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Theodoros Giakoumis, PhD Researcher in the School of Pharmacy, UCC, wins Best Online Poster Award at the CoMH Future Research Conference 2023
Congratulations to PhD Researcher Theodoros Giakoumis for winning best online poster at the CoMH Futures Research Conference held 21 September 2023.
Theodoros’s poster entitled ‘Exploring polysaccharide-based coating for triggering site-specific drug release in the colon: an in vitro and in vivo evaluation’ showcases the research achievements of his PhD to date. Theodoros is an Early-Stage Researcher in the COLOTAN Innovative Training network (https://colotan-etn.eu/) which is funded under the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme. His PhD project is supervised by Professor Brendan Griffin and Dr Joseph O’Shea.
Theodoros research aims to shed light on how the colonic microbiome can be utilized to trigger specific drug release in the colon for colon targeting formulations. Theodoros worked on developing novel theophylline formulations coated with biodegradable polymers to target colonic release. For more information about the Colotan project see here https://colotan-etn.eu/colotan-project/