Galia Blum
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Biography
Professor Blum’s main research focus is on the generation of novel chemical probes targeted to proteolytic enzymes and their application for medical uses such as molecular imaging and therapy. She also applies her original probes for basic research investigating the involvement of proteases in normal and pathological conditions. Over the years at the Hebrew University her group among other projects has developed novel probes for caspase-3 and discovered its activity in the ER, (Shaulove-Rotem 2016); and developed novel photodynamic probes targeted to cathepsin proteases and used them for combined detection and therapy of cancer (Ben-Nun 2015). Recently, she began also work on the nano-scale materials where she developed novel protease sensitive drug delivery molecules (Ben-Nun 2016) and nano-probes for CT molecular imaging.
Abstract
Abstract : Cathepsin Nanofibers Substrates for Targeted Drug Delivery