LAB NEWS
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Mar. 2021 Our collaborative mini-review with Dr. Courtney Dumont from University of Miami is published in AAPS PharmSciTech. This mini-review discusses nanoparticle-based strategies to treat spinal cord injury. Congratulations to co-first authors Atanu and Andrew (UMiami)!
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Feb. 2021 Ryan presents a virtual seminar on the lab's immune engineering research at Notre Dame University of Maryland.
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Jan. 2021 Atanu and Jelena's paper is published as a Pre-print on BioRxiv. This is the first publication from our collaborative team between UMB (Pearson, Hoag) and Nostopharma (Vert-Wong, Gvozdenovic-Jeremic). "Hedgehog pathway inhibitors significantly reduce the formation of heterotopic ossification in a direct trauma/burn mouse model. Congrats to all!
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Jan. 2021 Ryan presents a virtual seminar at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as part of the Rising Stars in Drug Delivery and Novel Carriers Series!
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Jan. 2021 Andrea Cottingham joins the lab as a new PSC rotation student. Welcome back to the lab Andrea!
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Jan. 2021 Jacob Shaw joins the lab as a new rotation student from his home department of Molecular Medicine in the School of Medicine. Welcome Jacob!
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Dec. 2020 Ryan joins the AAPS Scientific Programming Committee as a Track Leader for Discovery and Basic Research!
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Dec. 2020 Our lab receives a Maryland Industrial Partnership Grant from MTechUMD. This work is done in collaboration with a Maryland small biotech company working on novel formulations for treating heterotopic ossification. Ryan is a co-PI with Dr. Stephen Hoag.
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Dec. 2020 Ryan presents the Rising Star seminar during the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education Annual Meeting!
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Oct. 2020 Ryan is elected Vice Chair of the CRS Immuno Delivery Focus Group! He will be serving a 2-year term!
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Oct. 2020 Ryan joins the editorial advisory board (EAB) for Pharmaceutical Research.
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Oct. 2020 Brianna passed her comprehensive exam for the UMB PSC department. She is now a Ph.D. Candidate, well done! She is developing nanoparticles to evaluate the impact of physicochemical properties on immune tolerance using allergy models.
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Oct. 2020 Jackline passed her proposal defense as part of the UMB MSTP program! Great work using nanoparticles for sepsis! Congratulations!
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Sept. 2020 Jake Weiner joins the lab as a Rotation student in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Program. Welcome!
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Sept. 2020 Ryan gives a presentation at the Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Retreat as part of the UMGCCC.
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Aug. 2020 Ryan is selected to receive the Rising Star Scholarship from the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE)!
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Aug. 2020 Atanu's first author research article entitled: "Serum-independent non-viral gene delivery to innate and adaptive immune cells using immunoplexes" is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Bio Materials! Congratulations to all authors Atanu, Jackline, Nhu, and Ryan!
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Jun. 2020 Jackline's first-author review with co-authors Henry and Michael is accepted for publication by Frontiers in Immunology! We hope to use this review as the basis for our immunomodulation in sepsis project. Well done by everyone!
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Jun. 2020 Our lab receives a Maryland Industrial Partnership Grant from MTechUMD. This work is done in collaboration with a Maryland small biotech company working on infectious diseases! Ryan is a co-PI with Dr. Stephen Hoag.
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Apr. 2020 Nhu formally joins the lab as the lab's 3rd Ph.D. student. Welcome Nhu!
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Mar. 2020 Ryan is chosen to receive the ICTR Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant to study new approaches to cancer vaccine development. This project will be carried out with co-PI Nevil Singh from UMSOM. Congrats to all!
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Feb. 2020 Ryan is chosen to receive the 2020 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant. Congrats!
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Jan. 2020 Our co-authored manuscript is published in Gastroenterology! This paper represents the significant labor that goes into preclinical development of nanotechnologies. This paper describes the development of TIMP-GLIA by Cour Pharma for the treatment of Celiac disease. Takeda has subsequently licensed TIMP-GLIA and a Phase I and II clinical trial have been successfully completed! Congrats to all involved in this massive effort! I can't wait to see what the future holds.
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Jan. 2020 Ryan participated as an external judge at the Francis Scott Key Elementary School Science Fair. The students did a fantastic job, congrats!
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Nov. 2019 Ryan is appointed as an Associate Member of the Program in Oncology at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Nov. 2019 Nhu Truong joins the lab as a rotation student in the PSC Ph.D. program. Welcome Nhu!
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Oct. 2019 Jackline receives the President's Entrepreneurial Fellowship fro UM Ventures to learn about how to translate technologies developed in academia. Congrats Jackline!
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Oct. 2019 Ryan and Atanu present at the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual meeting in Philiadelphia. The lab presented 2 posters and 1 collaborative poster with the Szeto Lab at UMBC.
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Oct. 2019 Atanu presents a poster at the Drexel Immunomodulation Symposium in Philiadelphia. Ryan and Jackline also attend. Well done Atanu!
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Sept. 2019 Noel Thomas joins the lab for her research practicum project from Baltimore Polytechnic High School. Welcome Noel, we look forward to having you in the lab!
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Aug. 1, 2019 Our summer intern, Andrea Cottingham, presents her poster at the UMB School of Pharmacy research day. Congrats Andrea, great job!
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Jul. 2019 Ryan presents at the Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting in Valencia, Spain!
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Jul. 2019 Ryan presents at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Chicago!
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Jul. 1, 2019 The lab publishes its first paper in Biomaterials with the Shea lab at University of Michigan entitled, "Cargo-less nanoparticles program innate immune cell responses to Toll-like receptor activation." Ryan is co-corresponding author with Lonnie Shea. Congrats!
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Jun. 10, 2019 Andrea Cottingham joins the lab as a summer intern from Salisbury University as part of the Pharmaceutical Sciences intern program. Welcome Andrea!
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May 29, 2019 Darien Campisi joins the lab as a summer intern from University of North Carolina as part of the Nathan Schnaper Intern Program (NSIP). Welcome Darien!
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Mar. 11, 2019 Jackline receives a travel award from the Shock Society to present her work on nanoparticle-induced immunomodulation in sepsis. Congrats!
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Jan. 24, 2019 Ryan is chosen to receive the AACP New Investigator Award. This grant will be used to support our nanoparticle-sepsis project!
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Jan. 7, 2019 Brianna Scotland joins the lab as a first year PSC rotation student. Welcome Brianna!
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Dec. 13, 2018 The lab receives a MIPS Phase 2 award from Maryland Industrial Partnerships to support our collaborative research project with Nostopharma. Ryan is a co-I with Dr. Stephen Hoag.
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Nov 7, 2018 Henry Kamdem joins the lab as a P3 student at the UMB School of Pharmacy. Welcome Henry!
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Oct 26, 2018 The lab receives notification from the UMB Institute for Clinical & Translational Research that they will fund our voucher application to study nanoparticle-mediated cellular reprogramming!
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Oct 23, 2018 Joyce Alemgang joins the lab as an intern from Baltimore City Community College (BCCC). Welcome Joyce!
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Oct 23, 2018 Michael McDaniel joins the lab as a P3 student at the UMB School of Pharmacy. Welcome Michael!
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Oct 19, 2018 Ryan presents the lab's first invited conference talk at the BMES conference in Atlanta, GA.
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Aug 20, 2018 Jackline Joy Lasola joins the lab as a rotation student. Welcome Jackline!
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Jul 25, 2018 Jeffrey Baffoe-Bonnie joins the lab as a rotation student. He comes to us with a background in Biology (Neuroscience) and Biotechnology. Welcome Jeffrey!
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Jul 23, 2018 Ryan presents the lab's first poster at the Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting in New York City! Come visit our poster #250.
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Jul 1, 2018 The Pearson Lab joins the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.