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Altug Visits UIUC
Professor Altug Ozcelikkale, our Alumnus, from the Middle Eastern Technical University at Turkiye visited our group. He completed his PhD study in the group in 2015 and performed his Postdoc research until 2017. He is currently directing the Engineered Biomicrosystems Laboratory to develop engineered biomicrosystems for high-fidelity modeling of human physiology in health and disease.
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Conductive Hydrogel
A collaborative paper with Dr. Tian Li’s lab at Purdue University is published in the Journal Cell Reports Physical Science as below: Conductive hollow hydrogel fibers toward high-sensitivity bio-textiles Pengfei Deng, Zijian He, Yingnan Shen, Noor Mohammad Mohammad, Wenhui Xu, Bumsoo Han and Tian Li Abstract Conductive hydrogels are becoming valuable in creating soft, flexible…
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Sae Rome successfully defended her PhD dissertation
Sae Rome successfully defended her PhD dissertation, entitled “Reprogramming the pancreatic cancer stroma by targeting coagulation at the tumor microenvironment.” In this work, she developed microphysiological model of PDAC stroma with controlled coagulation system, and investigated the role of the extravascular coagulation system in tumor progression, tumor-associated fibrosis and drug resistance. Through her research, she…
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Move to UIUC
Our group joins the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and starts the Cellular and Molecular Transport Laboratory, after successful 14 years of Biotransport Phenomena Laboratory at Purdue University. We will also participate in the Cancer Center at Illinois, Materials Research Laboratory, Institutional Genomic Biology and Beckman Institute. We…
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Drug Discovery using 3D Tumor Models
A collaborative paper with Dr. Melissa Fishel’s Group at Indiana University was published in the Journal Pharmacological Research as below. New Ref-1/APE1 targeted inhibitors demonstrating improved potency for clinical applications in multiple cancer types Silpa Gampala, Hye-ran Moon, Randall Wireman, Jacqueline Peil, Sonia Kiran, Dana K Mitchell, Kylee Brewster, Henry Mang, Andi Masters, Christine Bach,…
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Nanoparticle Manufacturing
Our paper regarding nanoparticle manufacutring using microfluidics are published in the Journal Analyst. The paper is selected as Cover Article and also selected for Analyst Review Articles 2023. Advanced manufacturing of nanoparticle formulations of drugs and biologics using microfluidics Yingnan Shen, Hogyeong Gwak and Bumsoo Han Abstract Numerous innovative nanoparticle formulations of drugs and biologics,…
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Ella Deno, Undergraduate Student
Ella is a undergraduate student with Biological Science Major. She joins the Han Research Group in August 2022.
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Jonathan Huang, M.D./Ph.D. Student
Jonathan is an M.D./Ph.D. student in Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program (MSTP). He is co-advised with Professor Yunlong Liu of Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate study at Washington University is St. Louis.
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Nishanth Surianarayanan, Ph.D. Student
Nishanth is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering of Purdue University. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego and B.S. from Anna University in India.
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MPS as Drug Discovery Tools
Our review paper on the challenges and opportunities of adapting microphysioloigcal systems as drug discovery and evaluation tools are published in the Jounral Biomicrofluidics. Microphysiological systems as reliable drug discovery and evaluation tools: Evolution from innovation to maturity Hye-Ran Moon, Nishanth Surianarayanan, Tarun Singh and Bumsoo Han Abstract Microphysiological systems (MPSs), also known as organ-on-chip…
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New members in Fall 2023
Two new members join the group in Fall 2023 – Ali Alkalin and Eric Williamson. Ali starts his PhD study in Fall 2023. Ali got his BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Middle Eastern Technical University (METU) in Turkey. Interestingly, he was trained by our alum, Dr. Ozcelikkale, during his MS study. Eric also…
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Yingnan Shen, Ph.D., Postdoc Fellow
Yingnan is a Postdoc Fellow and joins Han Research Group in August 2018. Yingnan received PhD and BS both in Mechanical Engineering from Zhejiang University, China.