Dan Peer
Cell Research & Immunology
Professor
Tel Aviv University
Israel
Biography
Dan Peer, Professor, Cell Research & Immunology, Tel Aviv University
Research Interest
Developing novel strategies for targeted drug delivery. Probing and manipulating the immune system with nanomaterials. Studying the role of cell cycle regulators during inflammatory bowel diseases and blood cancers. Investigating novel cancer multidrug resistance inhibitors. Studying novel approaches to target adult stem cells (hematopoietic; bulge, cancer). Harnessing RNAi as a tool for drug discovery and for therapeutic applications. Developing tools to study immuno-nanotoxicity. Investigating polysaccharides as building blocks for Nanotherapeutics. Developing non-invasive theranostic systems for IBD and blood cancers.
Publications
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Peer D, Florentin A, and Margalit R (2003). Hyaluronan is a key component in cryoprotection and in formulation of targeted unilamellar liposomes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta .1612, 76-82.
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Peer D, and Margalit R (2000). Physicochemical evaluation of a stability-driven approach to drug entrapment in regular and in surface-modified liposomes. Arch. Biochem. Biophys . 383,185–190.
