Contact

Margo De Velder
Laboratory for General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy
Ghent University
Ottergemsesteenweg 460
9000 Gent
Belgium
Tel: 0032 9 264 8047 (secretary)

E-mail: Margo.DeVelder@ugent.be

Biography

Margo De Velder started her Bachelor in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ghent University in 2017, and obtained her master’s degree in Drug Development in 2022 with great distinction. She performed her master’s thesis in 2021 at the Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy (FFW, Ghent University) with the title: ‘Predicting the fate of intravenously injected liposomes in vivo: exploiting an ex vivo whole blood uptake assay for innate immune cell interactions’ under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Apr. Stefaan De Smedt. In October 2022, Margo started her PhD at the laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy. In November 2022, she obtained a PhD fellowship of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). During her PhD, Margo assists practical exercises of Physical Pharmacy.

Research interests

Nanotechnology, cancer therapy, immunology, tumor microenvironment, mRNA, non-viral gene delivery

Summary of Research Project(s)

‘Exploring and advancing mRNA lipid nanoparticles for the in situ generation of CAR-Ms’, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Apr. Stefaan De Smedt and Dr. Ine Lentacker.