July 6, 2018 – Dr. Cheng receives Nano Research Young Innovator (NR45) Award in Nanobiotechnology. Link.
May 25, 2018 – Zhiyuan receives the Joseph and Shirley Carleone Endowed Fellowship from the College of Engineering for his outstanding academic record in both course study and research. Congratulations!
April 26, 2018 – Zhiyuan and Peter’s article titled “Cell membrane coating for reducing nanoparticle-induced inflammatory responses to scaffold constructs” has been accepted for publication in Nano Research.
February 2, 2018 – Peter receives the College of Engineering Outstanding PhD Student Award, which is given to one student in the college this year. Congratulations on this prestigious award!
February 1, 2018 – Dr. Cheng receives a Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) formula grant to develop a therapeutics delivery scaffold for generating tolerogenic dendritic cells.
December 21, 2017– Peter and Zhiyuan’s review article titled “Cell membrane bioconjugation and membrane-derived nanomaterials for immunotherapy” has been accepted for publication in Bioconjugate Chemistry.
July 29, 2017– Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk in 2017 CASNN annual meeting in Suzhou, China.
June 26, 2017– Stephen passed his MS thesis defense. Congratulations!
June 12, 2017 – Dr. Cheng and collaborator receive a R21 grant from NIH to develop biomaterials for inducing immune tolerance. We thank NIH for supporting our research.