NIH R35 MIRA Award
July 2023 – The Wilhelm Lab received an NIH R35 MIRA award “A novel framework for nanomedicine development”. Thank you to the entire lab team, mentors, collaborators, friends, and colleagues who helped along the way.
Ph.D. Defense – Alex Frickenstein
July 2023 – Alex Frickenstein defended his Ph.D. thesis titled “Improving quantification of nanoscale interactions by engineering monodisperse gold nanoparticles”. Congratulations, Dr. Frickenstein! Thank you to the Ph.D. committee members, Drs. Handan Acar, John Clegg, and Rakhi Rajan.
Publication in Trends in Analytical Chemistry
July 2023 – Majood Haddad and Alex Frickenstein published a review article in the journal Trends in Analytical Chemistry.
M. Haddad, A. N. Frickenstein, S. Wilhelm, “High-throughput single-cell analysis of nanoparticle-cell interactions”
Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023, 166, 117172.
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2023.11717 | PDF (4.6 MB)
Dissertation Excellence Award
July 2023 – PhD candidate, Alex Frickenstein, received the Gallogly College of Engineering Dissertation Excellence Award. Congratulations!
Tenure and Promotion
July 2023 – Stefan received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Thank you to everyone who contributed!
Hamilton Young received Astronaut Scholarship Award
May 2023 – Undergraduate researcher, Hamilton Young, received the prestigious 2023 Astronaut Scholarship Award.
BE4NANO Summer Research Camp 2023
May 2023 – High school students from the Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center in Fort Cobb participated in a week-long summer research camp.
Publication in ACS Nano
May 2023 – Alex Frickenstein published a co-author original research article in the journal ACS Nano. The study was led by Prof. Priyabrata Mukherjee (OUHSC).
K. Elechalawar, G. Rao, S. K. Gulla, M. M. Patel, A. Frickenstein, N. Means, R. V. Roy, L. Tsiokas, S. Asfa, P. Panja, C. Rao, S. Wilhelm, R. Bhattacharya, P. Mukherjee, “Gold nanoparticles inhibit macropinocytosis by decreasing KRAS activation”
ACS Nano, 2023, published online.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c00920 | PDF (11.3 MB)
BE4NANO Day @OUHSC – April 2023
April 2023 – Together with the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement at the College of Medicine, we hosted high school students from the Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center for our BE4NANO Day at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC). Thank you all for your support!
Publication in ACS Nano
April 2023 – Vinit Sheth and the team published an original research article in the journal ACS Nano.
V. Sheth, X. Chen, E. M. Mettenbrink, W. Yang, M. A. Jones, O. M’Saad, A. G. Thomas, R. S. Newport, E. R. Francek, L. Wang, A. N. Frickenstein, N. D. Donahue, A. M. Holden, N. Mjema, D. E. Green, P. L. DeAngelis, J. Bewersdorf, S. Wilhelm, “Quantifying intracellular nanoparticle distributions with three-dimensional super-resolution microscopy”
ACS Nano, 2023, published online.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12808 | PDF (3.4 MB)
