January 2023 – Nathan, Ellen, Vinit, and Emmy published a research article in Micro.
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND ACUTE CYTOTOXICITY EVALUATION OF CHLOROQUINE ENCAPSULATING LIPOSOMES
N. D. Donahue, E. Vance, V. Sheth, E. Francek, S. Wilhelm, “Synthesis, characterization, and acute cytotoxicity evaluation of chloroquine encapsulating liposomes”
Micro, 2023, 3, 1, 51-59.
DOI: 10.3390/micro3010005 | PDF (1.3 MB)
November 2022 – Our SBME faculty team visited the pre-engineering and biomedical sciences high school classrooms at the Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center in Fort Cobb to engage students in bionanotechnology, bioimaging, and biomedical engineering.
October 2022 – Tekena, a current BME junior in the Wilhelm Lab, received the Gallogly College of Engineering Pursuit of Excellence Award. Congratulations Tekena!
September 2022 – Vinit is a co-author of a collaborative research project led by Prof. Mukherjee (OUHSC). The paper has been published in Advanced Science.
GOLD NANOPARTICLES DISRUPT THE IGFBP2/MTOR/PTEN AXIS TO INHIBIT OVARIAN CANCER GROWTH
M.N. Hossen, L.Wang, S.K.D. Dwivedi, Y. Zhang, G. Rao, C.K. Elechalwar, V. Sheth, A. Dey, S. Asfa, S.K. Gulla, C. Xu, K. Fung, J.D. Robertson, M. Bieniasz, S. Wilhelm, R. Bhattacharya, P. Mukherjee, “Gold nanoparticles disrupt the IGFBP2/mTOR/PTEN axis to inhibit ovarian cancer growth”
Advanced Science, 2022, published.
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200491 | PDF (11.1 MB)
September 2022 – Evan Mettenbrink and Wen Yang published a review paper in Advanced Photonics Research.
BIOIMAGING WITH UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLES
E. Mettenbrink, W. Yang, S. Wilhelm, “Bioimaging with upconversion nanoparticles”
Advanced Photonics Research, 2022, published.
DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202200098 | PDF (2.2 MB)
September 2022 – Wen Yang and her team published a paper in Nano Letters in collaboration with colleagues from OUHSC.
CONTROLLING NANOPARTICLE UPTAKE IN INNATE IMMUNE CELLS WITH HEPAROSAN POLYSACCHARIDES
W. Yang, A. N. Frickenstein, A. M. Holden, V. Sheth, E. M. Mettenbrink, L. Wang, A. Woodward, B. Joo, S. Butterfield, N. D. Donahue, D. E. Green, A. Thomas, T. Harcourt, Y. Hamilton, M. Tang, Z. Malik, R. Harrison, P. Mukherjee, P. L. DeAngelis, S. Wilhelm, “Controlling nanoparticle uptake in innate immune cells with heparosan polysaccharides.”
Nano Letters, 2022, published.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02226 | PDF (6.5 MB)
August 2022 – Stefan Wilhelm has been named the Faculty Fellow of the University of Oklahoma Vice President for Research and Partnership (OVPRP) office.
July 2022 – Wilhelm Lab received funding support for a Team Grant from the Presbyterian Health Foundation.
July 2022 – Wen Yang defended her Ph.D. thesis with the title “A novel polysaccharide-based surface engineering strategy for nanomedicines”. Congratulations, Dr. Yang! Thank you to the Ph.D. committee members, Drs. Handan Acar, Qinggong Tang, and Zhibo Yang.
July 2022 – The Wilhelm Lab team members in Summer 2022. An amazing group of young scientists and engineers.
PC: Travis Caperton.
