Metabolomics and Systems Biology

Andrea Ragusa pursued his PhD from the University of Southampton (UK) in 2005. He dedicated himself to nanomedicine and metabolomics by developing novel smart nanovectors for the targeted delivery of drugs and studying their effects in vitro through NMR and HPLC-MS investigations. He is an Organic Chemist with an expertise in analytical techniques. More recently, he shifted his efforts towards the analysis of clinical samples for better understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in several liver-related diseases, with particular attention to HCC (Hepatocellular carcinoma), as well as for identifying novel biomarkers and their exploitation, in combination with multivariate statistical analysis, in the early diagnosis and treatment of the disease.