M.ANTONIA BUSQUETS VIÑAS

M.ANTONIA BUSQUETS VIÑAS

Associate professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-6232-9886
Researcher ID: H-6555-2015
Knowledge area: Química Física

Secretary of the Deparment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, and Physical Chemistry

Research group:

  • RMN de biomolècules
  • PhotoBioCat

Contact Information
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry
Avda. Joan XIII s/n
934024556
mabusquetsvinas(a)ub.edu

Academic training

Llicenciatura en Farmàcia
Especialista en Anàlisi i Control de Medicaments
Doctorat en Farmàcia

Research interests

Preparation of liposomes and drug encapsulation
Interaction studies of drugs with membrane models
Preparation and characterization of iron oxide nanoparticles for theranostic applications
Prussian blue nanoparticles: Design, synthesis and theranostic applications

Projects

Estudio del mecanismo de acción del GBV-C/HGV en sistemas lipídicos y su posible implicación en el proceso de inhibición del HIV . 2010 - 2012 . Ref.CTQ2009-13969-C02-02 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: M.Asuncion Alsina Esteller
Nanopartículas magnéticas para aplicaciones teranósticas: magnetoliposomas . 2013 - 2015 . Ref.MAT2012-36270-C04-03 . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: M.Antonia Busquets Viñas
Nanopartícules amb aplicacions teranòstiques . 2014 - 2017 . Ref.2014SGR227 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Joan Estelrich Latras
IMPROVEMENT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL LUNG INFECTIONS . 2019 - 2022 . Ref.26/U/2018 . Fundació La Marató de TV3 . PI: Julian Gonzalez Martin
RMN de biomolècules . 2017 - 2021 . Ref.2017SGR237 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Miquel Pons Valles
Laser activation of smart nanosystems for photothermal therapies of cancer cells . 2019 - 2020 . Ref.25173 . Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia de la UB. IN2UB. . PI: Juan Marcos Fernandez Pradas

Relevant publications

Castelló, J., Gallardo, M.; Busquets, M.A.; Estelrich, J. Chitosan (or alginate)-coated iron oxide nanoparticles: A comparative study. In Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. Volume 468. 2015 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.12.031
Estelrich, J; Escribano, E; Queralt, J; Busquets, MA. Iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetically guided and magnetically responsive drug delivery. In International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Volume 16. Number 4. 2015 . Institutional Repository
Busquets, M.A.; Espargaró, A.; Sabaté, R.; Estelrich, J. Magnetic Nanoparticles Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier: When Physics Rises to a Challenge. In Nanomaterials. Volume 5. 2015 . Institutional Repository
Kwasigroch. B.; Escribano, E.; Morán, M. C.; Queralt, J.; Busquets, M.A.; Estelrich, J. Oil-in-water nanoemulsions are suitable for carrying hydrophobic compounds: indomethacin as a model of anti-inflammatory drug. In International Journal of Pharmaceutics. Volume 15. Number 1-2. 2016 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2016.11.016
Antonia Busquets, Maria; Novella-Xicoy, Ariadna; Guzman, Valeria; Estelrich, Joan. Facile Synthesis of Novel Prussian Blue-Lipid Nanocomplexes. In Molecules. Volume 24. Number 22. 2019 . Institutional Repository
Estelrich, J.; Busquets, M.A. Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Photothermal Therapy. In Molecules. Volume 23. 2018 . Institutional Repository
Rodríguez-Burneo, N.; Busquets, M.A.; Estelrich, J. Magnetic nanoemulsions: comparison between nanoemulsions formed by ultrasonication and by spontaneous emulsification. In Nanomaterials. Volume 7. Number 190. 2017 . Institutional Repository
Caballero, A. B.; Espargaró, A.; Pont, C.; Busquets, M. A.; Estelrich, J.; Muñoz-Torrero, D.; Gamez, P.; Sabate, R. Bacterial inclusion bodies for anti-amyloid drug discovery: Current and future screening methods. In Current Protein & Peptide Science. 2019