Dr. Jiyoon Bu accepts offer from Inha University in Korea
Our postdoc, Dr. Jiyoon Bu, accepted an offer from Inha University in Korea to join its Biomedical Engineering faculty as an Assistant Professor as of March 1st, 2022. This great achievement makes him the fifth …
Falk Medical Trust supports our collaborative project
Falk Medical Trust supports our collaborative project with Dr. Allan Brasier on tackling pulmonary fibrosis for next three years. This 1-million dollar Transformational Award is a continuation of our collaboration being supported by the same …
Welcome Dr. JinWoong Lee and Do Hyeon Jung!
Dr. JinWoong Lee and Do Hyeon Jung from Sungkyungkwan University (Seoul, South Korea) joined our lab as visiting scientists. Welcome!
Congratulations Caroline on passing preliminary exam!
Our graduate student Caroline Hopkins passed the preliminary exam today. Congratulations on becoming an official PhD candidate!
Congratulations Dr. Ashita Nair on successfully defending!
Ashita Nair, a graduate student from our lab, earned PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences with her thesis of “Hybrid Nanoparticles Integrating Dendritic Polymers and Lipids for Oligonucleotide Delivery in Cancer Therapeutics.” Congratulations, Dr. Nair!!
Patrick Henry receives Borchardt Scholarship
Patrick Henry, a PharmD student who has conducted research with the Hong lab for the past year, has recently been awarded the Ronald T. and Pamela K. Borchardt Scholarship. Congratulations!
Manuscripts Describing New Liquid Biopsy and Drug Delivery Systems Accepted for Publication
Jiyoon’s paper describing Tri-modal liquid biopsy with colleagues at Chungnam National University has recently been accepted for publication by Clinical and Translational Medicine. Ashita’s manuscript describing a novel dendron-lipid nanoparticle for drug and gene delivery …
DaWon Kim and Piper Rawding join the Hong Research Group
DaWon Kim, a graduate of Underwood International College of Yonsei University, and Piper Rawding, a graduate of UW-Madison, join the Hong Lab as new graduate students in the PharmSci program. Welcome DaWon and Piper!
Dr. Woo-jin Jeong accepts offer from Inha University in Korea
Our postdoc, Dr. Woo-jin Jeong, accepted an offer from Inha University in Korea to join its Biomedical Engineering faculty as an Assistant Professor as of Sept. 1st. This great achievement makes him the third university …
“An Avidity-based PD-L1 Antagonist Using Nanoparticle-Antibody Conjugates for Enhanced Immunotherapy” paper accepted for publication
Our paper entitled “An Avidity-based PD-L1 Antagonist Using Nanoparticle-Antibody Conjugates for Enhanced Immunotherapy” has been accepted for publication by Nano Letters. The authors are Jiyoon, Ashita, Mari, Woo-jin, Mike, Kara, Luke, Elizabeth, Dr. Wheeler, and …