Laboratory for Therapeutic Particle Engineering

NEWS

• Ziang Chen wins a travel award from Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP), which supports his attendance at the AAPS 360 meeting. Congratulations! (11/4/26)

• Sota Shishikura and Dr. Yanying He win the best poster award at the 2026 College of Pharmacy Research Day. Congratulations! (11/4/26).

• Jiaqi Zhao receives the 2026 Ronald W. Dollens Scholarship in Life Sciences. Congratulations! (9/3/26)

• Dr. Yeo receives 2026 Chaney Faculty Scholar Award from the College of Pharmacy. (5/13/26) 

• Zhongyue Yuan wins the 2026-27 OIGP Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship. Congratulations! (5/7/26)

• "Nanoparticulate Immunoactive Complex (IMAX) for local chemoimmunotherapy: From murine models to pilot canine study," by Yanying He*, Jiaqi Zhao*, Jung Suk Kim, Meaghan M. Broman, Simone de Brot, Fanfei Meng, Deepika Dhawan, Sagar M. Utturkar, Marejka H. Shaevitz, Lindsey M. Fourez, Deborah W. Knapp, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Cancer Research Communications. (*: co-first authors) (4/29/26)

• Hassan Tamam and Jiaqi Zhao win poster awards at the 2026 Peck symposium. Congratulations! (4/24/26)

• "Effects of different mixing techniques on mRNA lipid nanoparticle physicochemistry and biological performance," by T. Bethiana, A. Aljabbari, Y. Li, H. Mitra, M. Baghbanbashi, G.S. Harris, S.R. Dasaro, F. Masoomi, F.S. Vago, S.L. Hartzler, M. Figueiredo, L.A. Metskas, P. Vlachos, A.M. Ardekani, Y. Yeo, K. Ristroph, is accepted for publication in Nature Communications. (4/17/26)

• Zhongyue Yuan wins the Gold distinction at the Purdue's One Health and Well-Being Research Event Graduate Student Poster Competition. Congratulations! (3/10/26)

• "Drug Delivery Systems for Resiquimod to Control Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Cancer Immunotherapy," by Yanying He and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. (1/28/26)