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PhD candidate @UofT researching DNA nanotechnologies as anti-cancer tools

Toronto, Ontario
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RT @bme_uoft: Researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the University of Toronto have developed a new method to pr….
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RT @Trav_Douglas11: @acsnano @leochou0814 Also big thanks to @shanalexander4 for her dedication and help with the project. It’s awesome wor….
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8 months
Excited to share our most recent work in @acsnano led by @Trav_Douglas11 where we manipulate antigen spacing on DNA origami nanoparticles to control immune complex formation! Congrats Travis!
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Immune complexes (ICs), formed via antibody (Ab)–antigen (Ag) binding, trigger diverse immune responses, which are critical for natural immunity and have uses for vaccines and immunotherapies. While...
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RT @bme_uoft: Prof. Leo Chou has been awarded $130K in funding from the Cancer Research Society to propel forward an ambitious project aimi….
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RT @Kurta5530: 📍 Niagara Falls Half Marathon
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10 months
Honoured to have been able to present my research at the Bay Area Chemical Biology Symposium at Stanford these past few days. It was so inspiring connecting with students and faculty from the West Coast! Thank you @Stanford_ChEMH for a great event!
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RT @bme_uoft: Researchers at the University of Toronto have made an advancement in DNA-based neural networks, paving the way for more porta….
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RT @Kurta5530: Massive!! Thank you so much @stevewilldoit.
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1 year
RT @Trav_Douglas11: @shanalexander4 did an incredible job leading this project. This method combines HCR FISH with flow cytometry to offer….
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RT @leochou0814: Congrats to my PhD student @shanalexander4 on publishing her first paper! Shana combined sensitive HCR FISH with flow cyto….
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1 year
Happy to announce our work has been published in Small! origamiFISH-Flow is high-throughput and has greater sensitivity over traditional dye-labeling for detection of DNA origami nanoparticles in cells and tissues. Check it out: �.
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2 years
Excited to share our manuscript on @biorxivpreprint where we adapted origamiFISH (DNA origami detection in cells and tissues via fluorescent in situ hybridization, FISH) from confocal imaging to flow cytometry, origamiFISH-Flow!
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RT @leochou0814: We now have a flow cytometry version of the origamiFISH method recently reported in Nat Nano. As before, it offers greater….
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Structural DNA nanotechnology enables custom fabrication of nanoscale devices and promises diverse biological applications. However, the effects of design on DNA nanostructure (DN)-cell interactions...
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RT @FarshadMurtada: Huge congrats to my lab-mate @shanalexander4 for getting her manuscript on origamiFISH-flow out! OrigamiFISH-Flow provi….
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RT @Trav_Douglas11: Pre-print alert!!🚨Congratulations @shanalexander4! OrigamiFISH-Flow is an exciting method that provides us an opportuni….
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RT @biophotonicat: High-throughput, label-free detection of DNA origami in single-cell suspensions using origamiFISH-Flow (relevance: 65%)….
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RT @bioRxiv_bioE: High-throughput, label-free detection of DNA origami in single-cell suspensions using origamiFISH-Flow . .
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