Thrilled to share our latest in Nature Biomedical Engineering
@natBME
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
Postdoc Ningqiang Gong on a "switchable" bispecific T cell engager to eliminate solid tumors in a safer manner!
Study:
@Penn
news story:
Super excited to be awarded tenure
@Penn
! Huge thanks to lab members, colleagues
@pennbioeng
, and letter writers for making this possible. It’s been an honor to watch
@MJMitchell_Lab
open in Summer 2018 and grow to 40+ members. So proud of the team and the best is yet to come!
Rest In Peace to my brilliant, beautiful, fearless Mom. You came from 🇦🇷 to 🇺🇸 to start a new life, swept my Dad off his feet on a blind date, and pushed Marc and I to reach heights we never thought possible. My lab and I will cure this disease in your honor. I love you Mom.
Excited to launch the
@Penn
Institute for RNA Innovation directed by
@WeissmanLab
and serve as the Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) Delivery Systems Group Leader! We look forward partnering w academia + industry to develop transformative RNA delivery tech!
Link:
Honored to receive the Young Investigator Award from
@SFBiomaterials
, my home society that's supported me since I was a student! Huge thanks to
@BurdickLab
@profmikeking
Bob Langer for nominating me + the
@MJMitchell_Lab
team that make this the dream job!
Excited to announce that our lab has received an
@NSF
CAREER Award! Led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student
@AlvMukalel
, we will create new mRNA lipid nanoparticle tech to engineer macrophages for solid tumor immunotherapy. We are hiring postdocs + PhD students at
#SFB2022
this week!
Huge congrats to our friends
@WeissmanLab
@kkariko
for winning the
@NobelPrize
for the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines! Will never forget the day Drew knocked on my door when I started
@pennbioeng
in 2018 and asked to collaborate on new LNP technology. Thank you for being a great mentor!
BREAKING NEWS
The 2023
#NobelPrize
in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
Congrats to my PhD student
@mag_youre_it
on her nano CAR T immunotherapy study
@NanoLetters
making
@Penn
’s front page! Maggie was the 1st PhD to join me - not sure why she chose me - but I’ll never forget it
#WomenInSTEM
#newpi
Thrilled to share our latest in Nature Nanotechnology
@NatureNano
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
Postdoc Fellow
@Xuexiang_Han
in collaboration with
@WeissmanLab
on a new class of adjuvant lipidoids that augment the immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA LNP vaccines!
Super excited to share our latest in Nature Communications
@NatureComms
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
postdocs
@Xuexiang_Han
@NingqiangGong
on a new ligand tethered LNP platform to unlock RNA delivery to activated fibroblasts to treat liver fibrosis! Paper link:
Thrilled to share our latest in
@NatureMaterials
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
Postdoc Fellow Ningqiang Gong on creating CAR T cell biomaterial coatings in the body for potent cancer immunotherapy without toxic side effects!
Free access:
Thrilled to be named a Young Innovator by
@CMBEjournal
and share our latest work led
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student
@CGFigE
on a new RNA nanoparticle combination therapy to treat multiple myeloma!
Free access to the study:
We are hiring junior and senior faculty this year
@pennbioeng
! Research areas of interest include biomaterials, drug delivery, cell & tissue engineering, AI, and synbio. Join us in our new beautiful UCity building!
Link to apply (deadline November 21):
Check out our latest
@natBME
- we show how nanoparticles that deliver RNA to bone marrow can treat heart attack, mobilize stem cells for transplants:
V lucky to collab+learn *tons* from
@MatthiasNahrend
+ his team!
Thrilled to share our latest in Nature Communications
@NatureComms
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
Postdoc
@Lulu_Xuee
on new cationic degradable lipid nanoparticles for antiangiogenic mRNA lung cancer therapy!
Study:
@Penn
news story:
Mitchell Lab is off to Seattle to give 17 presentations at
#BMES2023
, including 10 talks on mRNA LNP technology for immunotherapy, pregnancy, brain delivery, gene editing, and more! We are also hiring Postdocs and PhD students, please come chat with the team if interested!
Check out our latest
@ScienceAdvances
on engineering lipid nanoparticles for therapeutic mRNA delivery before birth (in utero) in collaboration with the
@WPeranteau
lab
@ChildrensPhila
! Link:
9 presentations and 9000 tacos later,
@MJMitchell_Lab
is closing out
#BMES2022
with a joint group photo with our favorite lab from the south
@veiseho
@Rice_BIOE
! Super proud of this crew and excited to see all their hard work published in the coming months!
Honored to receive the Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award, my home society! Even better to win it with friend
@rvdmnanomeds
. Huge thanks to Bob Langer for the nomination +
@MJMitchell_Lab
@pennbioeng
for crushing it since 2018!
Link:
Big thanks to
@PennEngineers
@pennbioeng
for featuring our recent
@NSF
CAREER Award on new mRNA LNP tech for engineering macrophages to target and kill solid tumors! We will be hiring postdocs and PhD students for our immunoengineering projects at
#BMES2022
in two weeks!
Huge congrats to
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Ajay Thatte
@ASThatte2
for being featured on the cover of
@NanoLetters
for his new mRNA lipid nanoparticle tech to engineer T cells to treat autoimmune diseases!
Issue link:
Article link:
We are hiring tenure-track faculty at all levels
@pennbioeng
- research areas of interest include synthetic biology, imaging, bioinformatics, neuroengineering, nanobiotech, and regenerative medicine. Please spread the word!
The Department of
#PennBioengineering
is engaged in a multi-year effort to fill tenure-track and tenured positions at the Assistant, Associate and Full Professor levels. Find out more info and apply:
#bioengineering
#highered
Excited to share our latest work in
@NanoLetters
led by rising star
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Emily Han
@_emilyhan_
on a predictive screening platform for mRNA lipid nanoparticle delivery to the brain!
Study:
@Penn
press release:
Check out our latest
@acsnano
with
@WPeranteau
's lab led by our MD PhD student
@rohan_palanki
on new mRNA LNPs for in utero and postnatal base editing in the brain to treat congenital disorders! Rohan is presenting his work at GRC Biomaterials this week!
Check out our latest
@NanoLetters
on engineering a new microfluidic platform to manufacture mRNA lipid nanoparticles across all scales of development in collaboration with the
@DavidIssadore
lab! Link:
Pumped to see my
@pennbioeng
PhD student
@MagBillingsley
’s CAR T mRNA lipid nanoparticle work featured as
@Penn
establishes a new $100 million Center for Precision Engineering for Health to develop novel therapeutic biomaterials!
Check out our latest collaborative work in Nature Communications
@NatureComms
led by our friend Pedro Guimaraes's lab on high-throughput in vivo screening of lipid nanoparticles to identify potent new COVID-19 DNA vaccines!
Free access:
Congrats to my superstar
@pennbioeng
PhD student
@mag_youre_it
for being awarded a NIH T32 fellowship in HIV Pathogenesis, Vaccination, and Cure! Maggie is using her latest CAR T cell tech to treat HIV:
Thrilled to announce that
@MJMitchell_Lab
team captain Dr. Ningqiang Gong is launching his lab at top ranked University of Science and Technology of China! Check out Ningqiang’s recent CAR T
@NatureMaterials
paper, and be on the lookout for more in 2024:
Super excited to share our latest in PNAS
@PNASNews
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Chris Figueroa-Espada
@CGFigE
and Pedro Guimaraes on a new RNA nanoparticle bone marrow therapy to treat multiple myeloma!
Link to paper:
Excited for the new school year at
@Penn
and to kickoff year 5 of
@MJMitchell_Lab
at
@pennbioeng
with these rockstar students + fellows! Be on the lookout for their latest mRNA LNP tech for cancer immunotherapy, vaccines, gene editing + fetal-maternal health coming out this year!
Check out our latest paper published in Small
@AdvSciNews
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Hannah "Coach" Safford
@hannahsafford_
on orthogonal design of experiments LNP optimization for in vivo mRNA delivery to the placenta during pregnancy!
Link:
Honored to receive the Journal of Nanobiotechnology Rising Star Award, thanks
@QuanyinHu_Lab
and
@WeiTaoLab
for the nomination! Fortunate to be part of such a supportive research community and for the rockstar
@MJMitchell_Lab
labbies that go hard everyday
Congrats to the winners of our 2021 Rising Star Awards
@MJMitchell_Lab
and Daishun Ling. This inaugural award recognizes talented young researchers who have made outstanding contributions in the field of nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine.
Check out our latest in Nature Biomedical Engineering
@natBME
by
@MJMitchell_Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow Ningqiang Gong
@NingqiangGong
+ PhD student Alex Hamilton
@a_hmltn
on Ruikang Tang's new hydrogel-entrapped live virus immunization platform! Free access:
Check out our latest Nature Cancer
@NatureCancer
News and Views led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Alex Hamilton
@a_hmltn
on Shawn Chen lab's new class of oncolytic circular RNA therapeutics for treating adenocarcinomas!
Free access:
Super excited to announce that the PhD defense of the first
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Maggie Billingsley titled "Ionizable LNPs for mRNA CAR T Cell Engineering" is one week from today!
- Friday December 16 2pm ET
- Room: Towne 337
- Zoom: msg
@MagBillingsley
for link
Amazing keynote lecture by friend
@KWhiteheadLab
on lipid nanoparticle mRNA delivery to the pancreas to kick off our
@Penn
CT3N nanomedicine symposium!
Fun fact: Katie not only gives great RNA delivery advice, but also teaches us how to grow killer tomato gardens over dinner!
Check out our latest research in Nano Letters
@NanoLetters
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Ajay Thatte
@ASThatte2
on new mRNA LNP tech to develop immunosuppressive T cells for autoimmune therapies!
Huge congrats to
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Kelsey Swingle
@SwingleKelsey
on being selected for cover of this month's issue of
@J_A_C_S
for her new mRNA lipid nanoparticle technology for pregnancy!
Link to issue:
Link to article:
Excited to share our latest in Nature Communications
@NatureComms
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
Postdoc
@Xuexiang_Han
on space shuttle-inspired lipid nanoparticle design for mRNA gene editing and treating obesity!
Study:
@Penn
news story:
Check out our latest on the cover of today’s issue of
@NanoLetters
led by
@MagBillingsley
in collaboration w
@carlhjune
’s lab on orthogonal DOE methodology to create new mRNA lipid nanoparticles for engineering CAR T cells for cancer immunotherapy! Link:
Check out our latest in Advanced Functional Materials
@AdvSciNews
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Alvin Mukalel
@AlvMukalel
on new oxidized mRNA lipid nanoparticle tech for making CAR monocytes in the body for cancer immunotherapy!
Free access:
Super excited to share our latest in
@J_A_C_S
led by superstar
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Kelsey Swingle
@SwingleKelsey
on a new LNP platform to unlock placental cell mRNA delivery to develop a range of new prenatal therapeutics for pregnant mothers!
Huge congrats to Dr. Maggie Billingsley
@MagBillingsley
on a successful PhD defense! It was a privilege to have you as our first PhD student and build
@MJMitchell_Lab
from the ground up with you. We look forward to having a front row seat to the exciting things you’ll accomplish!
Super pumped and grateful to receive a
@WellcomeLeap
Award from their RNA Readiness and Response R3 program and team up with friends
@DavidIssadore
@WeissmanLab
and Daeyeon Lee to develop on- demand manufacturing tech that can produce mRNA LNP vaccines!
Congrats to my
@pennbioeng
postdoctoral fellow Dr. Rachel Riley
@Rach_Riley27
for winning a prestigious
@NIH
@theNCI
F32 fellowship! Dr. Riley will continue her cancer nanomedicine research in the lab before joining
@RowanRCE
as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Huge congrats to
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Maggie Billingsley
@MagBillingsley
for being elected Chair of the next Gordon Research Seminar on Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology!
@SwingleKelsey
ran a flawless election campaign. We will celebrate at
#GRCDrugCarriers
this week!
First trip to Korea (Seoul and Daejeon) to present the latest research from the
@MJMitchell_Lab
team and kickstart our new 8 year grant with the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology on new mRNA LNP vaccine tech! We are hiring postdocs and PhD students!
Congrats to
#LaskerAward
winners Drew Weissman & Katalin Kariko,
@PennMedicine
mRNA vaccine pioneers! Their revolutionary work not only set the stage for development of the COVID vaccines, but it’s also showing us what the future of medicine may look like.
Congrats to my superstar
@pennbioeng
PhD students
@MagBillingsley
+ Sarah Shepherd for winning
@SFBiomaterials
STAR awards! Check out their oral presentations on in utero mRNA delivery and scalable mRNA LNP production next week at the SFB annual meeting:
Great mentors are your mentors for life. Congrats
@profmikeking
on the
@BMES_CMBE
Chris Jacobs Leadership Award and
@NPeppas
on the Shu Chien Lifetime Achievement Award!
@Karin_Wang26
and I are so grateful for your support - we will pay it forward to our trainees.
#CMBE2024
Huge congrats to
@MJMitchell_Lab
alum
@MagBillingsley
for receiving the Solomon R. Pollack Award, given to the most deserving
@pennbioeng
PhD student who completed their thesis! Maggie developed new mRNA LNP CAR T cell tech and is now crushing it as a Postdoc
@kochinstitute
!
Interested in setting up mRNA lipid nanoparticle formulation + in vitro/in vivo testing in your lab or company from scratch? Check out our latest in
@JoVEJournal
led by Rakan El-Mayta, Marshall Padilla
@MagBillingsley
@Xuexiang_Han
, video coming soon!
Check out our latest work in
@ACS_AMI
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Rebecca Haley +
@ScienceAndSushi
from the Tsourkas lab on a new lipid nanoparticle platform for intracellular protein delivery of RAS inhibitors for in vivo cancer therapy!
Link:
Honored and grateful to receive the
@SFBiomaterials
Young Investigator Award! Will pay it forward by training the next gen of biomaterials scientists and engineers, and working with the squad
@MagBillingsley
@SwingleKelsey
@SavanKPatel
to bring mRNA LNP therapeutics to patients!
Check out our latest in Advanced Materials
@AdvSciNews
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
PhD student Ann Metzloff on antigen presenting cell-mimetic lipid nanoparticles for rapid mRNA CAR T cell cancer immunotherapy!
Free access:
@Penn
story:
Thrilled to share our latest in PNAS
@PNASNews
led by Sarah "Scaleup" Shepherd (co-advised with
@DavidIssadore
) on SCALAR: a new microfluidic platform for throughput-scalable manufacturing of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccines!
Free access link:
Check out our latest
@RSCAdvances
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
postdoc fellows
@Lulu_Xuee
and Jingya Qin (now
@sparktx
) on a new library of RGD peptide lipid-like materials for targeted mRNA delivery and gene editing applications!
Link:
Huge congrats to
@MJMitchell_Lab
Postdoc Dr.
@NingqiangGong
for winning the BMES Burroughs Young Investigator Award, selected from the top Postdoc + early stage faculty abstracts! Excited for him to unveil his work on biomaterials for safer CAR T cell therapy at
@BMESociety
2022!
Check out our latest in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
@SFBiomaterials
led by
@MJMitchell_Lab
undergraduate researcher Kaitlin Mrksich on how ionizable lipid tail length influences LNP delivery of mRNA of varying length!
Free access:
Check out our latest in Theranostics
@THNOdotORG
led by former
@MJMitchell_Lab
undergrad Savan Patel
@SavanKPatel
on a new bile acid lipid nanoparticle platform to enhance mRNA delivery beyond the liver!
Free access:
Check out our latest in
@NatureMaterials
by
@MJMitchell_Lab
Postdoc Ningqiang Gong
@NingqiangGong
+ PhD student Alex Hamilton
@a_hmltn
on Joshua Jackman + Jae Hyung Park's new exosome-disrupting peptide platform for cancer immunotherapy!
Free access:
Interested in mRNA + lipid nanoparticle industry jobs? Please tune in to our
@CRSScience
@CRS_FG_Gene
industry webinar Thursday Dec 8th 11am-1230pm EST by industry leaders Cory Sago
@cory_sago
(formerly
@BeamTx
) + Stefaan De Koker (
@eTheRNA_engine
) to learn more! Zoom link below:
Huge congrats to
@MJMitchell_Lab
MD PhD student
@rohan_palanki
for receiving the Solomon R. Pollack Award, given annually to a
@pennbioeng
graduate student who has successfully completed research that is original and recognized as being at the forefront of its field!