Carla Kirchhofer
- Phone: +41 61 284 82 86 / +41 61 284 83 22
- Fax:
- Email: Carla.Kirchhofer@unibas.ch
- Profession: Pharmacist
- Position: PhD student
- Department/Unit:
Main Topic of PhD and Supervisor
- Research and development of novel treatment options for food-borne trematode infections with focus on OZ78 supervised by Prof. Dr. Jennifer Keiser
Current Research Projects
- Establishment of an LC/MS method for OZ78
- Characterisation of the metabolism of OZ78 and the enzymes involved
- Elucidation of the pharmacokinetics of OZ78 in F.hepatica-infected rats
- Elucidation of the pharmacokinetics of OZ78 in F.hepatica-infected sheeps
- Combination therapy against F. hepatica with triclabendazole and OZ78
Main Interests
- Elucidation of the metabolism and pharmacokinetics of a novel trematocidal drug OZ78