Nesrine Bali
About
Research
Nesrine is currently a PhD student at the Department of Chemical Engineering at NTNU. Her work focuses on designing responsive polymeric nanoparticles with a superparamagnetic iron core for nanomedicine. This involves the synthesis of nanoparticles through nanoprecipitation and flash nanoprecipitation, as well as their characterization by several techniques including dynamic light scattering (DLS), nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and scanning transmission electon microscopy (TEM and STEM).
The PhD project is carried out under the supervision of Sulalit Bandyopadhyay and Magnar Bjørås.
Having a background in both biology and chemistry, Nesrine has been especially interested by interdisciplinary projects that combine both fields. During her first year of Master’s, she worked on the optimization of an antibiotic through a biosynthetic engineering approach in Challis lab at Warwick University in UK. She produced novel enacyloxin analogues via mutasynthesis before conducting purification and characterization of natural products, as well as antimicrobial activity assays.
She joined later the Inpact group at MADIREL, a research unit of the CNRS in France during her second year of Master’s. Nesrine worked on the NANOSARC project to study the influence of several parameters on the synthesis of gold nanoparticles in the aim of developing a gene therapy for liposarcoma.
Education and Teaching
2021 – Present PhD in Chemical Engineering, NTNU, Norway
2018 – 2020 Master’s degree in Chemistry of Life, Aix-Marseille University, France
2016 – 2018 Bachelor degree in Life Sciences, Aix-Marseille University, France
Fall semester 2017 Biochemistry tutoring, Aix-Marseille University, France
Publications
2024
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Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zafar, Haroon;
Muhammad, Sarmad;
Ansar, Reema;
Peddis, Davide;
Slimani, Sawssen.
(2024)
Hydrophobic iron oxide nanoparticles: Controlled synthesis and phase transfer via flash nanoprecipitation.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Academic article
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Colli, Camillo;
Bali, Nesrine;
Scrocciolani, Chiara;
Colosimo, Bianca Maria;
Sponchioni, Mattia;
Mauri, Emanuele.
(2024)
Zwitterionic thermoresponsive nanocomposites as functional systems for magnetic hyperthermia-activated drug delivery.
European Polymer Journal
Academic article
2023
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Pirade, Februriyana;
Lompe, Kim;
Jimenez-Lamana, Javier;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zürbes, Katharina Ruth;
Bali, Nesrine.
(2023)
How suitable is the gold-labelling method for the quantification of nanoplastics in natural water?.
Aqua
Academic article
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Bali, Nesrine;
Brennhaug, Svein Jonsson;
Bjørås, Magnar;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Manaf, Adeel.
(2023)
Optimized synthesis of polyacrylic acid-coated magnetic nanoparticles for high-efficiency DNA isolation and size selection.
RSC Advances
Academic article
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Ioncica, Maria-Cristina;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Bali, Nesrine;
Socoliuc, Vlad;
Bernard, Sandor I..
(2023)
Investigation of Cubic and Spherical IONPs’ Rheological Characteristics and Aggregation Patterns from the Perspective of Magnetic Targeting.
Magnetochemistry
Academic article
Journal publications
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Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zafar, Haroon;
Muhammad, Sarmad;
Ansar, Reema;
Peddis, Davide;
Slimani, Sawssen.
(2024)
Hydrophobic iron oxide nanoparticles: Controlled synthesis and phase transfer via flash nanoprecipitation.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Academic article
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Colli, Camillo;
Bali, Nesrine;
Scrocciolani, Chiara;
Colosimo, Bianca Maria;
Sponchioni, Mattia;
Mauri, Emanuele.
(2024)
Zwitterionic thermoresponsive nanocomposites as functional systems for magnetic hyperthermia-activated drug delivery.
European Polymer Journal
Academic article
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Pirade, Februriyana;
Lompe, Kim;
Jimenez-Lamana, Javier;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zürbes, Katharina Ruth;
Bali, Nesrine.
(2023)
How suitable is the gold-labelling method for the quantification of nanoplastics in natural water?.
Aqua
Academic article
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Bali, Nesrine;
Brennhaug, Svein Jonsson;
Bjørås, Magnar;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Manaf, Adeel.
(2023)
Optimized synthesis of polyacrylic acid-coated magnetic nanoparticles for high-efficiency DNA isolation and size selection.
RSC Advances
Academic article
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Ioncica, Maria-Cristina;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Bali, Nesrine;
Socoliuc, Vlad;
Bernard, Sandor I..
(2023)
Investigation of Cubic and Spherical IONPs’ Rheological Characteristics and Aggregation Patterns from the Perspective of Magnetic Targeting.
Magnetochemistry
Academic article
Outreach
2024
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PosterBali, Nesrine; Kissova, Miroslava; Bjørås, Magnar; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2024) Kinetically Controlled Loading of Hydrophilic Iron Oxide Nanoclusters in Hydrophobic Polymeric Nanoparticles through Flash Nanoprecipitation . NanoBioTech-Montreux Conference 2024 , Montreux 2024-11-11 - 2024-11-13
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Academic lectureBali, Nesrine. (2024) lash Nanoprecipitation: Matching Kinetics for Magnetic Nanoclusters Loading. Particle Engineering Days 2024 - 4th Annual Meeting , Trondheim 2024-12-09 - 2024-12-10
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PosterBali, Nesrine; Kissova, Miroslava; Bjørås, Magnar; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2024) Kinetically Controlled Loading of Hydrophilic Iron Oxide Nanoclusters in Hydrophobic Polymeric Nanoparticles through Flash Nanoprecipitation. Particle Engineering Days 2024 - 4th Annual Meeting , Trondheim 2024-12-09 - 2024-12-10
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PosterAnsar, Reema; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit; Bali, Nesrine; Niazi, Muhammad Bilal K.; Jahan, Zaib. (2024) Polymer Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles Made via Flash Nanoprecipitation for Controlled Drug Release. European Colloid & Interface Society (ECIS) 38th Conference of the European Colloid & Interface Society , Scandic Falkoner, Copenhagen, Denmark 2024-09-01 - 2024-09-06
2023
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Academic lectureBali, Nesrine; Brennhaug, Svein Jonsson; Bjørås, Magnar; Manaf, Adeel; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2023) Design of Polymeric Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications. Particle Engineering Centre Particle Engineering Annual Meeting 2023 , Trondheim 2023-12-04 - 2023-12-05
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PosterBali, Nesrine; Ansar, Reema; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2023) Polymer coated iron oxide nanoparticles produced through flash nanoprecipitation. IIT Madras International Conference on Sustainable and Applied Nanotechnology for Agriculture and Health , IIT Madras 2023-07-19 - 2023-07-21
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PosterBali, Nesrine; Bogdan, Felix; Ansar, Reema; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2023) Encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticles in PEG-PL(G)A polymers of different block lengths via flash nanoprecipitation. Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Science Symposium 2023: Chemistry of Polymers , London, UK 2023-10-26 - 2023-10-27
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PosterBali, Nesrine; Bogdan, Felix; Ansar, Reema; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2023) Encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticles in PEG-PL(G)A polymers of different block lengths via flash nanoprecipitation. Particle Engineering Annual Meeting 2023 , Trondheim 2023-12-04 - 2023-12-05
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Academic lectureBali, Nesrine; Ansar, Reema; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2023) Encapsulation of Hydrophilic Magnetic Nanoclusters through Flash Nanoprecipitation. NTNU Nano Norwegian NanoSymposium 2023 , Trondheim 2023-11-28 - 2023-11-29
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PosterBali, Nesrine; Bogdan, Felix; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2023) Polymer coated iron oxide nanoparticles produced through Flash Nanoprecipitation. 37th European Colloid and Interface Society Conference , Stazione Marittima conference venue, Naples, Italy 2023-09-03 - 2023-09-08
2022
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PosterBali, Nesrine; Manaf, Adeel; Brennhaug, Svein Jonsson; Bjørås, Magnar; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2022) Optimization of Carboxyl-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles for DNA Size Selection. First TNNN Conference 2022-11-30 - 2022-12-01