Author: Girgis Obaid

Check out the recording of Dr. Obaid’s presentation for a JBO Hot Topics Webinar on Advanced Technologies in Photodynamic Therapy!

https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/jbo-hot-topics-webinar-series#=

In the quietness of the 2023-2024 winter break, our two awesome undergraduate students Azophi Moffat (left) and John Fakhry (right) graduated! Congratulations to you both! You will be missed!

Congratulations to our undergraduate student researcher Micah – his research proposal was selected for the 2024 Undergraduate Research Scholar Award (URSA)!! He will get a research award, lab cost support, and the opportunity to compete at URSA 2024 poster contest! Very proud of Micah! 

Micah’s research focuses on antibody conjugates for photodynamic therapy and photoimmunotherapy.

Our PhD student Nimit Shah receives a UT Dallas Bioengineering Convergence Grant to support his research on lipid nanostructure for photodynamic priming of tumor tissue. Congratulations, Nimit!!

Undergraduate student Max Quaye wins second place at the Biengineering Undergraduate Research Poster Competition, where Doha and Micah also presented their work!!

Introducing Austin Nguyen as the newest PhD candidate to the Obaid mION Lab at UT Dallas Bioengineering! Austin will be working with Dr. Girgis Obaid on antibody-chromophore conjugates for light-triggered tissue modulation. Welcome to the team Austin!! Very excited to have you on board!