Department of Chemistry
University of Basel
Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR-1096
4058 Basel, Switzerland

phone: +41 61 207 57 89
email: arianna.balestri@clutterunibas.ch

Compartmentalization of enzymatic cascade reactions in polymeric assemblies

October 2023 – Present: Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Chemistry (University of Basel, Switzerland).

November 2022 – September 2023: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Colloid and Surface Science (CSGI)

(University of Florence, Italy).

November 2019 – October 2023: PhD in Chemical Sciences (Curr. Chemistry) at the Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” 

(University of Florence, Italy)

September 2017 – July 2019: M.Sc. in Chemical Sciences (Curr. Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanomaterial Science)

(University of Florence, Italy).

September 2014 – October 2017: B.Sc. in Chemical Sciences (Curr. Chemical Sciences) (University of Florence, Italy).

PNIPAM-stabilized Cubosomes as Fusogenic Delivery Nanovectors for Anticancer Applications [link]
A. Balestri, L. Gibot, H. Amenitish, L. Cervelli, C. Montis, B. Lonetti, D. Berti
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2023, 231, 113532, DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113532

Gold and silver nanoparticles as tools to combat multidrug-resistant pathogens [link]
A. Balestri, J. Cardellini, D. Berti
Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2023, 66, 101710, DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2023.101710

Thermo-responsive lipophilic NIPAM-based block copolymers as stabilizers for lipid-based cubic nanoparticles [link]
A. Balestri, B. Lonetti, S. Harrisson, B. Farias-Mancilla, J. Zhang, H. Amenitish, U. S. Schubert, C. Guerrero-Sanchez, C. Montis, D. Berti
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2022, 220, 112884, DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112884

Organized Hybrid Molecular Films from Natural Phospholipids and Synthetic Block Copolymers: A Physicochemical Investigation [link]
A. Balestri, L. Chiappisi, C. Montis, S. Micciulla, B. Lonetti, D. Berti
Langmuir, 2020, 36(37), 10941, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01544