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

phone: +41 61 71034

email: michaljerzy.skowicki@unibas.ch

Novel Cancer-Targeted Nanoparticles (Nano Argovia program)

Professional Experience

10.2011 – 06.2020
Łukasiewicz Research Network – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development
Senior Process Engineer - 07.2018 – 06.2020
Process Engineer - 01.2018 – 06.2018
Research Assistant - 10.2011 – 12.2017

 
01.07 – 29.07.2010
Apprenticeship –
Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw,
Department of Biology of Pathogens and Immunology,
Wroclaw, Poland

Education

2011-2016
PhD studies:
Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

2012-2013
Postgraduate studies:
Research and Development Manager at the Higher School of Economy and Innovation in Lublin, Poland

2009–2011
M.Sc. studies:
Biotechnology at University of Wroclaw, Department of Biophysics, specialty: molecular microbiology, Poland

2006–2009
Undergraduate studies:
Biotechnology at University of Wroclaw, Poland    

Advancing the Design of Artificial Nano-organelles for Targeted Cellular Detoxification of Reactive Oxygen Species [link]
V. Maffeis, M. Skowicki, K. M. P. Wolf, M. Chami, C.-A. Schoenenberger, V. Vogel, C. G. Palivan
Nano Letters 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03888

Peptide nanocarriers co-delivering an antisense oligonucleotide and photosensitizer elicit synergistic cytotoxicity [link]
S. Tarvirdipour, M. Skowicki, V. Maffeis, S. N. Abdollahi, C.-A. Schoenenberger, C. G. Palivan
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.03.021

FAP Targeting of Photosensitizer-Loaded Polymersomes for Increased Light-Activated Cell Killing [link]
M. Skowicki, D. Hürlimann, S. Tarvirdipour, M. Kyropoulou, C.-A. Schoenenberger, S. Gerber-Lemaire, C. G. Palivan
Biomacromolecules 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00943

Clusters of polymersomes and Janus nanoparticles hierarchically self-organized and controlled by DNA hybridization [link]
V. Mihali, M. Skowicki, D. Messmer, and C. G. Palivan
Nano Today 2023, 48, 101741, DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2022.101741

Cell-derived Vesicles with Increased Stability and On-Demand Functionality by Equipping their Membrane with a Cross-linkable Copolymer [link]
X. Huang, D. Hürlimann, H. T. Spanke, D. Wu, M. Skowicki, I. A. Dinu, E. R. Dufresne, C. G. Palivan
Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202202100

A self-assembling peptidic platform to boost the cellular uptake and nuclear delivery of oligonucleotides [link]
S.Tarvirdipour,M. Skowicki, C.-A. Schoenenberger, L. E. Kapinos, R. Y. H. Lim, Y. Benenson, C. G. Palivan
Biomater. Sci. 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2BM00826B

Peptide-Assisted Nucleic Acid Delivery Systems on the Rise [link]
S. Tarvirdipour, M. Skowicki, C-A. Schoenenberger, C. G. Palivan
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(16), pp. 9092- 9122. DOI: 10.3390/ijms22169092