Wilson Poon
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🇨🇦👨🏻🔬 Asst Prof @UTEP ⛏️🏜️🤙🏻 MMBME @ThePoonLab || Interested in nano-bio interactions, drug & gene delivery || x-@bme_uoft 🍁 x-@UCSF 🌁
El Paso, TX
Joined February 2010
I'm at #BMES2025 this week to share our latest drug delivery work from @ThePoonLab! I'll be at Meet the Faculty Candidates session too since I'm on the search committee for a Rehab Engineering faculty hire ( https://t.co/naR4XXwYLE), please reach out if you have any questions! 👨🏻🔬
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Very proud of @ThePoonLab undergrad students who presented their summer research posters yesterday at the COURI Summer Symposium! 👏🏻👏🏻 Xiomara presented her receptor KO work 👩🔬🧪🧫🔬, while Rayce showcased his lateral flow assay development for wound management 👨🔬🏥🩹🦠! #proudPI
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Huge congrats to @Mariomata099 for successfully defending his MS thesis yesterday - accepted as is with no corrections! 👨🎓⚗️🔬🐁 He is the 1st @UTEPBME grad of @ThePoonLab & I'm so proud of what he has pioneered in not only my lab, but also the IBN imaging core! 🥳🎉🍾👏🏻 #proudPI
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What a privilege it is to once again be the history speaker at the @UTEP Engineering Pre-Commencement Order of the Engineer & Hooding Ceremony! Congrats to all the new initiates & a special shout-out to @Mariomata099, soon-to-be 2nd MS grad from @ThePoonLab ! 🎓🥂🍾🙌🏻
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Cool work from @YWangPhD, Wen Jiang, and @BettyKimLab on NanoSafari, an AI copilot for nanoparticle design and drug delivery! 🤖🧪👨🏻🔬👩🏻🔬 Check it out here:
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The recent success of large language models (LLMs) in performing natural language processing tasks has increased interest in applying generative artificial intelligence (AI) to scientific research....
In a recent study, we built the largest-ever database for nanoparticle design and drug delivery by harnessing AI to mine insights from over 20k papers. The outcome is NanoSafari — an advanced LLM-based tool that offers accurate, data-driven recommendations for nanoparticle design
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🧵1/ Excited to share my latest first-author paper published in Nano Letters! We developed a fluorescent peptide tag called SPARKLE, which remains after lipid removal - finally enabling reliable tracking of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) in 2D & 3D imaging! https://t.co/1Et0F4rema
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Precise delivery of therapeutic agents to specific cells and subcellular compartments is crucial for effective disease treatment. Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are promising drugs and gene nanocarriers,...
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Extremely proud of @ThePoonLab this academic year, we cleaned up at the MMBME Annual Banquet last night!🥳🎉🍾🥂 4 graduates, 2 research awards, 2 departmental achievement awards, 2 academic honors, and 2 student organization recognitions! 🎓🎖️🏆🥇 #proudPI
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Our latest research from @ThePoonLab - "Development of Chemical Tags for Universal Lipid Nanoparticle Visualization and Tracking in 2D and 3D Imaging" - is now published in @NanoLetters! ✨🔬🧫🐁 Learn more about our SPARKLE tags here:
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Precise delivery of therapeutic agents to specific cells and subcellular compartments is crucial for effective disease treatment. Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are promising drugs and gene nanocarriers,...
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Thank you @CTiannano for inviting me to visit @VT_Science! 🦃🎓🧪⚗️ It was a pleasure giving my lecture in Advanced Nanomedicine, sharing @ThePoonLab research, and connecting with the brilliant faculty & students! Grateful for the hospitality & insightful conversations! ✨🔬👨🏻🔬💡
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Back from #ACSSpring2025 in San Diego! 👨🏻🔬⚗️🔬✨ Was great to catch up with old friends from grad school and beyond, as well as spend time in nature to recharge 🏖️🏄🏻♂️🌴🌸
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Friends! I'll be at #ACSSpring2025 in San Diego this week! Come check out my talk in the @ACS_BIOT / @POLY_ACS session on Delivery and Targeting of Nanoparticles on Tues Mar 25 afternoon! 🚚👨🏻🔬🧪⚗️ Also, please send recommendations for restaurants, cafes, and bars! 🍽️☕️🍻
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Thanks @HuPharm_college and Dr Baskaran for inviting me to share the cool research happening in @ThePoonLab at their departmental seminar series! 👨🏻🔬💊🔬✨ What a beautiful campus to visit with (some) blooming cherry blossoms! 🌸🌸🌸
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Bonus content 🤩: We made a video to explain our current understanding of the nanoparticle delivery process, tying together our findings across the past 10 years.
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Me: telling my students not to procrastinate on assignments 😇😌😎 Also me: writing & compiling my 153-page mid-tenure review package in the last hours before its due 😅🫣😱🫠
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Thrilled to share my thoughts on the power of #PeerReview 🔍 and my journey as part of the @EJPB_ Young Investigators program! 👨🏻🔬⚗️🧪💊 Thanks @ElsevierConnect & @lianacafolla for this feature 🙏🏻 - check out the article here:
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Younger researchers are taking on the challenges of peer review — and reaping some unexpected benefits
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Excited to be on the inaugural Advisory Board for #RSCPharmaceutics! 🎉👨🏻🔬📚 It is an incredible honour, I look forward to working with this talented group of professionals to help shape the success of this journal & support impactful research! 💡🧪💊 https://t.co/gWUocOE5ac
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Happy new year! 🎉 We're kicking off 2025 with excitement as we expand into our newly renovated molecular biology lab space! 🧬⚗️🔬✨ Ready for fresh beginnings and new discoveries ahead!
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