Manet Ilse Gert
Senior Researcher
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BiographyIlse GJ Manet graduated in Chemistry from KUL (Belgium) and obtained her PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Bologna in 1998, with a thesis entitled
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ResearchShe studies the noncovalent interactions of organic molecules with diverse hosts such as cyclodextrins, serum albumin (as a model protein), and quadruplex DNA, which are of interest for biomedical applications. She is an expert in confocal fluorescence imaging for the study of novel materials and biological systems.
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KeywordsPhotophysics • Photochemistry • Supramolecular chemistry • Cyclodextrins • Drug delivery
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ERC SectorsPE4_1 Physical chemistry
PE5_16 Supramolecular chemistry
LS7_3 Nanomedicine -
Technical And Instrumental SkillsSteady-state and time-resolved absorption and emission spectroscopy; nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy; time-resolved confocal fluorescence microscopy.
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Additional NotesAn important part of the activity concerned the study of monomeric and dimeric naphthalene-diimides as DNA binders in G-quadruplex form as new drugs. As example: Biomolecules.


