Ester J. Kwon
@esterjkwon
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Associate Professor of Bioengineering at UCSD engineering nanoscale materials for the brain.
San Diego, CA
Joined March 2015
ππ π THIS JUST RELEASED!!!π π π Fall 2024 Impact Report from @UCSDJacobs's Chien-Lay Department of #Bioengineering. Amazing updates from @ucsdbe students, faculty, and staff. #TritonPride
https://t.co/doivNfP2II
heyzine.com
UC San Diego Shu Chien - Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, Jacobs School of Engineering impact report.. PDF to flipbook converted using heyzine.com
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An activity-based #nanotheranostic platform, developed by @esterjkwon and team at @ucsdbe @UCSanDiego, acts as both a sensor and an inhibitor of #calpain activity during traumatic brain injury (TBI). Read this #OpenAccess: https://t.co/nle4xL2R76
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*Calling all University of California Bioengineers* Check out the new conference website for the System-wide #bioengineering symposium, and please join us in San Diego June 24-25! https://t.co/nYdW9ynNO9
2024bic.ucsd.edu
2024 UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium Innovations in Bioengineering for Precise Medicine: Unraveling Biological Variables June 24 & 25, 2024 UC San Diego La Jolla, California presented by the...
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Liver lover alert! November 16 is the day for the annual Arias symposium at the Broad in Cambridge. Amazing lineup- come join us. @WGoessling
Less than 1 month before we get to bridge basic #science and #liver disease In Person! Come join us on Nov 16 for the 32nd Arias Symposium. We will be virtual, too, and registration is FREE: https://t.co/fBrALZESKz
@snbhatia @liverUSA
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PLEASE RETWEET!!! @ucsdbe and @UCSDJacobs is hiring for multiple Assistant Professor positions in #Bioengineering. Come join our diverse group of amazing faculty, students, and staff! #DiversityInSTEM #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter
https://t.co/9I3FJVhRVu
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Thanks @Lola_UMich for the shoutout, @BMESociety, and... Thank you to all of those amazing, diverse, and talented students at @ucsdbe, @UCSDJacobs, and @UCSDMedSchool that ask the tough questions in science and engineering everyday. #phdlife #AcademicTwitter
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Excited to join in on this fun panel on the Science of Superpowers at San Diego Comic-Con. #SDCC23
Join us at @Comic_Con as real-life scientists chat about our favorite superpowers, origin stories, and super cool tech. Bring your questions! #IFTHENComicCon #SDCC #SDCC23 #STEAM
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Join us at @Comic_Con as real-life scientists chat about our favorite superpowers, origin stories, and super cool tech. Bring your questions! #IFTHENComicCon #SDCC #SDCC23 #STEAM
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@nanoscale_rsc and @MaterHoriz are seeking engaged and interested early career researchers to join our Community Board. Nominations close 19th July 2023. Check the blog for selection criteria and how to nominate. π https://t.co/o5xT3BaPpR
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Our collaboration with @ChristmanLab on promoting vascular integrity in brain injury with an infusible extracellular matrix biomaterial is out in Advanced Healthcare Materials! https://t.co/QsSi8vctmF Work led by talented PhD students @mdanae13 and @kandell_rebecca
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
An infusible extracellular matrix-derived biomaterial (iECM) is used for the treatment of acute traumatic brain injury. Intravenous delivery of the iECM 30 min post-injury shows the accumulation of...
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Check out our latest blog to find out about Emerging Investigator Ester J. Kwon! @esterjkwon
https://t.co/3LbWUWkanf Read Ester's #OpenAccess Emerging Investigator article now! https://t.co/yfH7VJ9eM8
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Excited to share a few papers from our group this past month: Lipid nanoparticle delivery in TBI https://t.co/mmW0JZbrXh Sensing TBI-associated protease activity from urine https://t.co/0znTwv1MEK A review on nanomaterial delivery across dysfunctional BBB https://t.co/reC4teICYe
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Check out our lab's presentations at #SFB2023 by Rebecca Kandell (Th 2:45 PM), Jason Wu (Th 3 PM), Marianne Madias (Th 5 PM), and Katelyn Miyasaki (Sat 10:30 AM)! @SFBiomaterials @kandell_rebecca @KatelynMiyasaki @mariannemadias
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WE HAVE A NEW NAME!!!!! Thanks to @UCSDJacobs, @ucsdbe, and all of our amazing staff, students, and faculty. Thank you to Shu Chien for his leadership, and especially @BioLegend CEO Gene Lay for this transformational gift.
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We invite you to submit an abstract for SFB 2023 in San Diego, CA! The abstract submission deadlines are October 14th (Early Bird $25) and November 1st (Extended $50)! https://t.co/E36fjkTc0Q
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PLEASE RETWEET!!! @ucsdbe and @UCSDJacobs is hiring for multiple Assistant Professor positions in #Bioengineering. Come join our diverse group of amazing faculty, students, and staff! #DiversityInSTEM #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdpositions
https://t.co/1JuY6COPLe
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Our collaborative work with Prof. Michael J. Sailor freely available as an ACS Editors' Choice Article. Porous Silicon Nanoparticles Targeted to the Extracellular Matrix for Therapeutic Protein Delivery in Traumatic Brain Injury
pubs.acs.org
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death among children and young adults in the United States, yet there are currently no treatments that improve the long-term brain...
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Congratulations Dr. Julia Kudryashev! First PhD from the Kwon Lab!
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At Mount Snow, enjoying the greenery and looking forward to hearing from our future leaders as a mentor at the Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology GRS!
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We @UCSDJacobs are excited to host this year's #NextProfPathfinder workshop in La Jolla in partnership with @UMengineering. If you are a 1st/2nd yr eng'g or CS PhD student, and thinking about academia as a career path, this is for you. Please RT and share with your students.
Attention grad studentsπ’Apps are open for the NextProf Pathfinder workshop, hosted here at @UCSanDiego Oct 2-4! The workshop prepares students for a successful career in academia, with a goal of diversifying engineering faculty: https://t.co/C0a5NL9cCF
@Lola_UMich @ChristmanLab
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