Contact: africk256@ou.edu

LAB POSITION

Ph.D. Graduate Student, June 2021

BIOGRAPHY

Undergraduate Institution:

  • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

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AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2022: SRNML Core Facility Voucher Program Award
  • 2022: SBME Outstanding Graduate TA Award
  • 2019: University of Oklahoma Stephenson Graduate Fellowship Award

PUBLICATIONS

2022

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)

 

ABSOLUTE QUANTIFICATION OF NANOPARTICLE INTERACTIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL HUMAN B CELLS BY SINGLE CELL MASS SPECTROMETRY
N. D. Donahue, V. Sheth, A. N. Frickenstein, A. Holden, S. Kanapilly, S. Chady, S. Wilhelm, “Absolute quantification of nanoparticle interactions with individual human b cells by single cell mass spectrometry”
Nano Letters, 2022, published online
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01037 | PDF (2.5 MB)

 

DISABLING PARTNERS IN CRIME: GOLD NANOPARTICLES DISRUPT MULTICELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT TO INHIBIT OVARIAN TUMOR AGGRESSIVENESS
Y. Zhang, C.K. Elechalawar, W. Yang, A. N. Frickenstein, S. Asfa, K.M. Fung, B. N. Murphy, S. K. Dwivedi, G. Rao, A. Dey, S. Wilhelm, R. Bhattacharya, P. Mukherjee, “Disabling partners in crime: Gold nanoparticles disrupt multicellular communications within the tumor microenvironment to inhibit ovarian tumor aggressiveness.”
Materials Today, 2022, published online.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2022.01.025 | PDF (9.9 MB)

 

NANOPARTICLE SURFACE ENGINEERING WITH HEPAROSAN POLYSACCHARIDE REDUCES SERUM PROTEIN ADSORPTION AND ENHANCES CELLULAR UPTAKE
W. Yang, L. Wang, M. Fang, V. Sheth, Y. Zhang, A. M. Holden, N. D. Donahue, D. E. Green, A. N. Frickenstein, E. M. Mettenbrink, T. A. Schwemley, E. R. Francek, M. Haddad, Md N. Hossen, S. Mukherjee, S. Wu, P. L. DeAngelis, S. Wilhelm, “Nanoparticle surface engineering with heparosan polysaccharide reduces serum protein adsorption and enhances cellular uptake”
Nano Letters, 2022, published online.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00349 | PDF (5.6 MB)