CatiaOrnelasLab is a Chemistry research laboratory leaded by Prof. Catia Ornelas. Our main focus is the development of nanomaterials for drug and gene delivery. We also have expertise in developing biosensors and supported catalysts.
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Our goal
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News and Views
February 2020
Samile B. Aguiar joined CatiaOrnelasLab as a Master Student with a CAPES scholarship. WELCOME!
January 2020
Our work "Synthesis, Characterization, and Anticancer Activity of Folate-Ferrocenyl Conjugates" was invited to be featured as an Outside COVER at the New Journal of Chemistry!
November 2019
PhD Student Ana Maria G. Porras successfully defended her PhD Thesis! Congrats Dr. Ana!!
July 2019
Prof. Catia Ornelas and PhD Student Ana Maria G. Porras participated of the 11th International Dendrimer Symposium (11th IDS) that took place at Madeira Island, Portugal.
May 2019
Prof. Catia Ornelas was awarded the first Alumini Award by the University of Madeira - Portugal.
August 2018
Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Carolyne B. Braga presented our work research at the ACS Meeting in Boston - USA entitled "Biodegradable Acetalated Dextran Nanoparticles for Controlled Delivery of Therapeutic Agents in Tumor Tissues".
PhD Student Diego L. Bertuzzi presented our work research at the ACS Meeting in Boston - USA and was on the 2019 Fall Best Poster Award Winners!! Well done Diego!
April 2018
CatiaOrnelasLab was awarded a grant from the Sao Paulo Research Foundation -FAPESP for the development of new nanomaterials for nanomedicine applications.
March 2018
Prof. Catia Ornelas co-organized the Symposium for Pan-American Science (PanPoly II), which took place in New Orleans on March 18th-23nd, within the 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting. This symposium was co-organized by ACS Brazil Chapter and ACS PMSE division to promote an awareness and collaboration between researchers in North and South America in the area of polymer science.
November 2017
Prof. Catia Ornelas organized the first ACS Chemistry in Brazil, at the Institute of Chemistry - Unicamp, on November 23rd 2017, at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Campinas, SP, Brazil. The event counted with forty volunteers to present nine simple chemical experiments that were performed non-stop during the Festival to a total of 700 kids (ages from 6 to 17 years old). Most members of our research group worked as volunters in the Festival. The event was featured in the local news.
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October 2017
Undergraduate student Caroline Rocha Vaz joined the Group!
August 2017
PhD Student Ana Maria Garzon Porras joined the Group!
July 2017
Undergraduate student Gabriel Perli joined the Group!
March 2017
Prof. Catia Ornelas co-organized and hosted the first Pan-American Polymer Science Conference - PanPoly, which took place in Guarujá, SP, Brazil, on March 22nd-24th. This conference was co-organized by ACS Brazil Chapter and ACS PMSE division to promote an awareness and collaboration between researchers in North and South America in the area of polymer science.
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September 2016
Prof. Catia Ornelas and PhD students Tiago Becher and Diego Bertuzzi presented their research work at the XV Brazil MRS meeting, in Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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August 2016
Prof. Catia Ornelas and PhD students Tiago Becher and Diego Bertuzzi presented their research work at the 252nd American Chemical Society Meeting, in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Master Student Miguel D. Ramos Jr. joined the Group!
June 2016
Prof. Catia Ornelas was invited by Prof. Donald Tomalia to give a talk at the Dendrimer Session, on the CLINAM Congress (Clinical Nanomedicine and Targeted Medicine), organized by the European Foundation for Clinicam Nanomedicine, in Basel, Switzerland, on June 26-29th.
Prof. Catia Ornelas presided the event "Biomass Resources for a Better Life", the ACS Brazil Chapter Launching Event, that occured at the EMBRAPA headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil (June 3rd, 2016).
May 2016
Prof. Catia Ornelas gave an invited talk at the Faculty of medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada,
entitled "Hydrogels et Dendrimères pour des Applications en Nanomédicine" (May 20th 2016).
April 2016
Prof. Catia Ornelas gave an invited talk at Brunel University in London, UK entitled "Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery, sensing and catalysis" (April 18-20th, 2016).
January 2016
Catia Ornelas' article "Brief Timelapse on Dendrimer Chemistry: Advances, Limitations, and Expectations" was highlighted in Materialsviews.com.
http://www.materialsviews.com/dendrimers-time-meet-expectations/
CatiaOrnelasLab was awarded a grant from FAPESP for the development of new well-defined multifunctional dendrimers for nanomedicine applications.
December 2015
Prof. Catia Ornelas participated of the International Chapters Summit as the Chair of the ACS Brazilian Chapter, which took place in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (December 13-15th).
Prof. Catia Ornelas gave a seminar at the University of Talca - Chile about the research work developed by her group, in the event "IV Jornadas Trinacionales de Investigacion" (December 3-4th).
August 2015
Student Diego Bertuzzi was awarded a PhD scholarship from FAPESP.
May 2015
Prof. Catia Ornelas organized and hosted the ACS Brazilian Chapter Pre-Launching Event:
Workshop New trends in Chemistry
ACS pre-launching event_2015_Agenda_promotion.pdf
Our group was involved in the organization of the ACS on campus event at UNICAMP.
February 2015
Prof. Catia Ornelas was the recipient of a Productivity Award from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPQ).
Master student Diego Luan Bertuzzi joined the group to work in the development of new biosensors.
November 2014
CatiaOrnelasLab was awarded a grant from CNPQ for the development of new biosensors.
PhD student Denio Souto joined the group to work in the synthesis of new biosensors, in a colaborative work Kubota's research group.
Undergraduate student Miguel Ramos Jr. joined the group.
July 2014
CatiaOrnelasLab was awarded a grant from FAEPEX for the development of new nanosystems for drug delivery.
May 2014
Prof. Catia Ornelas gave a seminar at the Institute of Chemistry - UNICAMP, about the research work developed by her group.
"Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery, Imaging and Catalysis", May 15th 2014.
Prof. Catia Ornelas gave a talk to freshman Chemistry students about Academic careers.
"Options for Chemistry Students: Academic career", May 13th 2014.
April 2014
Undergraduate student Matheus Guide joined the group.
February 2014
CatiaOrnelasLab was awarded a grant from FAPESP for the development of new nanosystems for drug delivery.
January 2014
September 2013
Tiago Becher joined the group with a PhD scholarship from CAPES.
June 2013
CatiaOrnelasLab was awarded a grant from FAEPEX.