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School of the Biological Sciences

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Ioanna Mela's research focuses on DNA nanotechnology and how it can be used to deliver antimicrobial drugs directly to bacterial targets, and in that way, potentiate their action. 

 

Research Areas


Antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial drug delivery 
DNA nanotechnology
Aptamers
Bacterial receptors

Techniques


High-speed atomic force microscopy
Super-resolution microscopy
Correlative atomic force microscopy
DNA nanotechnology
 
 

Areas for Collaboration


Aptamer selection
Bacterial imaging
Microbiology
 
 

 

Research Theme