November 2021: Qinhan and Siqing passed their PhD thesis defense! Congratulations and couldn’t be more happy for you!
August 2021: Wei Xiao joined our group as a graduate student! Welcome!
June 2021: Samira passed her PhD qualifying examination! Congrats!
September 2020: Xingya and Qinhan’s paper “Noninvasive monitoring of hepatic glutathione depletion through fluorescence imaging and blood testing.” was published by Science Advances. Great Job! (Highlighted by UT Dallas News: Study Shows Simple Blood Test Could Detect Liver Injury Earlier | News Center (utdallas.edu))
September 2020: Bujie’s paper “Hyperfluorescence imaging of kidney cancer enabled by renal secretion pathway dependent efflux transport.” was published by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Good Job!
August 2020: Yingyu passed his PhD thesis defense! Congratulations and happy graduation!
June 2020: Chuanqi and Yingyu’s review paper “Renal clearable nanocarriers: Overcoming the physiological barriers for precise drug delivery and clearance.” was published by Journal of Controlled Release. Good Job!
May 2020: Hasti Shafie joined our group as a graduate student! Welcome!
April 2020: Xingya’s paper “Cancer photothermal therapy with ICG-conjugated gold nanoclusters.” was published by Bioconjugate Chemistry. Great Job!
April 2020: Shaoheng and Yingyu’s paper “Salivary Excretion of Renal-Clearable Silver Nanoparticles.” was published by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations!
March 2020: Dr. Zheng was selected to the AIMBE College of Fellows!Congratulations, Dr.Zheng! (News from the AIMBE: Jie Zheng Dr. Jie Zheng Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows – AIMBE)
March 2020: Dr. Mengxiao Yu received her first NIH R01 grant that focuses on fundamental understanding of the transport and interactions of engineered nanoparticles in the renal proximal tubules. Congratulations! NIH Awards $1.4 Million for Research on Kidney-Safe Nanomedicines – Office of Research and Innovation (utdallas.edu)
December 2019: Chuanqi’s paper “In situ ligand-directed growth of gold nanoparticles in biological tissues.” was published by Nano Letters. Good Job!
November 2019: Bujie’s paper “Tailoring kidney transport of organic dyes with low-molecular-weight PEGylation.” was published by Bioconjugate Chemistry.Congratulations!
August 2019: Bujie, Xingya and Chuanqi passed their PhD thesis defense! Congratulations to you all and happy graduation!
July 2019: Xingya’s paper “Glutathione-mediated biotransformation in the liver modulates nanoparticle transport“ was published by Nature Nanotechnology. Great Job! (Highlighted by UT Dallas News Center: Chemists Close Gap in Making Nanomedicines Safer, More Efficient – News Center | The University of Texas at Dallas (utdallas.edu))
May 2019: Chuanqi’s paper “Tuning in vivo transport of anticancer drugs with renal clearable gold nanoparticles.” was accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.Congratulations!
May 2019: Congratulations to Bujie for receiving Chinese Government award for outstanding self-financed students aboard. Good job!
April 2019: Bujie’s received IKA Graduate Research Leadership Fellowship Award. Congratulations!
March 2019: Xingya’s paper “Photoacoustic Imaging of Nanoparticle Transport in the Kidneys at High Temporal Resolution” was published by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Good job!
December 2018: Dr. Mengxiao Yu was highlighted by Nanomedicine (Lond) as a female scientist in the field of developing nanomedicines and imaging nanotechnology for kidney disease. Congratulations Dr. Yu! How nanotechnology imaging can be used in kidney disease: an interview with Dr Mengxiao Yu | Nanomedicine (futuremedicine.com)
November 2018: Samira Ahrari joined our group as a graduate student. Welcome!
September 2018: Mengxiao paper “Renal Clearable Luminescent Gold Nanoparticles: From the Bench to the Clinics” was published by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations!
September 2018: Xingya’s paper “Ultrasmall noble metal nanoparticles: Breakthroughs and biomedical implications” was pubulished by Nano today. Well done!
June 2018: Bujie’s paper “Transport and Interactions of Nanoparticles in the Kidneys” was accepted by Nature Reviews Materials. Great job!
May 2018: Prof. Dr. Zheng received Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor fellowship in Systems Biology Science. Congratulations!
May 2018: Shaoheng’s paper “Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles: Structural Effects ” was published by Advanced healthcare materials. Well done!
March 2018: Yingyu’s paper “Luminescence mechanisms of ultrasmall gold nanoparticles ” was published by Dalton Transactions. Congratulations!
Feburary 2018: Congratulations to Mr. Qinhan Zhou for passing his qualifying exam. Good job!