Contact

Dr. Ine Lentacker
Laboratory for General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy
Ghent University
Ottergemsesteenweg 460
9000 Gent
Belgium
Tel: 0032 9 2648047 (secretary)
Tel: 0032 9 264 8078 (direct)

E-mail: Ine.Lentacker@UGent.be

Biography

Ine Lentacker obtained her Master’ degree in pharmaceutical Sciences in 2004. In 2009, she obtained her PhD in pharmaceutical sciences under supervision of prof. Stefaan De Smedt en prof. Niek Sanders. Her PhD focused on the development of drug loaded microbubbles for ultrasound triggered gene-and drug delivery in the context of cancer therapy. During her FWO post-doctoral scholarship she further explore ultrasound triggered drug delivery as well as nanotechnology in the context of cancer immunotherapy. Since 2017, dr. Lentacker continues her research as a principal investigator in the Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines where she is supervising several research projects at the interface of drug delivery and immunology.

Summary of Research Project(s)

For more information on the research topics of the Vaccine Delivery Group

Figure 1. Schematic representation of liposome loaded microbubbles. The liposomes around the microbubbles can be pre-loaded with chemotherapeutic drugs like doxorubicin or genetic material like pDNA, siRNA or mRNA.