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Mark Del Borgo

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3724-9814

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20052020
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Biography

Mark works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Biography

Dr Mark Del Borgo is an internationally recognised member of the peptide science community with extensive experience in the pharmacological characterisation of peptides within various biological settings. Dr Mark Del Borgo received his PhD in pharmacology in 2005 from the University of Melbourne and immediately became a research fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Queensland (2005-2007). He then took up a teaching only position in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Kansas (2007-2008). Since 2009, He has been a research fellow within the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Monash University. He was the first person to demonstrate that peptides derived from β-amino acids are able to self-assemble into a wide range of fibrous materials (published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.). These materials form a platform technology with many applications in regenerative medicine, bioengineering and drug delivery that he envisages will be the focus of many high-quality publications and be of interest to commercial partners. Dr Del Borgo has 19 publications in the last three years and has obtained over 1.5M in funding in that time. He has recently been promoted to group leader of the Smart Biomaterials Lab on the back of his rising profile and has recruited a number of fully-funded international PhD students. 

Education/Academic qualification

Pharmacology, PhD, The University of Melbourne

BSc(Hons), The University of Melbourne

Keywords

  • Peptide materials
  • Bioengineering
  • Drug delivery
  • Drug Development

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Projects 2017 2020

Protecting diabetic organs using a dual-acting compound delivered via injectable hydrogel

Ricardo, S., Widdop, R., Aguilar, M., Del Borgo, M. & Wilkinson-Berka, J.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF US)

1/11/17 → 31/10/20

Project: Research

Research Output 2005 2019

Novel materials from the supramolecular self-assembly of short helical β3-peptide foldamers

Kulkarni, K., Habila, N., Del Borgo, M. P. & Aguilar, M-I., 15 Feb 2019, In : Frontiers in Chemistry. 7, 12 p., 70.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

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Self-assembling injectable peptide hydrogels for emerging treatment of ischemic stroke

Hong, A., Aguilar, M-I., Del Borgo, M. P., Sobey, C. G., Broughton, B. R. S. & Forsythe, J. S., 2019, In : Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 7, 25, p. 3927-3943 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

Exploring Molecular-Biomembrane Interactions with Surface Plasmon Resonance and Dual Polarization Interferometry Technology: Expanding the Spotlight onto Biomembrane Structure

Lee, T-H., Hirst, D. J., Kulkarni, K., Del Borgo, M. P. & Aguilar, M-I., 13 Jun 2018, In : Chemical Reviews. 118, 11, p. 5392-5487 96 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

Identifying the Coiled-Coil Triple Helix Structure of β-Peptide Nanofibers at Atomic Resolution

Christofferson, A., Al-Garawi, Z. S., Todorova, N., Turner, J., Del Borgo, M. P., Serpell, L. C., Aguilar, M-I. & Yarovsky, I., 25 Sep 2018, In : ACS Nano. 12, 9, p. 9101-9109 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

The use of hydrogels for cell-based treatment of chronic kidney disease

McFetridge, M. L., Del Borgo, M. P., Aguilar, M-I. & Ricardo, S. D., 14 Sep 2018, In : Clinical Science. 132, 17, p. 1977-1994 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review