Publications

 

Published scientific articles

Conference presentations

 

Published scientific articles

  1. Isvoran A.; Ciorsac A.; Ostafe V. ADME-Tox profiling of some low molecular weight water soluble chitosan derivatives. ADMET and DMPK 2017
  2. Menghiu, G., Zbârcea, L., Ostafe, V., Use of Factorial Design to Optimize the Efficiency of Bacterial Transformation, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Chemia 64 (2, I) (2019) 23-34
  3. Menghiu, G., Iancu, A., Ostafe, V., A fast and sensitive zymography method of peroxidase activity determination using sodium acetate buffer, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Chemia, 64 (2, II)(2019) 539-546
  4. Diana Larisa ROMAN, Marin ROMAN, Havard SLETTA, Vasile OSTAFE, Adriana ISVORAN, Assessment of the properties of chitin deacetylases showing different enzymatic action patterns, Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 88 (2019)41 – 48
  5. Matica, M. A., Aachmann, F. L., Tøndervik, A., Sletta, H., Ostafe, V., Chitosan as a Wound Dressing Starting Material: Antimicrobial Properties and Mode of Action, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20 (2019) 5889

Conference presentations

Titlu manifestare științifică: International Conference on Medical & Health Science – ICMHS 2020
Perioada de desfășurare: 19th-20th February, 2020
Locul de desfășurare: Florence, ITALY
Programul evenimentului: http://researchfora.com/Conference2020/Italy/4/ICMHS/%20Programme.php
Titlul lucrării prezentate: Di- and Tricarboxylic Acid used for Intramolecular Cross-Linking of the Chitosan Linear Chains for Preparation of Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
Lista autorilor: Adina MATICA, Gheorghita MENGHIU, Adriana ISVORAN, Vasile OSTAFE

 

Titlu manifestare științifică: Aplicații biologice si medicale ale biomaterialelor pe baza de chitosan
Perioada de desfășurare: 13 martie 2020
Locul de desfășurare: Timișoara, România
Programul evenimentului:
(a) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Efectul antimicrobian al chitosanului
Lista autorilor: MATICA Mariana Adina, OSTAFE Vasile
(b) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Peptide ce dețin proprietăți de vindecare folosite în vindecarea rănilor cronice și tehnici de imobilizare pe materiale de chitosan
Lista autorilor: VULPE, Bianca, OSTAFE, Vasile
(c) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Efecte toxice ale chitosanului”
Lista autorilor: BOROS, Bianca Vanesa, MURĂRESCU Mădălina, OSTAFE, Vasile
(d) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Degradarea chitosanului in organismul uman”
Lista autorilor: ROMAN Diana, ROMAN Marin, ISVORAN Adriana
(e) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Efecte biologice ale derivatilor solubili ai oligomerilor de chitosan
Lista autorilor: FILIP Madalina, ISVORAN Adriana
(f) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Studiul computational al interactiunilor oligomerilor de chitsan cu proteinele plasmatice
Lista autorilor: ROMAN Diana, ISVORAN Adriana
(g) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Eliberarea controlată a ciprofloxacinei din membrane cu dublu strat alginat-chitosan
Lista autorilor: DASCĂLU Daniela
(h) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Eliberarea controlată a ciprofloxacinei din membrane cu dublu strat alginat-chitosan
Lista autorilor: VLAD-OROS Beatrice
Titlu manifestare științifică – Workshop: „Biomateriale funcționalizate bazate pe chitosan, cu proprietăți de vindecare a rănilor”
Perioada de desfășurare: 13 martie 2020
Locul de desfășurare: Timișoara, România
Programul evenimentului:
(a) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Rezultate obținute in cadrul proiectului ChitoWound
Lista autorilor: OSTAFE Vasile
(b) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Testarea biologică a nanomaterialelor – evenimente de formare a tinerilor cercetători
Lista autorilor: ISVORAN Adriana
(c) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Dispozitive medicale, pe bază de chitosan, folosite în vindecarea rănilor – studiu de piață
Lista autorilor: MATICA Mariana Adina, OSTAFE Vasile
(d) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Aplicații medicale ale membranelor pe bază de chitosan
Lista autorilor: VLAD-OROS Beatrice, DASCĂLU Daniela
(e) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Efectele chitosanului la nivel celular
Lista autorilor: BUNDURUȘ Iulia, MENGHIU Gheorghița, OSTAFE Vasile
(f) Titlul lucrării prezentate: Influenta glicolizarii chitinazelor in procesul de degradare a chitosanului
Lista autorilor: MIHALACHE Eliza, MENGHIU Gheorghița, OSTAFE Vasile

 

Authors: BIANCA VANESA BOROS, GHEORGHITA MENGHIU, ADINA MATICA, BIANCA VULPE, ADRIANA ISVORAN, VASILE OSTAFE
Title of presentation: Immobilization onto chitosan nanoparticle of peptides promoting wound healing
Conference name: International Conference of Medical and Health Sciences
Publisher / Organizer: The Research Fora
Date (period): 12-14 October
Location: Cannes, France

 

Authors: Gheorghita MENGHIU, Bianca Vanesa BOROS, Adina Mariana MATICA, Vasile OSTAFE
Title of presentation: Chitinases– Enzymes suitable for the production of chitooligosaccharides used in wound healing
Conference name: International Conference on Cell and Gene therapy / International Conference on Genomic and Molecular Biology
Publisher / Organizer: Journal of Stem Cell Research and Therapy / Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine (ISSN 2639-9512)
Date (period): 26-27 November, 2019
Location: Lisbon, Portugal

 

Authors: Bianca-Vanesa BOROS, Mădălina MURĂRESCU, Gheorghița MENGHIU, Adina MATICA, Vasile OSTAFE
Title of presentation: Preliminary results of phenotypical studies of the epigenetic toxicity and ecotoxicity of chitosan pristine bionanomolecules to duckweed (Lemna minor L.)
Conference name: International Conference on Cell and Gene Therapy / International Conference on Genomic and Molecular Biology
Publisher / Organizer: Journal of Stem Cell Research and Therapy / Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine (ISSN 2639-9512)
Date (period): 26-27 November 2019
Location: Lisbon, Portugal

 

Authors: Bianca-Vanesa BOROS, Nathalie GRAU, Vasile OSTAFE
Title of presentation: Preliminary results on the ecotoxic effects of acetic acid to duckweed (Lemna minor)
Conference name: International Symposium “Young People and Agriculture Research”
Publisher / Organizer: Banat’s University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timișoara
Date (period): 28-29 November 2019
Location: Timișoara, Romania

 

Authors: Bianca-Vanesa BOROS, Nathalie GRAU, Vasile OSTAFE
Title of presentation: Preliminary results on the ecotoxic effects of carboxymethyl chitosan to duckweed
Conference name: International Symposium “Young People and Agriculture Research”
Publisher / Organizer: Banat’s University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timișoara
Date (period): 28-29 November 2019
Location: Timișoara, Romania

 

Authors: Diana Larisa Roman, Marin Roman, Vasile Ostafe, Adriana Isvoran
Title of presentation: Predictions of the molecular targets and side effects of the degradation products of chitosan
Conference name: NANO-MODELING OF STRATEGIC MATERIALS FOR KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY (NANO-MOD)
Publisher / Organizer: Consorțiul Universitaria
Date (period): 22-23 April 2019
Location: West University of Timisoara

 

Authors: Marin Roman, Diana Larisa Roman, Vasile Ostafe, Adriana Isvoran
Title of presentation: Assessment of the interactions of chitin deacetylases with chito-oligosaccharides. A molecular docking study
Conference name: Biopolymers as wound healing agents workshop
Publisher / Organizer: New Frontiers Chemistry – West University of Timisoara
Date (period): June 27, 2019
Location: Advanced Environmental Research Laboratories

 

Authors: Mădălina Filip, Diana Roman, Vasile Ostafe, Adriana Isvoran
Title of presentation: ADME-Tox profiles of oligomers of 4-hydroxyvalerate
Conference name: Biopolymers as wound healing agents workshop
Publisher / Organizer: New Frontiers Chemistry – West University of Timisoara
Date (period): June 27, 2019
Location: Advanced Environmental Research Laboratories

 

Authors: Amalia Mișea, Adina Matica, Vasile Ostafe
Title of presentation: Chitosan effect on bacterial biofilm formation
Conference name: Biopolymers as wound healing agents workshop
Publisher / Organizer: New Frontiers Chemistry – West University of Timisoara
Date (period): June 27, 2019
Location: Advanced Environmental Research Laboratories

 

Authors: Iancu Amalia, Gheorghița Menghiu, Vasile Ostafe
Title of presentation: Zymogram analysis of a peroxidase enzyme, involved in wound repair
Conference name: Biopolymers as wound healing agents workshop
Publisher / Organizer: New Frontiers Chemistry – West University of Timisoara
Date (period): June 27, 2019
Location: Advanced Environmental Research Laboratories

 

Authors: Patricia Pilț, Adina Matica, Vasile Ostafe
Title of presentation: Protein extraction from crustacean waste
Conference name: Biopolymers as wound healing agents workshop
Publisher / Organizer: New Frontiers Chemistry – West University of Timisoara
Date (period): June 27, 2019
Location: Advanced Environmental Research Laboratories

 

Authors: Daiana Cutu, Beatrice Vlad-Oros, Daniela Dascălu
Title of presentation: Controlled release of paracetamol by biopolymers mixed membranes
Conference name: Biopolymers as wound healing agents workshop
Publisher / Organizer: New Frontiers Chemistry – West University of Timisoara
Date (period): June 27, 2019
Location: Advanced Environmental Research Laboratories

 

Authors: Gheorghita MENGHIU, Vasile OSTAFE
Title of presentation: Thermostable chitinases: biocatalysts for obtaining chitooligosaccharides used in the biofuels industry
Conference name: Conference of Doctoral Schools from the Consortium, 2nd Edition – 2019 / Chemistry
Publisher / Organizer: Consorțiul Universitaria
Date (period): 11-14 November 2019
Location: West University of Timisoara

 

Authors: Mariana Adina Matica, Vasile Ostafe
Title of presentation: Toxicity of organic acids on microorganisms
Conference name: Conference of Doctoral Schools from the Consortium, 2nd Edition – 2019 / Chemistry
Publisher / Organizer: Consorțiul Universitaria
Date (period): 11-14 November 2019
Location: West University of Timisoara

 

Title of scientific event: 49th International Conferences on Engineering and Natural Science (ICENS)
Period: Munch, Germany
Location: 3 – 4 November 2018
Link to event: http://theires.org/Tentativeprogramme.php
Title of the presented work: Comparison of the structural properties of chitin deacetylases showing different enzymatic action patterns. A computational approach
List of authors: Diana Larisa ROMAN, Marin ROMAN, Alecu CIORSAC, Vasile OSTAFE, Adriana ISVORAN

 

Title of scientific event: 7th IAPC Meeting & PFC-J
Period: 28 – 30 August 2018
Location: Osaka, Japan
Link to event: https://www.iapchem.org/images/iapc-7/Book_of_%20abstracts.pdf
Title of the presented work: Applying the concept of multilevel toxicological test batteries to wound healing active compounds
List of authors: Vasile OSTAFE, Rando TUVIKENE, Adina MATICA, Bianca BOROȘ, Bianca VULPE, Adriana ISVORAN

 

Title of scientific event: The 43th FEBS Congress
Period: 07 – 13 July 2018
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Link to event: https://2018.febscongress.org/program
Title of the presented work: Structural bioinformatics characterization of chitin deacetylases secreted by marine organisms
List of authors: Diana – Larisa ROMAN, Marin ROMAN, Vasile OSTAFE, Adriana ISVORAN

 

Title of scientific event: Symposium of Chemistry Students from the Department of Biology – Chemistry (Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timisoara)
Period: 26 June 2018
Location: Timișoara, Romania
Title of the presented work: Biomedical applications of biopolymers
List of authors: Maria – Georgiana RÎCEA, Daniela DASCĂLU, Beatrice VLAD – OROS

 

Title of scientific event: Symposium of Chemistry Students from the Department of Biology – Chemistry (Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timisoara)
Period: 26 June 2018
Location: Timișoara, Romania
Title of the presented work: Methods for determining the physico-chemical properties of chitosan membranes
List of authors: Alexandru PAHOMI, Daniela DASCĂLU, Beatrice VLAD – OROS

 

Title of scientific event: 15th International Student Student Conference
Period: 17–22 April 2018
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Link to event: http://www.studentsforstudents.ro
Title of the presented work: Physico-chemical properties of chitosan-based membranes
List of authors: Alexandru PAHOMI, Beatrice VLAD-OROS, Daniela DASCĂLU

 

Title of scientific event: 297th International Conference on Engineering and Natural Sciences (IRES)
Period: 29 – 30 November 2017
Location: Milano, Italy
Link to event: http://theires.org/Conference2017/Italy/5/ICENS/?utm_source=researchbib
Title of the presented work: Bioinformatic characterization of the bacterial and fungal chitin-deacetylase structure
List of authors: Diana ROMAN, Marin ROMAN, Havard SLETTA, Vasile OSTAFE, Alecu CIORSAC, Adriana ISVORAN

 

Title of scientific event: The 19th Congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) and the 11th European Congress of Biophysics (EBSA)
Period: 16 – 20 July 2017
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Link to event: http://www.iupab2017.org/programme
Title of the presented work: Exploring the structural characteristics of chitin deacetylases and chitin deacetylase oligosaccharides
List of authors: Adriana ISVORAN, Marin ROMAN, Diana ROMAN, Vasile OSTAFE

 

Title of scientific event: Annual International Conference of the Romanian Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Period: 8 – 9 June 2017
Location: Timișoara, Romania
Link to event: http://www.srbbm-banat.ro/meetings-events/annual-meeting
Title of the presented work: Structural bioinformatic characterization of chitin from fungal and bacterial deacetilates
List of authors: Diana – Larisa ROMAN, Marin ROMAN, Vasile OSTAFE, Alecu CIORSAC, Adriana ISVORAN

 

Title of scientific event: Annual International Conference of the Romanian Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Period: 8 – 9 June 2017
Location: Timișoara, Romania
Link to event: http://www.srbbm-banat.ro/meetings-events/annual-meeting
Title of the presented work: Preliminary studies on the physico-chemical properties of chitosan membranes
List of authors: Alexandru PAHOMI, Beatrice VLAD – OROS, Daniela DASCĂLU

 

Title of scientific event: Annual International Conference of the Romanian Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Period: 8 – 9 June 2017
Location: Timișoara, Romania
Link to event: http://www.srbbm-banat.ro/meetings-events/annual-meeting
Title of the presented work: Natural polymers used as wound dressings and their effect on microbial growth
List of authors: Mariana Adina MATICA, Diana Larisa ROMAN, Vasile OSTAFE