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Shukla Lab Group

April 20 2020

Congratulations Lexie!!

Congratulations to Alexis Fairman on defending her master’s thesis entitled ‘Coating Orthopeadic Implants with Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films for Controlled Delivery of SHP099 to Inhibit Osteolysis’!! Great job, Lexie!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 13 2020

New paper out now!

Check out: Development of probiotic formulations for oral candidiasis prevention: Gellan gum as a carrier to deliver Lactobacillus paracasei 28.4. A collaboration between researchers at São Paulo State University, Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital.

April 10 2020

Congratulations Shashank!

Same release profile, different hydrogel formulation. Learn more about how polymer and ion concentration affect the mechanical and drug release behavior of gellan hydrogels in the Journal of Polymer Science, work by Shukla Lab alumni Shashank Shukla!

April 8 2020

Akram receives the Excellence in Doctoral Research for her graduate work at URI!

Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Akram Abassi on receiving the 2020 Excellence in Doctoral Research Award from the URI Graduate School!!

April 8 2020

Professor Shukla receives a Brown University Early Career Research Achievement Award!

Congratulations to Professor Anita Shukla on receiving a Brown University Early Career Research Achievement Award!! This annual award is given out highlighting faculty members who’s work illustrates the high-impact research at Brown University. Find out more about Brown’s Annual Research Achievement Awards here.

March 27 2020

Prof. Shukla receives the NSF CAREER Award!!

Congratulations to Professor Anita Shukla on receiving the NSF CAREER Award, the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty nationwide!! Highlighted here in the Brown Engineering News!

 

March 2 2020

How do plasticizers like phthalates change lipid bilayer integrity

Congratulations to Shukla Lab alumni Dr. Christina Bailey-Hytholt and Tanaya Puranik on the publication of their research work investigating the interactions of phthalate environmental toxicants with a lipid structure. Check out their work in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces!

February 25 2020

Layer-by-Layer Biomaterials for Drug Delivery!

Monday, March 3rd, 2020
Congratulations to Shukla Lab alumnas Dr. Christina Bailey-Hytholt and Tanaya Puranik on the publication of their research work investigating the interactions of phthalate environmental toxicants with a lipid structure. Check out their work in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces!

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020
Congratulations to Shukla Lab alumna Dr. Dahlia Alkekhia on the publication of her review ‘Layer-by-Layer Biomaterials for Drug Delivery‘ in Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, a collaborative work with Professor Paula Hammond 

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January 23 2020

Congratulations Dr. Christina Bailey-Hytholt!!

Congratulations to the newest PhD from the Shukla Lab and Tripathi Lab, Dr. Christina Bailey-Hytholt!! She defended her dissertation entitled “Using Trophoblast Cells to Develop Biotechnological Approaches that Advance Prenatal and Women’s Health”

January 23 2020

Congratulations Dr. Dahlia Alkekhia!!

Dahlia Alkekhia successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Bacteria-Responsive Biomaterials for Prevention, Detection and Treatment of Infections.” Congrats, Dr. Alkekhia!!