Mail address:
Department of Organic Chemistry, Eötvös L. University,
Budapest 112, Pf. 32. 1518
E-mail: jacopo.gomena at ttk.elte.hu, jacopo.gomena at gmail.com
Qualifications:
09/2020 - to date: Eötvös Loránd University, Doctoral School of Chemistry, Synthetic, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. PhD Student/Early Stage Researcher in the ETN MagicBullet - Reloaded, European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme – Marie Sklodovska-Curie grant agreement No. 861316
2014-2019: Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy, Single-Cycle degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology (cum laude)
03–09/2019: Karolinska Institutet, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden. Master thesis research, “Bando tesi all’estero UniMI” scholarship.
Research experience and activities:
09/2020-: PhD Student
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gábor Mező
Research topic: Development of peptide drug conjugates for the treatment of cancers causing high mortality
Mar – Sep 2019: MSc thesis work (Karolinska Institutet, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Adnane Achour, Prof. Dr. Sara Pellegrino
Thesis title: Pneumococcal serine-rich repeat protein (PsrP) and keratin ligands: a study on their interaction
Nov 2018 – Feb 2019: Research internship (Universita degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica “Alessandro Marchesini, Milano, Italy)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sara Pellegrino
Research topic: Synthesis, purification and characterization of peptides interacting with MHC class I, production of inorganic nanoparticles