Marin, Riccardo
Riccardo Marin obtained his PhD in Chemistry jointly from the University Ca’ Foscari (Venice, Italy) and the Institut National de la
Recherche Scientifique (INRS – Varénnes, Canada) under the supervision of Prof. P. Canton and Prof. F. Vetrone. He then undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Ottawa from 2017 to 2019 with Prof. E. Hemmer and Prof. M. Murugesu. He is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in the group of Prof. D. Jaque. His research interests encompass the development and study of optically active (nano)materials based on lanthanide ions and semiconductors.
Topic:
Infrared-emitting multimodal nanostructures for controlled in vivo magnetic hyperthermia
Abstract:
Deliberate and local increase of the temperature within solid tumours represents an effective therapeutic approach. Thermal therapies embrace this concept leveraging the capability of some species to convert the absorbed energy into heat. To that end, magnetic hyperthermia (MHT) makes use of magnetic nanoparticles that can effectively dissipate the energy absorbed under alternating magnetic fields. Indeed, MHT is one of the very few nanoparticle-based therapeutic modalities that is currently clinical trial and that has therefore the potential to be used in the clinics. However, magnetic nanoparticles cannot provide realtime thermal feedback during MHT. As a result, unwanted overheating might occur and on-the-fly adjustment of the therapeutic parameters (such as the frequency of the alternating magnetic field) is unfeasible. Accurate, rapid, and cost-effective localization of magnetic nanoparticles within a tissue represents another challenge, which could increase the efficacy and precision of MHT. In this talk, I present the combination of iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles with state-of-the-art infrared luminescent nanothermometers (Ag2S nanoparticles) in a nanocapsule that simultaneously overcomes these limitations. The novel optomagnetic nanocapsule acts as multimodal contrast agent for different imaging techniques (magnetic resonance, photoacoustic, infrared fluorescence, optical tomography, and X-ray computed tomography). Most crucially, this nanocapsule
provides accurate (0.2 ⁰C resolution) and real-time subcutaneous thermal feedback during in vivo MHT, also enabling the attainment of thermal maps of the area of interest. These findings are a milestone on the road towards controlled magnetothermal therapies with minimal side effects.
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