Dr. Agata Chotera-Ouda, a postdoctoral researcher at ICRI-BioM, has received funding through the MINIATURA 9 program of the National Science Centre (NCN) for the project titled “Peptide Self-Assembly in Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Preliminary Study Towards Future Biomedical Material Design.”
The research proposed in this project aims to address a critical knowledge gap by conducting a preliminary investigation into the self-assembly behavior of short peptides in deep eutectic solvents (DES), with the long-term goal of designing and developing advanced, biocompatible eutectogels for drug delivery. The expected outcomes will help identify peptide-DES combinations in which dipeptides self-assemble in solution, form extended fibrous networks, and potentially gels. This work will serve as a critical proof of concept, establishing the conceptual and technical foundation for more advanced project proposals to be submitted in the near future.