News & Press Coverage
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May 16, 2022
LSI welcomes new technician Cindy Yao
Cindy grew up in Hefei, China. She graduated with a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Davis, and a M.S. in Environmental Sciences from Emory University. As a graduate researcher in Dr. Eri Saikawa’s lab, she studied heavy metal soil contamination and developed phytostabilization methods for lead remediation. Upon graduating, she worked […] -
March 3, 2022
Urinary biomarkers of immunotherapy response and resistance published in Nature Biomedical Engineering
Our work on multiplexed protease activity sensors conjugated to checkpoint antibodies to discriminate early responses and resistance to immune checkpoint blockade was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering! Congratulations to Quoc, Anirudh, and the team! Read the full manuscript here. Summary | Since 2014, the FDA has approved 7 immune checkpoint inhibitors, but not all patients […] -
February 23, 2022
Delivery of mRNA to antigen-specific T cells in vivo published in Science Advances
Our work on antigen-presenting nanoparticles that allow rapid ligand exchange for mRNA delivery to multiple antigen-specific T cells in vivo was published in Science Advances! Congratulations to Ida and the team! Read the full manuscript here. - February 4, 2022
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January 25, 2022
Brandon Holt defends Ph.D. thesis
Congrats to the now-Dr. Brandon Holt, who successfully defended his thesis entitled “Activity-based molecular circuits for programmable medicine” in front of his committee, friends, and family! -
January 10, 2022
Predictive modeling of antibacterial prodrugs published in Molecular Systems Biology
Our work on mathematical modeling to predict prodrug escape and treatment success of protease-activated antibacterial prodrugs was published in Molecular Systems Biology! Congratulations to Brandon and the team! Read the full manuscript here.