Dr Sonia Contera

Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Nanotechnology

RCUK Fellow in Biological Physics and Nanomedicine

Linking biological physics with bio/medicine using nanoscience.

- Nanophysics for medicine, (drug-delivery, nanocomposites for tissue engineering, biosensing).
- Physics in biology at the nanoscale (cell mechanical properties, single molecule nanomechanics, membrane protein biophysics, DNA nanomechanics, molecular motors, membrane biophysics)
- Molecular forces in biology, physicochemical interactions at bionano-interfaces, nanostructure/biomolecule/cells interactions
- High-resolution/high-speed/ atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning probe microscopy in biology, mechanical properties mapping.
- Force spectroscopy
- Interfaces: nanostructured surfaces/liquid-solid interfaces, nano-bio interfaces.

Categories: Health & Medicine