PlasmaMED lab welcomes Marwa Balaha for a STSM

PhD student Marwa Balaha has recently joined the PlasmaMED lab for a one and a half month Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) from September 14th to October 30th, 2022 funded by PlasTher COST Action CA20114.

Marwa Balaha, currently a PhD candidate in Medical Biotechnology at the Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti - Pescara (Italy), is Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry of Kafrelsheikh University (Egypt), has a Master Degree in drug design and in 2018, she received the Women in science (FWIS) fellowship by  L’Oréal – UNESCO.

During her STSM, Marwa will work on her project"Evaluation of the regenerative potential of biomaterials activated by cold plasma and  CAPE Derivatives".

The main aim of the PlasTHER COST Action is to exploit the unprecedented possibilities of atmospheric pressure plasmas in medicine to share, develop and consolidate suitable therapies currently under investigation to make Europe's science and healthcare world leaders in this field. PhD student Cristiana's work is related to WP4, dedicated to research regarding Plasma cancer therapy.