Yeo lab:news archive

Back to Home Youn Jin Ku receives 2014 Purdue Center for Cancer Research Summer Undergraduate Research Program. (4/1/14) John Weidle receives 2014 Dean's Undergraduate Research Fellowship, supported by the Dean of the College of Pharmacy. (2/26/14) "Polydopamine-Based Simple and Versatile Surface Modification of Polymeric Nano Drug Carriers," by Joonyoung Park, Tarsis Brust, Hong Jae Lee, Sang Cheon Lee, Val Watts, and Yoon Yeo, was accepted for publication in ACS Nano. (3/16/14) "Stabilization of a hyaluronate-associated gene delivery system using calcium ions," by Min Feng, Basma Ibrahim, Erin Wilson, Kyung-Oh Doh, Brandon Bergman, Christopher Park, and Yoon Yeo, was accepted for publication in Biomaterials Science. (2/6/14) "Extracellular stability of nanoparticulate drug carriers" by Karen Liu and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Archives of Pharmacal Research. (10/29/13) Sooyoung Shin, Pharm. D. begins a new career as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy at Ajou University (Korea). Congratulations! (August 2013) Erin Wilson is named as one of the Transformation makers at Purdue. We are so proud of you, Erin! Karen Liu wins the 2013-2014 pre-doctoral fellowship from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Indiana. Congratulations! We appreciate the continued support from the CTSI. (6/17/13) "Development of Quinic Acid-Conjugated Nanoparticles as a Drug Carrier to Solid Tumors", by Zohreh Amoozgar, Joonyoung Park, Qingnuo Lin, John Weidle, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules. (5/23/13) Dr. Hillary Holback celebrated at the commencement ceremony. Congratulations!! We are proud of you! (5/12/13) Bo Sun receives the PRF graduate fellowship. Congratulations! (4/25/13) The Board of Trustees of Purdue University approved Dr. Yeo's promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure (4/5/13). The promotion is effective August 2013. "Polydopamine-based surface modification for the development of peritumorally activatable nanoparticles" by Emily Gullotti, Joonyoung Park, Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Pharmaceutical Research. (3/24/13) "Zwitterionic Chitosan-Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Complex Nanoparticles as a pH-Sensitive Drug Carrier" by Karen Liu and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics. (3/19/13) "Nanoparticle characterization: State of the art, challenges, and emerging technologies" by Eun Jung Cho, Hillary Holback, Karen Liu, Sara Ahmed, Joonyoung Park, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics. (3/5/13) Karen Liu wins the third place at the 2012 BMEGSA research symposium. Congratulations! (11/2/12) "Nanocrystals for the parenteral delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs" by Bo Sun and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science. (10/9/12) "Application of polysaccharides for surface modification of nanomedicines" by Kevin Doh and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Therapeutic Delivery. (8/30/12) Karen Liu wins the 2012-2013 pre-doctoral fellowship from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Indiana. Congratulations! (8/24/12) Hillary Holback receives the 2012-2013 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (8/17/12) Drs. Emily Gullotti and Basma Ibrahim celebrated at the commencement ceremony. Congratulations!! We are proud of you! (5/13/12) "Beyond the imaging: Limitations of cellular uptake study in the evaluation of nanoparticles." by Emily Gullotti and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release (4/29/12). Hillary Holback receives the PRF graduate fellowship. Congratulations! (4/10/12) "Low molecular-weight chitosan as a pH-sensitive stealth coating for tumor-specific drug delivery" by Zohreh Amoozgar, Joonyoung Park, Qingnuo Lin, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics (4/10/12). "Semi-interpenetrating network of polyethylene glycol and photocrosslinkable chitosan as an in-situ forming nerve adhesive", by Zohreh Amoozgar, Todd Rickett, Joonyoung Park, Chad Tuchek, Riyi Shi, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Acta Biomaterialia (1/16/12). "Zwitterionic Chitosan Derivative, a New Biocompatible Pharmaceutical Excipient, Prevents Endotoxin-mediated Cytokine Release", by Gaurav Bajaj, William van Alstine, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in PLOS One (12/23/11). Zohreh Amoozgar, eh-hmm, Dr. Amoozgar celebrates commencement. Congratulations!! (12/18/11) Emily Gullotti receives the Chorafas Foundation Award (12/9/11). Congratulations!! "Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel for regional delivery of paclitaxel to intraperitoneal tumors", by Gaurav Bajaj, Mi Ran Kim, Sulma Mohammed, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release (12/4/11). Basma Ibrahim and Zohreh Amoozgar receive Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) Travel Grants. This award provides partial support for their participation in the 2011 AAPS Annual meeting. We appreciate the support of the PGSG and the Graduate School. Congratulations, Basma & Zohreh! (11/26/11) "Recent advances in stealth coating of nanoparticle drug delivery systems", a review article by Zohreh Amoozgar and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in WIREs Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology. Congratulations! (11/25/11) Zohreh Amoozgar receives a Graduate Student Award at the 2011 American Society of Iranian Pharmaceutical Scientists (ASIPS), a branch of AAPS (10/23/11). Congratulations! Zohreh Amoozgar receives the 2011 Jenkins-Knevel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research. Her accomplishment will be recognized at a special Graduate Student Awards Symposium to be held on Thursday, November 3rd, at 3:30 p.m. in LAWSON 1142. Congratulations to Zohreh for receiving this honorable recognition! (10/4/11) The Yeo Lab is moving to MSEE 341, 345, and 349 (8/25/11). This move is part of the Departmental effort to prepare the ground floor, home for many IPPH labs, for the long-overdue renovation. We appreciate the continued support of alumni and friends of IPPH for the renovation! Karen Liu AND Zohreh Amoozgar receive the 2011-2012 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarships. Congratulations! (8/26/11) Zohreh Amoozgar receives the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, which will support completion of her Ph.D. study. Congratulations! (8/15/11) Emily Gullotti receives a $300 travel grant from the Purdue local section of the American Chemical Society, which will partially support her travel to BMES meeting in October. Congratulations! (8/15/11) Karen Liu wins the Excellent Student Poster Award for the I/ODG symposium (Indianapolis, 8/9/11). Karen's poster is entitled "pH-Activatable Nanoparticles for Tumor-Specific Drug Delivery". Congratulations! (8/3/11). "A strategy to delivery genes to cystic fibrosis lungs: A battle with environment", by Basma Ibrahim, Seungman Park, Bumsoo Han, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release (7/29/11). Emily Gullotti wins the second place in 2011 BMEGSA poster presentation. Congrats! (7/28/11) Basma Ibrahim receives AFPE (American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education) Pre-doctoral Fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences for 2011-2012. Congratulations! (6/24/11) (Belated) congratulations! Joonyoung Park, working with Zohreh Amoozgar, won 3rd place in Life Science in the Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. (4/15/11) Job well done! Congratulations! Basma Ibrahim receives continued support of pre-doctoral fellowship from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Indiana. (5/9/11) Hillary Holback receives a Migliaccio-Pfizer Graduate Fellowship, which provides a year of support for Hillary’s graduate research. Congratulations! (4/28/11) Joonyoung Park and Erin Wilson receive 2011 Dean's Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations. Look forward to another fun & productive summer! (3/28/11) Dr. Yeo receives 2011 NSF CAREER award. (3/25/11) Emily Gullotti receives the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship for the 2011-12 academic year. Congratulations! (2/23/11) "Challenges and advances in development of inhalable drug formulations for cystic fibrosis lung disease", by Basma Ibrahim, Michael Tsifansky, Yan Yang, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery (2/4/11). Emily Gullotti receives Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) Travel Grant (2/4/11). This award partially supports her last travel to the AAPS meeting in New Orleans. Congratulations! "Intratumoral drug delivery with nanoparticulate carriers", by Hillary Holback and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Pharm. Res. (12/20/10) "Mannitol-guided delivery of ciprofloxacin in artificial cystic fibrosis mucus model", by Yan Yang, Michael Tsifansky, Sooyoung Shin, Qingnuo Lin, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. (12/16/10) Zohreh Amoozgar was awarded with 2010 IPPH Chao Fellowship. Congratulations! (12/2/10) "A rapidly photocrosslinkable chitosan hydrogel for peripheral neurosurgeries", co-authored by Zohreh Amoozgar and Joonyoung Park, is accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules (11/15/10). Sooyoung Shin was selected as the recipient for this year's Midwest Society of Cosmetic Chemists Scholarship award. Congratulations! (11/2/10) Emily Gullotti receives the 2010 Women in Engineering Travel Grant sponsored by the Women in Engineering Program, which will support her travel to the 2010 FIP PSWC/AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans. Congratulations! (9/21/10) Emily Gullotti AND Hillary Holback receive the 2010-2011 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (8/24/10) Congratulations! Gaurav Bajaj has been selected to receive a travel award from the AAPS Executive Council, which will support his travel to the 2010 FIP PSWC/AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 14‐18. (8/17/10) "Zwitterionic chitosan derivatives for pH-sensitive stealth coating" (Peisheng, Gaurav, & Tyler) is accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules. (7/26/10) "Differential effects of insufflated, subcutaneous, and intravenous growth hormone on bone growth, cognitive function and NMDA receptor subunit expression", a study at Samsung Medical Center (Korea) that Sooyoung and Yoon participated as co-authors, is accepted for publication in Endocrinology. Congratulations! (6/10/10) Congratulations! Basma Ibrahim wins the 2010-2011 pre-doctoral fellowship from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Indiana. (5/12/10) Zohreh Amoozgar and Dr. Yeo win the 2010 Purdue Research Foundation Research Grant. Congratulations! (4/6/10) Congratulations! Emily Gullotti wins the P.E.O. Scholar Award! (4/3/10) Congratulations! Emily Gullotti and Skylar Wolfe are pleased to announce that they become Mr. & Mrs. on March 14th 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada. See their Thank-you note to the Lab. (3/14/10). Emily Gullotti receives the Magoon Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant (3/1/10). Congratulations! "Photocrosslinkable chitosan modified with angiopoietin-1 peptide, QHREDGS, promotes survival of neonatal rat heart cells", a study at U. Toronto (PI: M. Radisic) that Zohreh and Yoon participated in as co-authors, is accepted for publication in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A (1/4/10). Congratulations! Basma Ibrahim receives Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) Travel Grant (12/14/09). This award partially supports her last travel to the AAPS meeting in LA. Congratulations! Gaurav Bajaj's commentary on "Drug delivery systems for intraperitoneal therapy" was accepted for publication in Pharm. Res. Congratulations! (12/3/09) Basma Ibrahim's paper on "Development of inhalable dry powder formulation of basic fibroblast growth factor" was accepted for publication in Int. J. Pharm. Congratulations! (10/12/09) Yan Yang (and Haein Yang)'s paper on "Inhalable antibiotic delivery using a dry powder co-delivering recombinant deoxyribonuclease and ciprofloxacin for treatment of cystic fibrosis" was accepted for publication in Pharm. Res. Congratulations! (9/29/09) Emily Gullotti was chosen as one of the top 10 finalists in the annual Society of Women Engineers Collegiate Poster Competition in the graduate category. Her poster titled "Peritumorally activatable nanoparticles for drug delivery to multidrug resistant tumors" will be presented at The Society of Women Engineers National Conference in Long Beach, CA, in October. Congratulations and good luck! (9/1/09) Basma Ibrahim receives the 2009-2010 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship in the Life Sciences. Congratulations! (8/31/09) Dr. Yeo receives the 2009 AAPS New Investigator Grant In Pharmaceutics And Drug Delivery And Pharmaceutical Technologies, which will be presented at the 2009 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition (8/25/09). Emily Gullotti won the Joe Bourland Graduate Student Travel Award. (8/21/09) Congratulations! Joonyoung Park's poster presented at 2009 SURF Research Symposium was chosen as one of the top 10 posters out of 115. Zohreh Amoozgar, student mentor for Joonyoung Park, received the 2009 SURF Mentor of the Summer award. (8/6/09) Congratulations to both Zohreh and Joonyoung! Peisheng Xu (and Griffin Quick)'s paper on "Gene delivery through the use of a hyaluronate-associated intracellularly degradable cross-linked polyethyleneimine" was accepted for publication in Biomaterials. Congratulations! (7/8/09) Basma Ibrahim won third place in poster presentation at the 41th Annual Pharmaceutics Graduate Student Research Meeting, West Lafayette. Congratulations! (6/26/09) Emily Gullotti's review paper on "Extracellularly activated nanocarriers: A new paradigm of tumor targeted drug delivery" was published in Molecular Pharmaceutics. Congratulations! (4/14/09) Zohreh Amoozgar receives the 2009 Lilly Endowment Graduate Research Award. Congratulations! We thank the Lilly Endowment for the support! (4/2/09) Tyler Shugg receives 2009 Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations! (3/23/09) Dr. Yeo receives the 3M Non-tenured faculty grant for the third year. We thank 3M for the continuing support! (2/10/09) Dr. Yeo receives the AACP New Investigator Award. (11/5/08) Peisheng Xu (and Emily Gullotti)'s paper on "Intracellular drug delivery by poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles, revisited." was published in Molecular Pharmaceutics. Congratulations! (11/26/08) Yan Yang (and Nimisha Bajaj, Peisheng Xu, and Kim Ohn)'s paper on "Development of highly porous large PLGA microparticles for pulmonary drug delivery" was accepted for publication in Biomaterials. Congratulations! (12/15/08)