Congratulations Caroline on passing preliminary exam!
Our graduate student Caroline Hopkins passed the preliminary exam today. Congratulations on becoming an official PhD candidate!
Lab News
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 …
Development of an exosome-based liquid biopsy accepted for publication
Our recent development of an exosome-based liquid biopsy has been accepted for publication by Nano Letters. “Immunoavidity-based capture of tumor exosomes using poly(amidoamine) dendrimer surfaces” was written by Mike, Ashita, Jiyoon, Jack, and Dr. Hong in …
Hong lab awarded funding from UW-Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P) SEED program
The Hong lab is one of six research groups to be awarded funding from UW-Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P) SEED program. The new funding will help to bring a new liquid biopsy technology for exosomes from …