Dr Daniela Duc
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Bsc(Hons), PhD, PGCLT
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Timau a rolau for Daniela Duc
Darlithydd mewn Technolegau Fferyllol ac Iechyd
Trosolwyg
Ymunodd Dr Daniela Duc â'r Ysgol Fferylliaeth a Gwyddorau Fferyllol yn 2024. Enillodd arbenigedd ymchwil (diwydiant a'r byd academaidd) mewn saernïo rhyngwyneb niwral, datblygu bioddyfeisiau, niwrofodiwleiddio, bioddeunyddiau sy'n seiliedig ar garbon ar gyfer cymwysiadau niwrotechnoleg a Niwromoeseg (gweler Cyhoeddiadau).
Ymchwil
Mae Dr Daniela Duc yn un o enillwyr Gwobr Cyflymydd Wellcome (2024) - Wellcome Trust.
Mae ymchwil Dr Duc yn canolbwyntio ar ddatblygu bioddeunyddiau ymatebol cynaliadwy ar gyfer peirianneg meinwe'r ymennydd a'r nerfau i liniaru'r angen critigol i ddatrys anhwylderau niwrolegol. Bydd y bioddeunyddiau 'smart' hyn yn cael eu harchwilio ar gyfer modelau meinwe niwral, atgyweirio (therapiwteg a systemau cyflenwi cyffuriau) a datblygu bioddyfeisiau. Clefydau niwrolegol ar hyn o bryd yw'r ail brif achos marwolaeth ledled y byd a'r prif achos blynyddoedd bywyd wedi'u haddasu gan anabledd yn fyd-eang. Yn 2022, gosododd cynllun gweithredu byd-eang Rhyngsectorol WHO ar epilepsi ac anhwylderau niwrolegol eraill, erbyn 2031, y bydd angen i 80% o wledydd ddarparu meddyginiaethau hanfodol a thechnolegau sylfaenol i reoli anhwylderau niwrolegol yn effeithiol. Mae ymchwil Daniela, felly, yn anelu at gyfrannu tuag at y targed hanfodol hwn. Mae ei hymchwil hefyd yn anelu at archwilio sut y gall dulliau moesegol tosturiol fynd i'r afael ag ansicrwydd moesegol sy'n codi gyda niwrotechnoleg sy'n dod i'r amlwg.
Addysgu
- Dirprwy Arweinydd Modiwl: PH3113 Cyffuriau a Chlefydau 2 (Niwrowyddoniaeth a Niwroffarmacoleg)
- Cyfrannwr Addysgu: PH1124 Systemau Corff Dynol, PH3115 Dulliau sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth o therapïau newydd, PH4117 Gwyddorau Fferyllol, Ymarfer Fferylliaeth a'r Boblogaeth, PH3110 Optimeiddio Gofal Fferyllol, PHT806 Dadansoddi Data a Biowybodeg
- Goruchwyliwr Prosiect Ymchwil: PH4116 Prosiect Ymchwil neu Ysgoloriaeth Fferylliaeth
- Tiwtor Personol
Ymgysylltu Academaidd a Chymunedol
- Adolygydd ar gyfer y Cyfnodolyn Ymchwil Addysgol Ewropeaidd https://journals.sagepub.com/home/eer
- Aelod o'r Pwyllgor Moeseg - Ysgol Fferylliaeth a Gwyddorau Fferyllol, Prifysgol Caerdydd
- Cynnau | Ignite - Rhaglen Arweinyddiaeth Diwylliant Ymchwil, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Recriwtio Cyfredol
- Ysgoloriaeth PhD - Dyddiad cau Dydd Gwener, Ionawr 09, 2026:
Teitl: Electrocemeg mewn rhyngwynebau niwral: optimeiddio rhyngwynebau niwral peptid-nanocellwlos ar gyfer niwrofodiwleiddio ynni-effeithlon
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Duc, D. et al. 2026. Unblock Magazine Issue 1: Black women in academia: Challenges, collaborations, communities. Cardiff: Cardiff University and Wellcome Trust.
- Duc, D. et al. 2026. Emerging biomimetic biopolymer-based composites: advancing accessible and sustainable neural disease models and therapeutics. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 13 1720254. (10.3389/fbioe.2025.1720254)
- Duc, D. , Rozic, I. and Owen, T. eds. 2026. Unblock Magazine Issue 2: Precarity, academic burnout and mental health. Cardiff University and Wellcome Trust.
2025
- Willis, S. et al. 2025. Challenges and opportunities facing Black women academics: Awareness, collaboration and communities. Presented at: Learned Society of Wales Early Career Researchers' Colloqiuum Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK 3 - 4 July 2025.
2024
- Nascimento do Teixeira Adriana, A. et al., 2024. Wired for success: Probing the effect of tissue-engineered neural interface substrates on cell viability. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 10 (6), pp.3775-3791. (10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c00111)
2022
- Kagan, B. J. et al., 2022. Neurons embodied in a virtual world: evidence for organoid ethics?. {AJOB} Neuroscience 13 (2), pp.114-117. (10.1080/21507740.2022.2048731)
2020
- Paviolo, C. et al., 2020. Applications of nanoparticles for optical modulation of neuronal behavior. In: Pavone, F. S. and Shoham, S. eds. Handbook of Neurophotonics. Series in Cellular and Clinical Imaging CRC Press. , pp.293-316. (10.1201/9780429194702-15)
2019
- Duc, D. et al. 2019. Fabrication of a biocompatible liquid crystal graphene oxide–gold nanorods electro‐ and photoactive interface for cell stimulation. Advanced Healthcare Materials 8 (9) 1801321. (10.1002/adhm.201801321)
Articles
- Duc, D. et al. 2026. Emerging biomimetic biopolymer-based composites: advancing accessible and sustainable neural disease models and therapeutics. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 13 1720254. (10.3389/fbioe.2025.1720254)
- Nascimento do Teixeira Adriana, A. et al., 2024. Wired for success: Probing the effect of tissue-engineered neural interface substrates on cell viability. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 10 (6), pp.3775-3791. (10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c00111)
- Kagan, B. J. et al., 2022. Neurons embodied in a virtual world: evidence for organoid ethics?. {AJOB} Neuroscience 13 (2), pp.114-117. (10.1080/21507740.2022.2048731)
- Duc, D. et al. 2019. Fabrication of a biocompatible liquid crystal graphene oxide–gold nanorods electro‐ and photoactive interface for cell stimulation. Advanced Healthcare Materials 8 (9) 1801321. (10.1002/adhm.201801321)
Book sections
- Paviolo, C. et al., 2020. Applications of nanoparticles for optical modulation of neuronal behavior. In: Pavone, F. S. and Shoham, S. eds. Handbook of Neurophotonics. Series in Cellular and Clinical Imaging CRC Press. , pp.293-316. (10.1201/9780429194702-15)
Books
- Duc, D. et al. 2026. Unblock Magazine Issue 1: Black women in academia: Challenges, collaborations, communities. Cardiff: Cardiff University and Wellcome Trust.
- Duc, D. , Rozic, I. and Owen, T. eds. 2026. Unblock Magazine Issue 2: Precarity, academic burnout and mental health. Cardiff University and Wellcome Trust.
Conferences
- Willis, S. et al. 2025. Challenges and opportunities facing Black women academics: Awareness, collaboration and communities. Presented at: Learned Society of Wales Early Career Researchers' Colloqiuum Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK 3 - 4 July 2025.