Our paper on developing a core-shell encapsulation matrix with enhanced stability just got published:
K. G. Aukema, M. Wang, B. de Souza, S. O'Keane, M. Clipsham, L. P. Wackett, A. Aksan, 2022 "Core-shell encapsulation formulations to stabilize desiccated Bradyrhizobium against high environmental temperature and humidity" Microbial Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14078 (06/22/2022)
News Archive:
Our newest paper on engineered living biomaterials got published (12/20/2021):
Julian Preciado successfully defended his Ph.D. and graduated in February 2021. He is currently employed as a Scientist at NanoString Technologies in Seattle, WA. Congratulations, Julian!
Our paper on isolation of chemoresistant cancer cell populations using physical inhibition of proliferation is just published online. This paper shows the importance of the stiffness of the cellular microenvironment on selecting a specific phenotype of cancer cells - those that are responsible for metastasis formation! (07/02/2020)
Dr. Diego Escalante successfully defended his dissertation on July 19, 2019, and will be starting a post-doc in August. Congratulations, Diego! (07/19/19)
D. Escalante, A. Aksan, 2019 “Role of Water Hydrogen Bonding on Transport of Small Molecules Inside Hydrophobic Channels” Journal of Physical Chemistry B https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b03060
D. Escalante, A. Aksan, 2019 “Prediction of Ligand Transport along Hydrophobic Enzyme Nanochannels” Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 17, 757-760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2019.06.001
Dr. Joey Benson sucessfully defended his dissertation on March 29, 2019, and started a new job at 3M. Congratulations, Joey! (05/06/19)
Bryan accepted a new position. His last day in the lab will be April 5, 2019. Congratulations, Bryan! (03/31/19)
Pre-print of Bryan's new paper on Dextranol; a new lypophilization agent synthesized by him is available at BioRxiv (12/08/2018)
Joey will be presenting at the 6th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials in Sitges, Spain in March, 2019 (12/08/2018)
Sampreeti's new paper on changes in IGG upon freeze/thaw is accepted for publication in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics (12/08/2018)
Mian's new paper on understanding the kinetics and thermodynamics of damage during warming of cryopreserved white blood cells is accepted for publication in Langmuir (11/07/2018).
Dr. Jonathan Sakkos sucessfully defended his dissertation on September 14, 2018. He is on his way to Lansing to start a post-doc position at MSU. Congratulations, Jonathan! (09/17/18)
News coverage on: Novel platform for investigating quiescence in dormancy-capable cancer cells (10/03/2017)
Sampreeti Jena received her Ph.D. Congratulations! (12/22/2017)