Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase
Center for Colloid and Surface Science

Personal information

Position: Permanent Staff

Email: montis@csgi.unifi.it

Phone: 055 457-3017

Location: Florence


Fields of Interest and Expertise

Nucleolipids.

Gene Delivery Systems.

Lipid Systems as Membrane Models.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Jul 2006: Bachelor Degree in Chemistry, at the University of Florence (110 cum laude/110). Title: "Synthesis and Characterization of New Organic Gelators".

Oct 2009: Master Degree in Chemistry, at the University of Florence (110 cum laude/110). Title: "Nucleolipids-Nucleic Acids Hybrid Systems: Preparation and characterization".

2010-present: PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Florence. Title: "Nucleolipids Self-Assemblies as Gene Delivery Systems". Advisor: Prof. P. Baglioni (University of Florence).

Oct-Dec 2011: Studies at Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble (France).

Unit

Publications

Bucking the trend: understanding lipopolysaccharide structure and outer membrane dynamics in cold-adapted Pseudomonas isolated from Enigma Lake, Antarctica

- Mercogliano M. - De Chiara S. - De Nicola A. - Jacopo Cardellini - Costanza Montis - Yakimov M.M. - La Cono V. - Crisafi F. - Silipo A. - Debora Berti - Milano G. - Molinaro A. - Di Lorenzo F.
Chemical Science

Hybrid lipid-AuNP clusters as highly efficient SERS substrates for biomedical applications

- Jacopo Cardellini - Dallari C. - De Santis I. - Riccio L. - Ceni C. - Morrone A. - Calamai M. - Pavone F.S. - Credi C. - Costanza Montis - Debora Berti
Nature Communications

Parallel on-chip micropipettes enabling quantitative multiplexed characterization of vesicle mechanics and cell aggregates rheology

- Landiech S. - Elias M. - Lapèze P. - Ajiyel H. - Plancke M. - González-Bermúdez B. - Laborde A. - Mesnilgrente F. - Bourrier D. - Debora Berti - Costanza Montis - Mazenq L. - Baldo J. - Roux C. - Delarue M. - Joseph P.
APL Bioengineering

Morphology and thermal transitions of self-assembled NIPAM-DMA copolymers in aqueous media depend on copolymer composition profile

- Farias-Mancilla B. - Arianna Balestri - Zhang J. - Frielinghaus H. - Debora Berti - Costanza Montis - Destarac M. - Schubert U.S. - Guerrero-Sanchez C. - Harrisson S. - Lonetti B.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

PNIPAM-stabilized cubosomes as fusogenic delivery nanovectors for anticancer applications

- Arianna Balestri - Gibot L. - Amenitisch H. - Cervelli L. - Costanza Montis - Lonetti B. - Debora Berti
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Role of Curvature-Sensing Proteins in the Uptake of Nanoparticles with Different Mechanical Properties

- Montizaan D. - Saunders C. - Yang K. - Sasidharan S. - Maity S. - Reker-Smit C. - Stuart M.C.A. - Costanza Montis - Debora Berti - Roos W.H. - Salvati A.
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