Natasa Skalko-Basnet
Job description
I am the Head of Drug Transport and Delivery Research Group, but I am foremost a pharmacist, professor in Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. I completed my Pharmacy education at University of Zagreb, Croatia and received PhD in Drug Delivery from University College of London, U.K. My main research interests are within drug delivery, with focus on localized drug therapy utilizing liposomes as carriers for drug/active molecule. By assuring high drug concentration at the target site we hope to significantly improve the efficacy of drug therapy while reducing unwanted effects. In brief, drug formulation matters!
My second passion is teaching and I am responsible for the following courses in Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics at Master and PhD level:
FAR 3041 Advanced Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
FAR 8043 Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine (PhD course)
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Research interests
dvanced drug delivery systems for localized therapy
Advanced drug delivery systems for systemic therapy
Lipid-based delivery systems
Hydrogels
Teaching
Responsible for courses in Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics:
FAR 3041 Advanced Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
FAR 8043 Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine (PhD course)
Member of research group / centre
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Natasa SKALKO-BASNET
Date of birth: 27. 11. 1963.
Sex: female
Nationality: Croatian
Marital status: married, one child
Language ability: Croatian, English, German, basic Norwegian
Education and Professional Qualification
1986 B. Pharm at Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, CROATIA
Thesis: The influence of the shampoo properties on the condition of the hair, supervisor Prof. Dr. M. Cajkovac
1987 State examination for registered pharmacist
1990 M Sc in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, CROATIA
Thesis: Liposomes with clindamycin hydrochloride: characterization and application in medical cosmetology, supervisor Prof. Dr. I. Jalsenjak
1995 PhD at The School of Pharmacy, University of London, U.K
PhD Thesis: The effect of microfluidization on liposomal surface protein: characterization and immunological studies, supervisor Prof. Dr. G. Gregoriadis
1999 University "Habilitation" as required for Professorship at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, CROATIA
Subject: Novel drug delivery systems
Professional Experience
1986-1987 1 year training in a retail pharmacy, hospital pharmacy and Center for Drug Registration, Zagreb, Croatia; as required for registration for pharmacists
1987-1990 Master student and teaching associate at the Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia,
1990-1995 University assistant at the Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia
1995-1998 University assistant (lecturer) at the Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia
1998-1999 Higher university assistant (senior lecturer) at the Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia
1999 Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia
2001-2008 Professor at The School of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal; 2004-2008 also Program Director
April 2008-present, Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Tromso, Norway
November 2008-July 2009, Head of Section for Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Department of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, Norway
August 2009-present, Head of Drug Transport and Delivery Research Group, Department of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, Norway
International research experience
United Kingdom
1990-1991 6 months as a visiting researcher at Centre for Drug Delivery Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London
The research subject: Liposomes with covalently coupled ligands supervisor Prof. Dr. G. Gregoriadis; financed by Croatian Ministry of Science
1991-1994 PhD student at The School of Pharmacy, University of London; PhD scholarship awarded by Overseas Research Scheme Program and University of London
Germany
1992 1 month as a visiting researcher at LS Pharmazeutische Technologie, Pharmazeutishes Institut, University of Freiburg
The research subject: Characterization of liposomal size by electron microscopy, supervisor Dr. M. Brandl; financed by German/English Exchange Program
1996 2 months as a visiting researcher at LS Pharmazeutische Technologie, Pharmazeutisches Institut, University of Freiburg
The research subject: The application of surface-conjugated protein in oligonucleotides therapy,
supervisor Prof. Dr. R. Schubert, financed by Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst
1997-1998 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow at LS Pharmazeutische Technologie, Pharmazeutisches Institut, University of Freiburg
The research subject: Liposomes in gene delivery, supervisor Prof. Dr. R. Schubert
The Netherlands
1993 6 months as a visiting researcher at Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, University f Leiden
The research subject: Characterization of liposomes with surface linked proteins by freeze-fracture-, cryo-electron microscopy and small angle X-ray scattering techniques,
supervisor Prof. Dr. J. Bouwstra, The research was part of PhD and financed by British Council
1994 1 month as a visiting researcher at the same laboratory, completing the experiments
Japan
1999-2000 Science Promotion Officer (Visiting Scientist), Pharmacology Department, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University
The research subject: Liposomes in gene delivery to the brain
Nepal
2001-2008 Professor at the School of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Pokhara University
2004–2008Program Director at the School of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Pokhara University