Stem Cell Derived Nano-Vesicles, A New Platform Targeting The Tumor Bed

Associate Professor and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering at the Technion, Haifa, Israel

Marcelle Machluf holds a PhD degree from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering unit of Biotechnology, Ben Gurion University Bear Sheva, in Liposomes and polymer delivery for vaccine development. Prof Machluf had a post-doctoral fellowship of five years experience in drug delivery, gene therapy and tissue engineering at the Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, US.  Professor Machluf's laboratory develops and engineers nano-drug and gene delivery systems for cancer therapy. Her lab is also engaged in developing scaffold platforms for tissue engineering of the heart, blood vessels and pancreas. Prof Machluf is one of 3 researchers who are engaged in coloration between Singapore universities and the Technion on tissue engineering. Professor Machluf has published more then 50 papers and chapters in books and has 7 patents in National Phase.