Update

Best Oral Talk Award (UF BIOMATERIALS DAY)

Graduate Student Kevon Jolly (first left in the photo) won the Best Oral Talk Award at UF Biomaterials Day. His talk is based on a shared project between him and Zijing (another graduate studnet who co-leads this project). Congratulations to both graduate students for making significant discoveries in RNA delivery!

University Scholar Program (USP) Award

Congratulations to Kai Rubach, undergraduate student in our lab, was selected to the University Scholar Program!

Biomedical Research Collective (BRC) – RM1 pilot funding

Our lab has been awarded pilot funding through the Sepsis & Critical Illness Research Center’s Biomedical Research Collective (BRC): Enhancing the Interdisciplinary Approach to Translational Scientific Inquiry- an RM1GM139690 Pilot Program.

Poster presentations

Zhang lab members presented their research at the annual COP research showcase

Dr. Zhang recevied the KL2 Career Development Awards from CTSI (sponsor NCATS)

https://scirc.med.ufl.edu/2023/05/04/congrats-dr-fan-zhang-ctsi-kl2-career-development-award/

Review paper published in ADDR

Congratualtions to Zijing and Kevon for publishing their first review paper titled 'Myeloid cell-mediated drug delivery: From nanomedicine to cell therapy' in Advanced Drug Delivery Review!

microRNA therapeutics for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Our collaborative project with Dr. Schmittgen's lab received funding support from NCI. This work focuses on developing microRNA-based therapeutics for pancreatic cancer treatment.