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Fouzia Bano is a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds. She has a strong interdisciplinary research profile combining physics, biology, and nanotechnology, with extensive international experience from institutions in Italy, Belgium, and Spain.
Research Interests: Her work focuses on the development and application of advanced biophysical techniques for studying biomolecular systems at the nanoscale. Key areas include label-free detection of biomolecular interactions, high-resolution imaging, and nanomechanical analysis of biological systems using atomic force microscopy (AFM). She specializes in single molecule force spectroscopy, molecular self-assembly, and nanofabrication techniques such as AFM-based nanolithography.
The recent trend in her research, as reflected in publications from 2009 to 2018, shows a consistent focus on leveraging AFM and related methods to probe molecular interactions with high precision. Her work bridges fundamental biophysics with practical applications in biosensing and nanomaterial design, particularly in DNA-protein and polysaccharide-protein systems.
Professional Memberships:
- Italian Biophysics Society
- American Chemical Society (2012–2013)
Advising and Grants: While no formal students or grant funding are explicitly mentioned in the text, her sustained research trajectory across multiple institutions suggests active involvement in collaborative research projects and likely participation in grant-funded work, particularly in biophysics and nanotechnology domains.
Labs and Teams: She has been associated with the Richter Lab at both CIC biomaGUNE, Spain (2013–2016), and the University of Leeds (2016–present), contributing to the development of novel binding assays and single-molecule probes. Her research integrates optical, acoustic, and atomic force-based methodologies within an interdisciplinary team environment.
