DONG RESEARCH GROUP

DRUG DISCOVERY & DELIVERY LABORATORY

News

2024:

Mar 11, 2024– Our work on LNPs with polysarcosine lipids is accepted by Bioactive Materials. Congratulations Diana, Xucheng, and all the contributors!

Feb 2, 2024- A group of local high school students visited our lab and learned how to formulate mRNA encapsulating lipid nanoparticles.

Jan 15, 2024-Our work on stem cell engineering is accepted by Nature Communications. Congratulations Yonger, Yuebao, Yichen, and all the contributors!

2023:

Dec 12, 2023- Dr. Dong is inducted as a Fellow to the National Academy of Inventors. Congratulations!

Nov 13, 2023- Yonger successfully defended his dissertation thesis. Congratulations Dr. Xue!

Nov 2, 2023- Diana gave a research presentation at the NIH 2023 Synthetic Biology Consortium. Congratulations!

Sep 22, 2023- Xucheng presented our CATCH strategy for cancer immunotherapy at the 2023 PrIISM Retreat. Congratulations!

Jul 27, 2023- Our CATCH strategy for cancer immunotherapy is published on Nature Nanotechnology! Congratulations Yuebao, Xucheng, Shi, and all the contributors!

Jul 13, 2023- Our collaborative review article with the labs of Qianben Wang and Shan-Lu Liu is published by Frontiers in Genome Editing. Congratulations to the collaborative teams!

Jul 11, 2023- “Biomaterials for in situ cell therapy”, an invited review is accepted by BMEMat. Congratulations Chang, Siyu, and Diana!

Jun 28, 2023- Our collaborative review article with the labs of Wei Tao and Daniel J. Siegwart is accepted by Nature Reviews Methods Primers. Congratulations to the collaborative teams!

Jun 10, 2023- “Advancements of in vitro transcribed mRNA (IVT mRNA) to enable translation into the clinics”, an invited review is accepted by Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. Congratulations Diana and Haoyuan!

Jun 5, 2023- “Adoptive cell therapy for cancer treatment”, an invited review is accepted by Exploration. Congratulations Shi, Jingyue, Yonger, and Yichen!

Apr 25, 2023- “Advances in engineering and delivery strategies for cytokine immunotherapy”, an invited review is accepted by Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. Congratulations Margaret, Yonger and Katarina!

Mar 31, 2023- Jingyue successfully defended her dissertation thesis. Congratulations Dr. Yan!

Mar 30, 2023- Shi successfully defended his dissertation thesis. Congratulations Dr. Du!

Mar 17, 2023- Our work on STING Agonist-Derived LNP-mRNA is accepted by Nano Letters. Congratulations Yuebao, Jingyue, Xucheng, and all the contributors!

Mar 09, 2023- “mRNA delivery in cancer immunotherapy”, an invited review is accepted by Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. Congratulations Yichen and Shi!

Jan 20, 2023- Our work on LNP-RNA to restore spermatogenesis is accepted by Advanced Science. Congratulations Shi, Wenqing, Yuebao, and all the contributors! 

2022:

Nov 1, 2022- Our lab moved to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai!

Sep 19, 2022- A cancer immunotherapy work led by Jingyue and Yuebao is accepted by Advanced Materials. Congratulations Jingyue, Yuebao, and all the contributors!

Jul 28, 2022- Rafia presented her results at the College of Pharmacy Undergraduate Symposium. Great job!

Jul 25, 2022- Our collaborative work with the labs of Qianben Wang and Shan-Lu Liu was published on Nature Chemical Biology.  Congratulations to the collaborative teams!

Jul 22, 2022- Our invited book chapter is accepted by Handbook of Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids. Congratulations Shi and Jeffery!

May 10, 2022- Our invited book chapter is accepted by Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials. Congratulations Diana!

Apr 15, 2022- Xucheng successfully defended his dissertation thesis. Congratulations Dr. Hou!

Apr 11, 2022- Margaret gave a successful defense of her thesis for the College of Medicine Honors Program Thesis Distinction.Congratulations!

Mar 25, 2022- Dr. Dong is inducted as a 2022 AIMBE Fellow. Congratulations!

Mar 10, 2022- Our collaborative research article with the Bai lab is accepted by Journal of Controlled Release

     -Thanks for the invitation from the special issue of “RNA delivery for vaccine and nucleic acid therapy”.

     –Congratulation to the collaborative teams!

Feb 18, 2022- Dr. Dong is elected to the 2022 class of the AIMBE College of Fellows. Congratulations!

     –https://pharmacy.osu.edu/news/yizhou-dong-elected-2022-class-aimbe-college-fellows

2021:

Dec 21, 2021- “Recent advances of biomaterials in stem cell therapies”, an invited perspective is accepted by Nanotechnology. Congratulations Yonger and Rafia!

Dec 09, 2021- Jingyue has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Presidential Fellowship Award. Congratulations!

Nov 22, 2021- Our cancer immunotherapy paper is in press on Nature Communications. Congratulations Wenqing, Xinfu, Chengxiang, Jingyue and all co-authors!

Nov 10, 2021- Xucheng has been selected as the recipient of the Betty-ann Hoener Award in Pharmaceutics. Congratulations!

Nov 05, 2021- A review article about our recent research findings is accepted by Accounts of Chemical Research. Congratulations Chang and Yuebao!

Nov 05, 2021- Our review article is accepted by Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. Congratulations Jingyue, Diana, and Gillian!

Aug 24, 2021- Our mRNA probe paper is accepted by Advanced Materials. Congratulations Weiyu, Chunxi, Jingyue and all co-authors!

Aug 10, 2021- Our collaborative review article with Drs. Langer and Zaks is published by Nature Reviews Materials!

Jul 29, 2021- Jingyue has been selected as the recipient of the Professor Sylvan G. Frank Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations!

Jul 19, 2021- Our comprehensive review article on lipid chemistry is published by Chemical Reviews!

May 26, 2021- “Harnessing lipid nanoparticles for efficient CRISPR delivery”, an invited review article is accepted by Biomaterials Science.

Mar 09, 2021- “ Advances of nanomaterials-based strategies for fighting against COVID-19”, an invited review article is accepted by View.

Feb 14, 2021- A webinar “COVID-19 Vaccines Update: Emerging Questions & Future Applications” organized by American Chemical Society.

     -Drs. Shane Crotty and Yizhou Dong will join the ACS webinar “COVID-19 Vaccines Update: Emerging Questions & Future Applications”.

     -Please register. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/acs-webinars/drug-discovery/covid-update.html

Feb 03, 2021- Dr. Dong describes our engineered macrophages as an antimicrobial therapy on a Science-Focused Television Show “QED with Dr. B”

     -QED, which stands for Quod Erat Demonstrandum, or Quite Easily Demonstrated, was inspired by Dr. Bertley’s lifelong commitment to improving science literacy at every age. In QED with Dr. B, Dr. Bertley, a thought leader in the fields of applied science, science education and community engagement, seeks to connect people to complex science topics in an easily digestible, unintimidating and exciting way. (https://wosu.org/shows/qed-with-dr-b/

Jan 13, 2021- A webinar organized by Nature Reviews Materials and Nature Nanotechnology.

     -Drs. Whitehead and Dong will present “lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery” and answer related questions.

     -Please register. https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5066372971677966862

A webinar organized by Nature Reviews Materials and Nature Nanotechnology.

2020:

Nov 30, 2020- Our collaborative review article with the lab of Xiaolin Cheng was accepted by Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry.

Oct 27, 2020- Dr. Dong received The AAPS Emerging Leader Award! Congratulations!

Oct 08, 2020- Xucheng was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Poster Award at the Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society annual meeting. Congratulations!

Sep 09, 2020- Cleveland 19 News highlighted our work on COVID-19 Vaccine.

Sep 04, 2020- Weiyu and Chengxiang took an industry position at Strand Therapeutics Inc. and Invaio Sciences Formulation Inc., respectively! Congratulations!

Aug 24, 2020- Xucheng has been selected as the recipient of the Professor Sylvan G. Frank Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations!

Aug 13, 2020- Wenqing took a faculty position at Nantong University. Congratulations!

Aug 11, 2020- Chunxi‘s paper is accepted by Advanced Materials. Congratulations!

Jun 30, 2020- Our collaborative work with the lab of Denise E. Sabatino at CHOP and the team at Beam Therapeutics was accepted by Science Advances.

Jun 29, 2020- Our collaborative work with the labs of Darrell J. Irvine and Ron Weiss at MIT was accepted by Nature Cancer.

Jun 23, 2020- Weiyu successfully defended her dissertation thesis. Congratulations Dr. Zhao!

May 05, 2020- “Formulation and Delivery Technologies for mRNA Vaccines” an invited chapter is accepted by Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology.

Apr 07, 2020- Chengxiang successfully defended his dissertation thesis. Congratulations Dr. Zhang!

Apr 05, 2020- bioRxiv posted our results for developing potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.

Mar 09, 2020- “Recent Advances of Antibody Drug Conjugates for clinical applications”, an invited review article is accepted by Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B.

Mar 06, 2020- Our collaborative paper with Prof. Guangya Xiang is accepted by Bioactive Materials.

Mar 04, 2020- Our collaborative paper with the lab of Prof. Xiaolin Cheng is accepted by Bioconjugate Chemistry.

Jan 29, 2020- WOSU: Drs. Pannu and Dong with Ann Fisher

     -WOSU invited Drs. Pannu and Dong for “All Sides with Ann Fisher”, a radio talk show. They talked about “Treating Sepsis”.

     –https://radio.wosu.org/post/wellness-wednesday-treating-sepsis#stream/0

2019:

Dec 27, 2019- Bin’s paper is accepted by Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids. Congratulations!

Nov 20, 2019- Xucheng and Xinfu’s paper is accepted by Nature Nanotechnology. Congratulations!

Nov 19, 2019- Our collaborative review article is accepted by Trends in Pharmacological Sciences.

Nov 13, 2019- Dr. Dong gave a featured talk for Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society New Member and Awards Ceremony.

Oct 05, 2019- Justin presented “Ratiometric fluorescent probes for capturing endogenous hypochlorous acid in the lungs of mice” at the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) national conference.

Jul 15, 2019- Diana gave a wonderful research presentation for the summer research fellowship program. Congratulations! 

Jul 02, 2019- Our nanomaterials have been licensed for developing new therapeutics.

Jun 19, 2019- “RNA delivery biomaterials for the treatment of genetic and rare diseases”, an invited review was published by Biomaterials.

May 15, 2019- A joint review article with Professors Daniel Siegwart and Daniel Anderson was published on Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.

May 06, 2019- Our technologies have been licensed for base editing.

     https://pharmacy.osu.edu/news/pharmacy-researcher-engineers-lln-encapsulation-technology-enters-licensing-agreement

May 01, 2019- Justin received the 2019 Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Outstanding Undergraduate Award and will pursue his MD at OSU medical school. Congratulations!

Apr 26, 2019- Bin took a faculty position at Shenzhen People’s Hospital. Congratulations!

Apr 24, 2019- Justin received the Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduating Student of the Year and he successfully defended his Undergraduate Honors Research Thesis, titled “The Impact of Lipid Chain and Amino Groups on Drug Delivery” under the guidance of Dr. Dong. Congratulations!

Apr 11, 2019- Youxi and Xinfu‘s paper “Targeted delivery of atorvastatin via asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR)” was accepted by Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations!

Feb 20, 2019- Justin received the award in the Innovations in Health Sciences research area at 2019 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum for his poster titled “Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Capturing Endogenous Hypochlorous Acid in the Lungs of Mice”. Congratulations!

Feb 14, 2019- Chengxiang‘s paper “Antibiotic-Derived Lipid Nanoparticles to Treat Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus” was published by ACS Applied Bio Materials. Congratulations!

Jan 20, 2019- Chengxiang, Xinfu and Weiyu‘s paper “Chemotherapy drugs derived nanoparticles encapsulating mRNA encoding tumor suppressor proteins to treat triple-negative breast cancer” was accepted by Nano Research. Congratulations!

2018:

Dec 14, 2018- Xinfu and Chengxiang‘s paper “Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Anti-CD38 Antibody Drug Conjugate Based on Daratumumab and Maytansinoid” was accepted by Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations!

Nov 19, 2018- Bin‘s paper “Synthetic oligonucleotides inhibit CRISPR-Cpf1 mediated genome editing” was accepted by Cell Reports. Congratulations

Nov 17, 2018- Dr. Yuebao Zhang joined Dr. Dong‘s research group. Welcome!

Oct 02, 2018- Dr. Dong was selected as the recipient of the 2018 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers Young Investigator Award and gave an invited talk at the Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society annual meeting. Thanks a lot, OTS!

Oct 01, 2018- Pengxuan Zhao, a visiting scholar, joined Dr. Dong‘s research group. Welcome!

Dec 14, 2018- Xinfu and Chengxiang‘s paper “Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Anti-CD38 Antibody Drug Conjugate Based on Daratumumab and Maytansinoid” was accepted by Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations!

Sep 04, 2018- Xinfu and Weiyu’s paper “Ratiometric Fluorescent Probes for Capturing Endogenous Hypochlorous Acid in the Lungs of Mouse” was published by Chemical Science.

Aug 30, 2018- Dr. Dong was selected as the recipient of the 2018 Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. Thanks a lot, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering! Congratulations to everyone!

Aug 11, 2018- Jingyue Yan and Shi Du, new graduate students, joined Dr. Dong‘s research group.

Jul 11, 2018- Weiyu has been awarded the Sylvan G. Frank Graduate Fellowship (2018-2019). Congratulations!

Jul 01, 2018- Dr. Dong was selected as the recipient of the 2018 Nano Research Young Innovator Awards (NR45) in nanobiotech. Congratulations to all the awardees!

Jun 21, 2018- Weiyu‘s paper “Lipid Polymer Hybrid Nanomaterials for mRNA Delivery” was published by Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. Congratulations!

Jun 12, 2018- Dr. Dong has been promoted to associate professor with tenure! Congratulations! Thanks all of us for the hard work!!!

Jun 11, 2018- Weiyu‘s paper “Lipid Polymer Hybrid Nanomaterials for mRNA Delivery” was accepted by Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. Congratulations!

May 15, 2018- Xiao‘s paper “Co-delivery of mRNA and SPIONs through amino-ester nanomaterials” was published by Nano Research. Congratulations!

Apr 27, 2018- Xiao‘s paper “Co-delivery of mRNA and SPIONs through amino-ester nanomaterials” was accepted by Nano Research.

Apr 13, 2018- “Nanoscale Platforms for Messenger RNA Delivery”, an invited review article was accepted by Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews – Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology.

Apr 09, 2018- Xinfu accepted an associate professor position at Dalian University of Technology. Congratulations!

Apr 05, 2018- Bin‘s paper “Design and Assessment of Engineered CRISPR–Cpf1 and Its Use for Genome Editing” was published by Nature Protocols.

Apr 03, 2018- Justin presented “GlcNAc Conjugated Atorvastatin with Enhanced Water Solubility and Cellular Internalization” at Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.

Mar 29, 2018- Weiyu and Chengxiang presented their posters on The OSU College of Pharmacy 2018 Research Day.

Mar 28, 2018- Justin, one of the undergraduate Pelotonia Fellows was invited for a lunch and conversation with President Drake.

Mar 06, 2018- Dehua Pei, Yizhou Dong and Laura McLaughlin Named 2017 Innovators of the Year. Congratulations, Dr. Dong!

     –https://mailchi.mp/research/6yrka6yev9?e=ddca1a495e

     –http://pharmacy.osu.edu/news/college-pharmacy-researcher-named- early-career-innovator-year

Feb 01, 2018- Youxi Zhang, a visiting scholar, joined Dr. Dong‘s research group.

 

Jan 11, 2018- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk for Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

 

Jan 02, 2018- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk for the 2018 Celluar and Molecular Bioengineering Conference.

2017:

Dec 19, 2017- Bin‘s article was accepted by Nature Protocols.

Nov 13, 2017- Dr. Dong was selected as the recipient of the 2018 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Rising Star Award. Congratulations! Many thanks to Cell and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE)!

Nov 09, 2017- Xiao successfully defended his dissertation thesis. Congratulations Dr. Luo!

Nove 01, 2017- Lyu Liu, a visiting scholar, joined Dr. Dong‘s research group.

Oct 17, 2017- Sijin‘s paper “Size, Shape and Sequence-dependent Immunogenicity of RNA Nanoparticles” was accepted by Molecular Therapy.

Aug 19, 2017- Weiyu was awarded the first place outstanding poster presentation at the First Conference on Biomoters, Virus Assembly, and Nanobiotechnology Applications. Congratulations!

Aug 19, 2017- Dr. Dong gave a special Chih-Ming Chen lecture at the First Conference on Biomoters, Virus Assembly, and Nanobiotechnology Applications. Congratulations!

Aug 01, 2017- Chengxiang has been awarded the Sylvan G. Frank Graduate Fellowship (2017-2018). Congratulations!

Jul 26, 2017- Xinfu‘s paper “GlcNAc Conjugated Atorvastatin with Enhanced Water Solubility and Cellular Internalization” was published by Bioconjugate Chemistry.

Jul 20, 2017- Justin presented his SURF research.

Jul 07, 2017- Xinfu‘s paper “Biodegradable Amino-Ester Nanomaterials for Cas9 mRNA Delivery in Vitro and in Vivo” was published by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Jun 26, 2017- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk for the Carolina Cancer Nanotechnology Training Program at the UNC – Chapel Hill.

May 30, 2017- Dr. Dong‘s laboratory was noted in the EHS newsletter “Laboratory Safety Dean’s List“. Thank you all for your diligence and continued commitment to safety and compliance!

     -The most recent annual safety inspection of our laboratory for chemical and/or biological safety procedures found no items of concern and we were awarded a certificate of achievement.

May 10, 2017- Bin‘s paper “Engineering CRISPR–Cpf1 crRNAs and mRNAs to maximize genome editing efficiency” was published by Nature Biomedical Engineering.

May 01, 2017- Justin Jiang received the Pelotonia Undergraduate Fellowship. Congratulations!

May 01, 2017- Dr. Wenqing Li joined Dr. Dong‘s research group.

Apr 25, 2017- We are happy to host Prof. Hyukjin Lee and his students Hansaem and Minjeong for their visit.

Apr 21, 2017- Dr. Dong gave a talk at OSU Discovery Talks-Infectious Disease.

Apr 17, 2017- Dr. Dong was selected as one of the 40 under 40 by Columbus Business First.

-http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/17/heres-the-40-under-4…

Apr 06, 2017- Xiao & Weiyu presented their research on College of Pharmacy Research Day, 2017.

Apr 05, 2017- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk at the premier event of the Chinese Association for Biomaterials (CAB) — The CAB Day Symposium.

Mar 31, 2017- Xiao presented a poster on The Ohio LSAMP Alliance Conference 2017.

Mar 29, 2017- Justin presented a poster on 2017 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.

Mar 24, 2017- Justin Jiang received the College of Pharmacy Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Mar 22, 2017- We received a R01 grant together with Professor Denise E. Sabatino. Congratulations!

Mar 13, 2017- Joshua Omlar joined the DDD lab.

Jan 24, 2017- Chao, Miao, Bin, and Xiurui‘s work on CRISPR/Cas9 delivery was published on Cell Research. Congratulations!

2016

Dec 21, 2016- AAPS blog: Novel Platforms of Biotechnology as Potential Therapeutics.

     https://aapsblog.aaps.org/2016/11/28/novel-platforms-of-biotechnology-as-potential-therapeutics/#more-9303

Dec 13, 2016- Xiao‘s work on Dual-functional Lipid-like Nanoparticles for Delivery of mRNA and MRI Contrast Agent was accepted by Nanoscale. Congratulations!

 

Nov 23, 2016- Xiao‘s work on Poly(glycoamidoamine) brush nanomaterials for systemic siRNA delivery in vivo was accepted by Biomaterials Science. Congratulations!

 

Sep 26, 2016- Dr. Chunxi Zeng joined Dr. Dong‘s research group.

 

Sep 16, 2016- Bin, Weiyu and Xinfu‘s work on Design, synthesis and evaluation of anti-CD123 antibody drug conjugates was accepted by Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations!

Sep 01, 2016- Dr. Xiaofang Chen joined Dr. Dong‘s research group.

 

Aug 23, 2016- Chengxiang Zhang, a graduate student, joined Dr. Dong‘s research group.

 

Aug 02, 2016- Xiao has been selected as Eli Lilly fellowship recipient (2016-2017). Congratulations!

 

Aug 01, 2016- Dr. Dong received the esteemed Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) by National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIGMS). Congratulations! Many thanks to NIGMS!

 

Jul 25, 2016- Dr. Dong‘s work on Injectable and glucose-responsive hydrogels based on boronic acid-glucose complexation was published by Langmuir.

 

Jun 10, 2016- Dr. Dong is selected as the recipient of the 2016 AAPS Foundation New Investigator Grant. Congratulations! Many thanks to NIGMS!- 

Jun 01, 2016- Junfeng‘s work on Two-Photon Near Infrared (NIR-NIR) Fluorescent Turn-On Probe Toward Cysteine (Cys) and Its Imaging Applications was published by ACS Sensors.

 

May 25, 2016- Xiao successfully passed his candidacy exam. Congratulations!

 

Apr 07, 2016- Xiao presented a poster on College of Pharmacy Research Day, 2016.

 

Mar 02, 2016- Dr. Dong was awarded a research grant from the National PKU Alliance. Congratulation! Many thanks to the National PKU Alliance!

 

Mar 01, 2016- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk at OSU Immunology Seminar Series.

 

Feb 26, 2016- Bin and Xiao‘s work on Effects of Chemically Modified Messenger RNA on Protein Expression was published by Bioconjugate Chemistry. Congratulations!

 

Feb 05, 2016- Bin and Xiao‘s work on Effects of local structural transformation of lipid-like compounds on delivery of messenger RNA was accepted by Scientific Reports. Congratulations!

Feb 01, 2016- A co-authored paper on CRISPR-based correction of the tyrosinemia disease was published by Nature Biotechnology.

     -This work was led by Dr. Yin in the lab of Professors Robert Langer and Daniel Anderson. Professor Wen Xue is a co-corresponding author of this paper. Congrats!

     –http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nbt.3471.pdf

Jan 04, 2016- Dr. Dong‘s work on poly(glycoamidoamine) brushes formulated nanomaterials for siRNA and mRNA delivery was published by Nano Letters.

2015

Dec 18, 2015- Dr. Dong presented the work on new mRNA delivery materials during The 13th US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems.

 

Dec 01, 2015- Dr. Xinfu Zhang joined the DDD lab.

 

Nov 06, 2015- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk at Cleveland State University.

Nov 03, 2015- Bin‘s work on mRNA delivery materials was published in Nano Letters.

 

Nov 02, 2015- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk at Wayne State University.

 

Oct 13, 2015- Dr. Junfeng Wang left the DDD lab for Harvard Medical School.

 

Sep 28, 2015- Brad A. Pradarelli, Lauren C. Todd and Alaa Al-Hindi joined the DDD lab.

 

Sep 16, 2015- Ashley Post joined the DDD lab.

 

Sep 01, 2015- Weiyu Zhao, a graduate student, joined the DDD lab

 

Aug 01, 2015- Victoria Wu joined the DDD lab.

 

Jun 22, 2015- Dr. Dong was awarded Early Career Investigator Award from Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program. Congratulations! Many thanks to the Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program!

Jun 03, 2015- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk in the Translational Therapeutics Think Tank (T4) meeting.

 

Jun 01, 2015- Dr. Junfeng Wang joined the DDD lab.

 

Apr 07, 2015- Dr. Dong gave a talk in the 2015 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

 

Mar 19, 2015- A co-authored paper on dendrimer-inspired nanomaterials for siRNA delivery to lung vasculature was published by Nano Letters.

 

Mar 04, 2015- The Dong lab received Translational Therapeutics Voucher Support from The Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Congratulations! Many thanks to The Center for Clinical and Translational Science!

 

Feb 25, 2015- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk in the Division Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy at College of Pharmacy.

 

Jan 14, 2015- Dr. Dong was awarded Research Reward from Trilink Biotechnologies. Congratulations! Many thanks to TriLink BioTechnologies!

Jan 01, 2015- Xiao Luo, a graduate student, joined the DDD lab.

Nov 15, 2014- Dr. Bin Li joined the DDD lab.

Nov 12, 2014- Dr. Dong gave an invited talk in the Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Sep 01, 2014- The Dong lab started at OSU. Dr. Dong joined the Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the College of Pharmacy, the Ohio State University.