Prof. Sandrine Gerber

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Switzrland

Adjunct Professor

Email: Sandrine.Gerber@epfl.ch

Qualifications

2004 Habilitation to direct research (HDR), organic chemistry, University Pierre and Marie Curie, France

1996 Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University Pierre and Marie Curie, France

1993 M.Sc., Organic Chemistry, University Pierre and Marie Curie , France

1993 B.Sc., Chemical Engineer, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France

Publications (selected)

1. Spada, A., & Gerber-Lemaire, S. (2025). Surface Functionalization of Nanocarriers with Anti-EGFR Ligands for Cancer Active Targeting. Nanomaterials, 15(3), 158. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15030158
2. Skigin, P., Robin, P., Kavand, A., Mensi, M., & Gerber-Lemaire, S. (2024). “Grafting-from” and “Grafting-to” Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) Functionalization of Glass for DNA Biosensors with Improved Properties. Polymers, 16(20), 2873. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16202873
3. Ameni Dhouib, Tianhao Guo, Emilie Molina, Sandrine Beauquis, Virginie Monnier, et al.. Preparation from the solvothermal aqueous alkoxide route of multifunctional, highly-optimized metal-oxide nanoparticles based on LiNbO3 or LiTaO3. International Sol-gel Conference, Sep 2024, Berlin, Germany. ⟨hal-04681471⟩
4. Kavand, A., Noverraz, F., & Gerber-Lemaire, S. (2024). Recent Advances in Alginate-Based Hydrogels for Cell Transplantation Applications. Pharmaceutics, 16(4), 469. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16040469
5. F. Riporto, A. Dhouib, A. Gheata, S. Beauquis, E. Molina, S. Guené-Girard, C. Galez, A. Bornet, I. Gautier-Luneau, S. Gerber-Lemaire, V. Monnier, R. Le Dantec, Y. Mugnier, Nonclassical Nucleation and Crystallization of LiNbO3 Nanoparticles from the Aqueous Solvothermal Alkoxide Route. Small 2024, 20, 2306417. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202306417
6. P. Robin, L. Mayoraz, P. Skigin, M. Mensi, S. Gerber-Lemaire, Helv. Chim. Acta 2024, 107, e202300150. https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202300150
7. Gheata, A., Spada, A., Wittwer, M., Dhouib, A., Molina, E., Mugnier, Y., & Gerber-Lemaire, S. (2023). Modulating the Surface Properties of Lithium Niobate Nanoparticles by Multifunctional Coatings Using Water-in-Oil Microemulsions. Nanomaterials, 13(3), 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030522
8. Gheata, A.; Spada, A.; Wittwer, M.; Dhouib, A.; Molina, E.; Mugnier, Y.; Gerber-Lemaire, S.. Modulating the Surface Properties of Lithium Niobate Nanoparticles by Multifunctional Coatings Using Water-in-Oil Microemulsions. Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030522
9. J. Casper, L. Nicolle, M. Willimann, E. Ü. Kuzucu, A. Tran, P. Robin, P. Detampel, H. M. Grisch-Chan, B. Thöny, J. Huwyler, S. Gerber-Lemaire, Core–Shell Structured Chitosan-Polyethylenimine Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery: Improved Stability, Cellular Uptake, and Transfection Efficiency. Macromol. Biosci. 2023, 23, 2200314. https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202200314
10. Robin, P., & Gerber-Lemaire, S. (2023). Design and Preparation of Sensing Surfaces for Capacitive Biodetection. Biosensors, 13(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13010017
11. Nicolle, L., Journot, C. M. A., & Gerber-Lemaire, S. (2021). Chitosan Functionalization: Covalent and Non-Covalent Interactions and Their Characterization. Polymers, 13(23), 4118. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13234118
12. Montanari E, Szabó L, Balaphas A, et al. Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells derived from porcine exocrine pancreas improve insulin secretion from juvenile porcine islet cell clusters. Xenotransplantation. 2021; 28:e12666. https://doi.org/10.1111/xen.12666
13. Nicolle, L., Casper, J., Willimann, M., Journot, C. M. A., Detampel, P., Einfalt, T., Grisch-Chan, H. M., Thöny, B., Gerber-Lemaire, S., & Huwyler, J. (2021). Development of Covalent Chitosan-Polyethylenimine Derivatives as Gene Delivery Vehicle: Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(8), 3828. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22083828
14. Journot, C. M. A., Nicolle, L., Lavanchy, Y., & Gerber-Lemaire, S. (2020). Selection of Water-Soluble Chitosan by Microwave-Assisted Degradation and pH-Controlled Precipitation. Polymers, 12(6), 1274. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12061274
15. Szabó, L., Gerber-Lemaire, S., & Wandrey, C. (2020). Strategies to Functionalize the Anionic Biopolymer Na-Alginate without Restricting Its Polyelectrolyte Properties. Polymers, 12(4), 919. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12040919
16. J. Vuilleumier, G. Gaulier, R. De Matos, Y. Mugnier, G. Campargue, J.-P. Wolf, L. Bonacina, S. Gerber-Lemaire, HCA 2020, 103, e1900251.
17. Laurence Dubreil, Romain Fleurisson, Marine Charrier, Axelle Bouche, Isabelle Leroux, et al.. Bifeo3 Harmonic Nanoparticle (Bfo-Hnps) Use for the Stem Cell Tracking: Labeling Investigation by Non Linear Microscopy and X-Ray Fluorescence. Focus on Microscopy (FOM2019), Apr 2019, Londres, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02111210⟩
18. Laurence Dubreil, Romain Fleurisson, Johan Deniaud, Elina Varaillon, Clotilde Renaud, et al.. Organ clearing and fast non-linear microscopy to investigate biodistribution of gene or cell therapeutic agents for neuromuscular diseases with exploration of GFP and Harmonic signals. Focus on Microscopy (FOM2019), Apr 2019, Londres, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02111209⟩
19. Montanari, Elisa, Pimenta, Joel, Szabó, Luca, Noverraz, François, Passemard, Solène, Meier, Raphael P. H., Meyer, Jeremy, Sidibe, Jonathan, Thomas, Aurelien, Schuurman, Henk-Jan, Gerber-Lemaire, Sandrine, Gonelle-Gispert, Carmen, Buhler, Leo H., Beneficial Effects of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Porcine Hepatocyte Viability and Albumin Secretion, Journal of Immunology Research, 2018, 1078547, 13 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1078547
20. Montanari, E., Meier, R.P.H., Mahou, R. et al. Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells enhance insulin secretion from human islets via N-cadherin interaction and prolong function of transplanted encapsulated islets in mice. Stem Cell Res Ther 8, 199 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-017-0646-7

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