Nina Kostina

Nina Kostina is a researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), affiliated with the Bioinspired Interactive Materials and Protocellular Systems group. Her work focuses on designing biomimetic materials and vesicle-based synthetic biological systems.

Her research explores the intersection of bioengineering, materials science, and synthetic biology. Key themes include the development of recombinant polypeptide-based structures with tunable properties for biomedical applications, such as drug delivery and cell interaction.

Recent studies highlight her contributions to creating ionic combisomes (2022) and pepticombisomes (2025), which demonstrate novel approaches to mimicking cellular components through advanced polymer engineering and self-assembly mechanisms.