Alberto Bianco

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Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 58, Issue 16 p. 5166-5166 Author ProfileFree Access Alberto Bianco First published: 05 December 2018 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201812949Citations: 2AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract “I am waiting for the day when someone will discover the origin of life. If I could be a piece of lab equipment, I would be an NMR spectrometer …” Find out more about Alberto Bianco in his Author Profile. Alberto Bianco The author presented on this page has recently published his 10th article in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years: “Degradation of Single-Layer and Few-Layer Graphene by Neutrophil Myeloperoxidase”: R. Kurapati, S. P. Mukherjee, C. Martín, G. Bepete, E. Vázquez, A. Pénicaud, B. Fadeel, A. Bianco, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11722; Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 11896. The work of A. Bianco has been featured on the inside cover of Angewandte Chemie: “Asbestos-like Pathogenicity of Long Carbon Nanotubes Alleviated by Chemical Functionalization”: H. Ali-Boucetta, A. Nunes, R. Sainz, M. A. Herrero, T. Tian, M. Prato, A. Bianco, K. Kostarelos, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2274; Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 2330. Date of birth: February 5, 1967 Position: CNRS Directeur de Recherche, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg E-mail: a.bianco@ibmc-cnrs.unistra.fr Homepage: http://www-ibmc.u-strasbg.fr/spip-ict/rubrique8.html?lang=fr ORCID: 0000-0002-1090-296X Education: 1992 Laurea (master's degree) in chemistry, University of Padova 1996 PhD with Claudio Toniolo, University of Padova 1996–1997 Postdoctoral position with Günther Jung, University of Tübingen 1997–1998 Postdoctoral position with Gianfranco Scorrano, University of Padova 1998–2001 Postdoctoral position with Jean-Paul Briand, CNRS Strasbourg Awards: 1996 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship; 2011 CNRS Award for Scientific Excellence; 2017 elected to the European Academy of Sciences Current research interests: Multifunctional carbon and 2D materials for biomedical applications, drug delivery, imaging, biodegradation, impact of nanomaterials on health Hobbies: Music, books, skiing, diving I am waiting for the day when someone will discover the origin of life. If I could be a piece of lab equipment, I would be an NMR spectrometer. The natural talents I would like to be gifted with are a faster intuition and a bigger imagination When I was eighteen I wanted to be (already) a chemist. If I could be described as an animal it would be an eagle. Chemistry is fun because it has a lot of surprises. My favorite drink is red wine. I advise my students to be curious and highly motivated. My favorite way to spend a holiday is to travel to new places and be disconnected from the web. The secret of being a successful scientist is to be curious, perseverant, and find always new challenges. If I had one year of paid leave I would visit as many new countries as possible with my family. The principal aspect of my personality is perseverance. My favorite painter is Giotto. My favorite musician is Vasco Rossi. My 5 top papers: 1“Translocation of bioactive peptides across cell membranes by carbon nanotubes”: D. Pantarotto, J.-P. Briand, M. Prato, A. Bianco, Chem. Commun. 2004, 16. (Discovery that functionalized carbon nanotubes are able to penetrate into mammalian cells.) 2“Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Plasmid DNA Gene Delivery”: D. Pantarotto, R. Singh, D. McCarthy, M. Erhardt, J.-P. Briand, M. Prato, K. Kostarelos, A. Bianco, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 5242; Angew. Chem. 2004, 116, 5354. (Demonstration that carbon nanotubes can carry biomolecules into mammalian cells.) 3“Functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes as ultrasound contrast agents”: L. G. Delogu et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 2012, 109, 16612. (Carbon nanotubes can be tracked in a body by ultrasonography and can be further developed as new diagnostic tools.) 4“Degradation-by-design: Surface modification with functional substrates that enhance the enzymatic degradation of carbon nanotubes”: A. R. Sureshbabu, R. Kurapati, J. Russier, C. Ménard-Moyon, I. Bartolini, M. Meneghetti, K. Kostarelos, A. Bianco, Biomaterials 2015, 72, 20. (Chemical functionalization enhances the biodegradability of carbon nanomaterials.) 5“Few-Layer Graphene Kills Selectively Tumor Cells from Myelomonocytic Leukemia Patients”: J. Russier, V. Léon, M. Orecchioni, E. Hirata, P. Virdis, C. Fozza, F. Sgarrella, M. Prato, E. Vazquez, A. Bianco, L. G. Delogu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3014; Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 3060. (Few-layer graphene has anticancer properties.) Citing Literature Volume58, Issue16April 8, 2019Pages 5166-5166 ReferencesRelatedInformation