Marco Consumi
University of Siena, Italy
Biography
Consumi M is a Research Scientist at University of Siena in the Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy. He received his PhD in Biomaterials from University of Trento and has studied polymers and polymer based materials for controlled release of active substances in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical field. As a Post-doctoral Fellow, he focused on understanding the correlation between the chemical composition of materials and their biological activity. He has broad expertise in synthesis, modification and characterization of polymers (naturals and synthetics) and materials for biomedical applications. Actually, he is involved in 2 EU ITN projects in bacterial infection topic to fundamentally better understand the biology, chemistry and physical properties of biofilms.
Abstract
Abstract : Novel extended-release formulation of Monascus fermented rice extract (RYR)
