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La Dr Simona Mura a obtenu ses diplômes de Pharmacie et Chimie en 2005 à l’Université de Cagliari (Italie). Elle a ensuite poursuivi un doctorat en chimie et technologie des médicaments, qu’elle a achevé en 2009. Ses recherches doctorales portaient sur l’étude de systèmes colloïdaux innovants pour l’administration topique de médicaments. Elle a poursuivi son parcours académique en rejoignant le groupe du professeur Elias Fattal à l’Institut Galien, UMR CNRS 8612, Université Paris-Sud (France). Dans le cadre de ce post-doctorat, elle a étudié la toxicité de nanoparticules biodégradables destinées à l’administration pulmonaire.
En 2011, elle a été nommée Maître de Conférences dans la même université dans le cadre du programme « Chaires CNRS-Enseignement supérieur », et a intégré l’équipe du Prof. Patrick Couvreur à l’Institut Galien Paris-Sud. En 2015, elle a été nommée professeure invitée à l’Université d’Osaka (groupe de M. Akashi) et, en 2017, elle a intégré le prestigieux Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) en tant que membre junior. Elle a obtenu son HDR (habilitation à diriger des recherches) en 2018 et, en septembre 2022, elle a été nommée Professeure des universités.
Ses travaux de recherche se situent à l’interface de la chimie, de la physico-chimie et de la biologie. Elle est co-autrice de 70 articles dans des journaux internationaux à comité de lecture, de 4 chapitres d’ouvrage et coéditrice d’un livre.
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Dr. Simona Mura completed her Pharmacy degree in 2005 at the University of Cagliari (Italy). Then, she pursued a PhD in Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, graduating in 2009. Her doctoral research focused on the design and in vitro evaluation of innovative vesicular systems for the topical delivery of drugs. She continued her academic journey by joining the research group led by Professor E. Fattal at the Institut Galien, UMR CNRS 8612, University Paris-Sud (France). In this post-doctoral position, she investigated the lung toxicity of biodegradable nanoparticles specifically designed for pulmonary drug administration.
In 2011, she was appointed Associate Professor at the same university. During the period 2011-2016, she was affiliated with the CNRS through the Chaires d’excellence program, conducting research in the team led by Professor P. Couvreur. In 2015, she has been appointed Visiting professor at the Osaka University (Group of M. Akashi) and in 2017 she integrated the prestigious Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) as a Junior member. She has been awarded her HDR (Accreditation to conduct research) in 2018 and, in September 2022, she has been appointed full Professor.
She conducts research at the interface of chemistry, physical chemistry, and biology. She is (co)author of 70 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, 4 book chapters and co-editor of 1 book.
Mots clés
Nanoparticules ; prodrogues ; délivrance contrôlée de substances actives ; couronne protéique ; modèles 3D de cancer
Nanoparticles; prodrugs ; controlled drug delivery ; protein corona ; 3D tumor models
10 publications majeures
- Li, A.; Nicolas, J.; Mura, S*. Unlocking the Potential of Hybrid Nanocomposite Hydrogels: Design, Mechanical Properties and Biomedical Performances. Advanced functional materials 2024, 35, 2409670.
- Bidan, N.; Lores, S.; Vanhecke, A.; Nicolas, V.; Domenichini, S.; López, R.; de la Fuente, M.; Mura, S. Before in vivo studies: In vitro screening of sphingomyelin nanosystems using a relevant 3D multicellular pancreatic tumor spheroid model. International journal of pharmaceutics 2022, 617, 121577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121577
- Coppens, E.; Desmaële, D.; Mougin, J., Tusseau-Nenez, S.; Couvreur, P., Mura, S*. (2021). Gemcitabine Lipid Prodrugs: The Key Role of the Lipid Moiety on the Self-Assembly into Nanoparticles. Bioconjugate chemistry 2021, 32(4), 782–793. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00051
- Lazzari, G.; Nicolas, V.; Matsusaki, M.; Akashi, M.; Couvreur, P.; Mura, S*. (). Multicellular spheroid based on a triple co-culture: A novel 3D model to mimic pancreatic tumor complexity. Acta biomaterialia 2018 78, 296–307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2018.08.008
- Sobot, D.; Mura, S.; Yesylevskyy, S.; Dalbin, L.; Cayre, F.; Bort, G.; Mougin, J.; Desmaële, D.; Lepetre-Mouelhi, S.; Pieters, G.; Andreiuk, B.; Klymchenko, A.S.; Paul, J.L.; Ramseyer, C.; Couvreur P.* Conjugation of squalene to gemcitabine as unique approach exploiting endogenous lipoproteins for drug delivery. Nat. Comm. 2017, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15678
- Sobot, D.; Mura, S.; Rouquette, M.; Vukosavljevic, B.; Cayre, F.; Buchy, E.; Pieters, G.; Garcia-Argote, S.; Windbergs, M.; Desmaële, D.; Couvreur, P.* Circulating lipoprotein: a Trojan horse guiding squalenoylated drugs to LDL-accumulating cancer cells. Mol. Therapy 2017, 25(7):1596-1605
- Cayre, F.; Mura, S.;* Andreiuk, B.; Sobot, D.; Gouazou, S.; Desmaële, D.; Klymchenko, A.S.; Couvreur, P.* In vivo FRET imaging to predict the risk associated with hepatic accumulation of squalene-based prodrug nanoparticles.Adv. Healthc. Mat. 2017, doi:10.1002/adhm.201700830
- Valetti, S.; Maione, F.; Mura, S.; Stella, B.; Desmaële, D.; Noiray, M.; Vergnaud, J.; Vauthier, C.; Cattel, L., Giraudo, E.; Couvreur, P.* Peptide-functionalized nanoparticles for selective targeting of pancreatic tumor.J. Control. Release 2014, 192, 29-39
- Mura, S.;* Zouhiri, F.; Lerondel, S.; Maksimenko, A.; Mougin, J.; Brambilla, D.; Caron, J.; Sliwinski, E.; LePape, A., Desmaële, D.; Couvreur P.* Novel isoprenoyl nanoassembled prodrug for paclitaxel delivery.Bioconjug. Chem. 2013, 24 (11), 1840-1849
- Mura, S.; Nicolas, J.; Couvreur, P.* Stimuli-Responsive Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery. Nature Mater. 2013, 12, 991
- Mura S.; Hillaireau H.; Nicolas, J.; Kerdine Romer S.; Le Droumaguet B.; Delomenie C.; Pallardy M.; Tsapis N.; Fattal E.. Biodegradable nanoparticles meet the bronchial airway barrier: how surface properties affect their potential in vitro toxicity. Biomacromolecules. 2011, 12, 11, 4136-4143
- Arnaud Peramo, Simona Mura, Semen Yesylevskyy, Bruno Cardey, Dunja Sobot, et al.. Squalene versus cholesterol: Which is the best nanocarrier for the delivery to cells of the anticancer drug gemcitabine?. Comptes Rendus. Chimie, 2018, 21 (10), pp.974-986. ⟨10.1016/j.crci.2018.02.008⟩. ⟨hal-02349745⟩
- Walhan Alshaer, Hervé Hillaireau, Juliette Vergnaud, Simona Mura, Félix Sauvage, et al.. Aptamer-guided siRNA-loaded nanomedicines for systemic gene silencing in CD-44 expressing murine triple-negative breast cancer model. Journal of Controlled Release, 2018, 271, pp.98-106. ⟨10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.12.022⟩. ⟨hal-04252728⟩
- Dario Carradori, Claudia Balducci, Francesca Re, Davide Brambilla, Benjamin Le Droumaguet, et al.. Antibody-Functionalized Polymer Nanoparticle Leading to Memory Recovery in Alzheimer's Disease-like Transgenic Mouse Model. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 2018, 14 (2), pp.609-618. ⟨10.1016/j.nano.2017.12.006⟩. ⟨hal-02323219⟩
- Christophe Ramseyer, Semen Yesylevskyy, Mariia Savenko, Simona Mura, Patrick Couvreur. Low density lipoproteins and human serum albumin as the carriers of squalenoylated drugs: insights from molecular simulations. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2018, ⟨10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00952⟩. ⟨hal-01684377⟩
- Gianpiero Lazzari, Valérie Nicolas, Michiya Matsusaki, Mitsuru Akashi, Patrick Couvreur, et al.. Multicellular spheroid based on a triple co-culture: A novel 3D model to mimic pancreatic tumor complexity.. Acta Biomaterialia, 2018, 78, pp.296-307. ⟨10.1016/j.actbio.2018.08.008⟩. ⟨hal-02093296⟩
- Semen Yesylevskyy, Christophe Ramseyer, Mariia Savenko, Simona Mura, Patrick Couvreur. Low-Density Lipoproteins and Human Serum Albumin as Carriers of Squalenoylated Drugs: Insights from Molecular Simulations. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2018, ⟨10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00952⟩. ⟨hal-04348397⟩
- Daniele Vinciguerra, Stephanie Denis, Julie Mougin, Merel Jacobs, Yohann Guillaneuf, et al.. A facile route to heterotelechelic polymer prodrug nanoparticles for imaging, drug delivery and combination therapy. Journal of Controlled Release, 2018, 286, pp.425-438. ⟨10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.08.013⟩. ⟨hal-02093423⟩
- Fanny Cayre, Simona Mura, Bohdan Andreiuk, Dunja Sobot, Sandrine Gouazou, et al.. In Vivo FRET Imaging to Predict the Risk Associated with Hepatic Accumulation of Squalene-Based Prodrug Nanoparticles.. Advanced healthcare materials, 2017, 7 (3), pp.1700830. ⟨10.1002/adhm.201700830⟩. ⟨hal-02347607⟩
- Dunja Sobot, Simona Mura, Semen O. Yesylevskyy, Laura Dalbin, Fanny Cayre, et al.. Conjugation of squalene to gemcitabine as unique approach exploiting endogenous lipoproteins for drug delivery. Nature Communications, 2017, 8, ⟨10.1038/ncomms15678⟩. ⟨hal-01666114⟩
- Gianpiero Lazzari, Patrick Couvreur, Simona Mura. Multicellular tumor spheroids: a relevant 3D model for the in vitro preclinical investigation of polymer nanomedicines. Polymer Chemistry, 2017, 8 (34), pp.4947-4969. ⟨10.1039/C7PY00559H⟩. ⟨hal-02093271⟩



