Current Projects

NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program at The University of Texas at Austin


Opportunities for multi-disciplinary research for IGERT students. 

Imaging tumor cell migration for better understanding and treatment of metastasis

Optimizing cell adhesion for biotechnological and therapeutic applications

Regulating cell function through mechano-chemical cell matrix interactions

Targeted Nanoparticles for Imaging Ovarian Cancer

Use of Tandem Mass Spectrometry to Monitor Angiotensin II in Hydrogels

Probing Aptamer Recognition by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Nanotechnology-based Devices for Detection, Smart Therapy and Biomedical Applications

New Systems for Oral Protein Delivery: Investigation of Ideal Cellular Transport Conditions for Better Protein Delivery

Intelligent Super Mucoadhesives for Oral Protein Delivery: Fundamental Investigation of Improved Tethered and Sugar-containing Carrier Systems for  Transcellular Transport and Better Protein Delivery

New Systems for Oral Protein Delivery: Transferrin Transporters as Novel Carrier Systems for Transcellular Transport and Better Protein Delivery

Recognition of Angiotensin II for Novel Therapeutic Delivery Systems

Temperature-Sensitive Polymer-Gold Nanocomposites as Intelligent Therapeutic Systems

Poly(methacrylic acid-g-ethylene glycol) Microparticles as Modulators of Tight Junction Morphology

Synthesis and Applications of Expanded Porphyrins

Nonconjugated Oligopyrroles for Anion Recognition and Sensing

Development of Molecular Biosensors for Imaging Applications

Novel Optical Imaging Techniques for Imaging Brain Function

Controlled Fabrication of Submicron Hyaluronan Structures

Microbial Cellulose and its Role in Medical Devices 

Microbial Cellulose and Drug Delivery

Optical Measurement of Molecular Transport in Cells

Microsurgery and Two-Photon Endoscope

Two-Photon imaging for cancer detection

Plasmonic Laser Nanosurgery

Femtosecond Laser Nanosurgery

Mechanisms of Imaging Contrast

Optical Fiber Probes for Biomedical Applications

Clinical Imaging Systems for early Cancer Diagnosis

Analytical, Materials, and Physical Chemistry
 

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