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Vincenzo Taresco

乐播传媒 Research Fellow, Faculty of Science

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Biography

Vincenzo Taresco is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemistry at the 乐播传媒 (UoN). He earned his PhD in polymer chemistry from Sapienza University of Rome in 2014. Vincenzo began his postdoctoral research in the School of Pharmacy at UoN and became a senior research officer (group leader) in the School of Chemistry, also in UoN, in 2019. By the end of 2022, he received the prestigious 乐播传媒 Research Fellowship. His research group focuses on creating sustainable, functionalised, and multi-responsive polymeric devices by integrating bio-renewable moieties into polymer backbones. He published over 120 scientific articles.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE DETAILS

2025- to date: Assistant Professor

2023-2024: Visiting Lecturer University of York

2022-2025: 乐播传媒 Research Fellowship.

2019-2022: Senior Research Officer, School of Chemistry, 乐播传媒 under the supervision of Prof Steven M. Howdle.

2014-2019: Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy, 乐播传媒, under the supervision of Profs Martin Garnett and Cameron Alexander. EPSRC-funded projects 'Understanding polymer - drug interactions and their role in formulation of medicines' and 'Radiotherapy activated materials for enhanced cancer treatments.' Developing functionalised enzymatically synthesised polymers for alternative solid dispersions and nano-platforms for drug delivery. Developing smart multiresponsive biodegradable-polymers with different grafting dock functionalities. Developing novel miniaturised high throughput screening assays for drug delivery systems.

01-07/2013: Visiting PhD researcher in the laboratory of Prof Nicola Tirelli, Pharmacy Department, University of Manchester. Design, synthesis (via ATRP) and application of dopamine-based polymers with antioxidant and antimicrobial features.

Teaching Summary

CHEM1009: Module contributor "An Introduction to Organic Molecules and their Reactivity"

CHEM4024: Module contributor "Inorganic and Materials Chemistry A" course, delivering Polymer Chemistry part.

CHEM1008: Module contributor "New Frontiers in Chemistry" course

Research Summary

The current aim of the group is to create a range of polymers with flexible and tuneable properties that can dramatically improve the drug delivery, tissue engineering and additive manufacturing… read more

Selected Publications

  • LENTZ, JOACHIM C., CAVANAGH, ROBERT, MOLONEY, CARA, PIN, BRUNO FALCONE, KORTSEN, KRISTOFFER, FOWLER, HARRIET R., JACOB, PHILIPPA L., KRUMINS, EDUARDS, CLARK, CHARLOTTE, MACHADO, FABRICIO, BREITKREUZ, NICHOLAS, CALE, BEN, GODDARD, AMY R., HIRST, JONATHAN D., TARESCO, VINCENZO and HOWDLE, STEVEN M., 2022. N-Hydroxyethyl acrylamide as a functional eROP initiator for the preparation of nanoparticles under "greener" reaction conditions POLYMER CHEMISTRY. 13(42), 6032-6045
  • 2015. Materials Science and Engineering C.
  • LARDER, RYAN R., KRUMINS, EDUARDS, JACOB, PHILIPPA L., KORTSEN, KRISTOFFER, CAVANAGH, ROBERT, JIANG, LONG, VUOTTO, CLAUDIA, FRANCOLINI, IOLANDA, TUCK, CHRISTOPHER, TARESCO, VINCENZO and HOWDLE, STEVEN M., 2022. Antimicrobial 'inks' for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2 POLYMER CHEMISTRY. 13(25), 3768-3779
  • O'BRIEN, DARA M., ATKINSON, RACHEL L., CAVANAGH, ROBERT, PACHECO, ANA A. C., LARDER, RYAN, KORTSEN, KRISTOFFER, KRUMINS, EDUARDS, HADDLETON, ALICE J., ALEXANDER, CAMERON, STOCKMAN, ROBERT A., HOWDLE, STEVEN M. and TARESCO, VINCENZO, 2020. A 'greener' one-pot synthesis of monoterpene-functionalised lactide oligomers EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL. 125,

Current Research

The current aim of the group is to create a range of polymers with flexible and tuneable properties that can dramatically improve the drug delivery, tissue engineering and additive manufacturing fields. Most importantly, this suite of polymers will be built on renewable and degradable materials and will largely be fabricated using natural enzymatic catalysts. These functionalised polymeric nano-delivery devices will be able to encode the optimum drug encapsulation as well as the greatest therapeutic efficacy and, thus, it will provide a step change in available formulation strategies. In addition, these new polymeric platforms will address the lack of novel and sustainable materials needed in the production of the next generation of additive manufacturing devices, drug delivery carriers and in the biofabrication field.

  • FOWLER, HARRIET R., O'BRIEN, DARA M., KEDDIE, DANIEL J., ALEXANDER, CAMERON, IRVINE, DEREK J., STOCKMAN, ROBERT A., HOWDLE, STEVEN M. and TARESCO, VINCENZO, 2023. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 224(8), 2200446
  • MONAGHAN, O. R., SKOWRON, S. T., MOORE, J. C., PIN-N脫, M., KORTSEN, K., ATKINSON, R. L., KRUMINS, E., LENTZ, J. C., MACHADO, F., ONAT, Z., BROOKFIELD, A., COLLISON, D., KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., DE FOCATIIS, D., IRVINE, D. J., TARESCO, V., STOCKMAN, R. A. and HOWDLE, S. M., 2022. Polymer Chemistry.
  • TARESCO, VINCENZO, TULINI, ISOTTA, FRANCOLINI, IOLANDA and PIOZZI, ANTONELLA, 2022. Polyglycerol Adipate-Grafted Polycaprolactone Nanoparticles as Carriers for the Antimicrobial Compound Usnic Acid INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 23(22),
  • LENTZ, JOACHIM C., CAVANAGH, ROBERT, MOLONEY, CARA, PIN, BRUNO FALCONE, KORTSEN, KRISTOFFER, FOWLER, HARRIET R., JACOB, PHILIPPA L., KRUMINS, EDUARDS, CLARK, CHARLOTTE, MACHADO, FABRICIO, BREITKREUZ, NICHOLAS, CALE, BEN, GODDARD, AMY R., HIRST, JONATHAN D., TARESCO, VINCENZO and HOWDLE, STEVEN M., 2022. N-Hydroxyethyl acrylamide as a functional eROP initiator for the preparation of nanoparticles under "greener" reaction conditions POLYMER CHEMISTRY. 13(42), 6032-6045
  • LARDER, RYAN R., KRUMINS, EDUARDS, JACOB, PHILIPPA L., KORTSEN, KRISTOFFER, CAVANAGH, ROBERT, JIANG, LONG, VUOTTO, CLAUDIA, FRANCOLINI, IOLANDA, TUCK, CHRISTOPHER, TARESCO, VINCENZO and HOWDLE, STEVEN M., 2022. Antimicrobial 'inks' for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2 POLYMER CHEMISTRY. 13(25), 3768-3779
  • JACOB, P. L., RUIZ CANTU, L. A., PEARCE, A. K., HE, Y., LENTZ, J. C., MOORE, J. C., MACHADO, F., RIVERS, G., APEBENDE, E., FERNANDEZ, M. R., FRANCOLINI, I., WILDMAN, R., HOWDLE, S. M. and TARESCO, V., 2021. Polymer. 228,
  • SODANO, F, CAVANAGH, R.J., PEARCE, A.K., LAZZARATO, L., ROLANDO, B., FRAIX, A., VASEY, C.E., ALEXANDER, C., TARESCO, V. and SORTINO, S., 2020. Biomaterials Science.
  • O'BRIEN, DARA M., ATKINSON, RACHEL L., CAVANAGH, ROBERT, PACHECO, ANA A. C., LARDER, RYAN, KORTSEN, KRISTOFFER, KRUMINS, EDUARDS, HADDLETON, ALICE J., ALEXANDER, CAMERON, STOCKMAN, ROBERT A., HOWDLE, STEVEN M. and TARESCO, VINCENZO, 2020. A 'greener' one-pot synthesis of monoterpene-functionalised lactide oligomers EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL. 125,
  • AL-NATOUR, MOHAMMAD, YOUSIF, MOHAMED D., CAVANAGH, ROBERT, ABOUSELO, AMJAD, APEBENDE, EDWARD A., GHAEMMAGHAMI, AMIR M., KIM, DONG-HYUN, AYLOTT, JONATHAN W., TARESCO, VINCENZO, CHAUHAN, VEEREN M. and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2020. ACS MACRO LETTERS. 9(3), 431-437
  • ENGLEZOU, GEORGIA, KORTSEN, KRISTOFFER, PACHECO, ANA A. C., CAVANAGH, ROBERT, LENTZ, JOACHIM C., KRUMINS, EDUARDS, SANDERS-VELEZ, CARLOS, HOWDLE, STEVEN M., NEDOMA, ALISYN J. and TARESCO, VINCENZO, 2020. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE.
  • ENGLEZOU, GEORGIA, KORTSEN, KRISTOFFER, PACHECO, ANA A. C., CAVANAGH, ROBERT, LENTZ, JOACHIM C., KRUMINS, EDUARDS, SANDERS-VELEZ, CARLOS, HOWDLE, STEVEN M., NEDOMA, ALISYN J. and TARESCO, VINCENZO, 2020. Journal of Polymer Science. 58(11), 1571-1581
  • PHAN, HIEN, KORTSEN, KRISTOFFER, ENGLEZOU, GEORGIA, COUTURAUD, BENOIT, NEDOMA, ALISYN J., PEARCE, AMANDA K. and TARESCO, VINCENZO, 2020. Functional initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of polyesters and polycarbonates: An overview JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE. 58(14), 1911-1923
  • RUIZ-CANTU, LAURA A., PEARCE, AMANDA K., BURROUGHS, LAURENCE, BENNETT, THOMAS M., VASEY, CATHERINE E., WILDMAN, RICKY, IRVINE, DEREK J., ALEXANDER, CAMERON and TARESCO, VINCENZO, 2019. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 220(2), 1800459
  • VASEY, CATHERINE E., PEARCE, AMANDA K., SODANO, FEDERICA, CAVANAGH, ROBERT, ABELHA, THAIS, CRUCITTI, VALENTINA CUZZUCOLI, ANANE-ADJEI, AKOSUA B., ASHFORD, MARIANNE, GELLERT, PAUL, TARESCO, VINCENZO and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2019. BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE. 7(9), 3832-3845
  • PHAN H, MINUT RI, MCCRORIE P, VASEY C, LARDER RR, KRUMINS E, MARLOW M, RAHMAN R, ALEXANDER C and TARESCO V, 2019. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 57, 1801-1810
  • PEARCE, A. K., VASEY, C. E., ANANE-ADJEI, A. B., SODANO, F., CRUCITTI, V. C., IRVINE, D. J., HOWDLE, S. M., ALEXANDER, C. and TARESCO, V., 2019. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics.
  • SWAINSON, SADIE M. E., STYLIARI, IOANNA D., TARESCO, VINCENZO and GARNETT, MARTIN C., 2019. Poly (glycerol adipate) (PGA), an Enzymatically Synthesized Functionalizable Polyester and Versatile Drug Delivery Carrier: A Literature Update POLYMERS. 11(10),
  • RUIZ-CANTU, LAURA A., PEARCE, AMANDA K., BURROUGHS, LAURENCE, BENNETT, THOMAS M., VASEY, CATHERINE E., WILDMAN, RICKY, IRVINE, DEREK J., ALEXANDER, CAMERON and TARESCO, VINCENZO, 2019. Synthesis of Methacrylate-Terminated Block Copolymers with Reduced Transesterification by Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. 220(2),
  • SANNA, MONICA, SICILIA, GIOVANNA, ALAZZO, ALI, SINGH, NISHANT, MUSUMECI, FRANCESCA, SCHENONE, SILVIA, SPRIGGS, KEITH A., BURLEY, JONATHAN C., GARNETT, MARTIN C., TARESCO, VINCENZO and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2018. ACS MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS. 9(3), 193-197
  • STYLIARI, IOANNA D., CONTE, CLAUDIA, PEARCE, AMANDA K., HUSLER, AMANDA, CAVANAGH, ROBERT J., LIMO, MARION J., GORDHAN, DIPAK, NIETO-ORELLANA, ALEJANDRO, SUKSIRIWORAPONG, JIRAPHONG, COUTURAUD, BENOIT, WILLIAMS, PHIL, HOOK, ANDREW L., ALEXANDER, MORGAN R., GARNETT, MARTIN C., ALEXANDER, CAMERON, BURLEY, JONATHAN C. and TARESCO, VINCENZO, 2018. MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING. 303(8),
  • 2015. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
  • VINCENZO TARESCO 路 FERNANDA CRISANTE 路 IOLANDA FRANCOLINI 路 MARTINELLI ANDREA 路 LUCIO D'ILARIO 路 LUCIA RICCI-VITIANI 路 MARIACHIARA BUCCARELLI 路 LORIS PIETRELLI 路 ANTONELLA PIOZZI, 2015. Acta biomaterialia.
  • 2015. Materials Science and Engineering C.
  • 2015. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.
  • 2014. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics.
  • 2014. Pathogens and Disease.
  • 2013. International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
  • Water Soluble Usnic Acid-Polyacrylamide Complexes

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