Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

Nadia Benkirane-Jessel

Biography

Dr. Nadia Jessel is the Leader of the "Active Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering" team at INSERM U977 (French National Institute for Health and Medical Research), Strasbourg. She received her PhD. from University Louis Pasteur, ULP, Strasbourg, France for the work on Development of pseudopeptides as synthetic vaccines. Dr. Jessel (Benkirane) then held a postdoctoral position in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, working on Immunotherapy HIV, and another postdoctoral position on the application of modified peptides as vaccines against FMDV «Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Green Port, NY, USA». She joined the INSERM U595 in 2002 as a post-doc, and received the diploma to direct the research (HDR) in 2004. Dr. Jessel got the permanent position in the INSERM 595 laboratory in 2004 and currently Research Director in the INSERM 977 and heads the team. Dr. Jessel possesses expertise in diverse fields of molecular and cellular biology, immunochemistry, tissue engineering and biomedical engineering. In the last 5 years, she focused her research on the functionalization of biomaterials for bone and cartilage regeneration. She has an interest on the prevention of bone metastasis and the design of the new generation of "living materials" for clinical applications. She has also an interest on Regenerative Nano Medicine. She has published more than 50 research articles in various national and international scientific journals.    

Research Interest

 Dr. Nadia’s resaerch interests include 1. Osteoarticular Regenerative NanoMedicine 1. Active biomaterials for dental applications 2. Active coatings for local drug or gene therapies 3. Active and nanostructured implants for Tissue Engineering