanisms of bioprosthetic degeneration using polyphenols. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY, 63(4) [10.1093/ejcts/ezac583]. Detail
Russo, L., Nicotra, F. (2023). Carbohydrates in Tissue Engineering. In R. Adamo, L. Lay (a cura di), Carbohydrate‐Based Therapeutics (pp. 223-243). Hoboken : Wiley-VCH GmbH [10.1002/9783527831326.ch8]. Detail
Cadamuro, F., Ardenti, V., Nicotra, F., Russo, L. (2023). Alginate–Gelatin Self-Healing Hydrogel Produced via Static–Dynamic Crosslinking. MOLECULES, 28(6) [10.3390/molecules28062851]. Detail
Cadamuro, F., Nicotra, F., Russo, L. (2023). 3D printed tissue models: From hydrogels to biomedical applications. JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 354, 726-745 [10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.01.048]. Detail
Research projects
Awards
Awards
- Medaglia Quilico, Divisione di Chimica Organica della Società Chimica Italiana, 2015
- Medaglia Berti, società chimica italiana, 2012
- premio per l'innovazione, divisione di chimica organica della società chimica italiana, 2011
Congresses/Conferences
- Program chair - 29th International Carbohydrate Symposium (ICS 2018),(Brasile), 2014
- Program chair - 16th International Biotechnology Symposium, Forteleza, Brazil, September 2014, CoChair, 2014
- Program chair - 15th European, Carbohydrate Symposium, Sorrento, July 2011 (Co-Chair), 2011
- Program chair - 14th International Biotechnology Symposium, Rimini, September 2010 (Co-Chair), 2010
- Program chair - 13th International Biotechnology Symposium, Dalian, China, October, 2008 (Co-Chair), 2008
- Program chair - CHEMBIOTECH2007 at 41st IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Torino August 2007 (Chair), 2007
- Program chair - 2nd Euroconference on Carbohydrates in Drug Research, Sintra, Portugal, September 2000 (Chair), 2000
- Program chair - 1st Euroconference on Carbohydrates in Drug Research, Stintino, September 1999 (Chair), 1999