Research Interests

• Nanoparticle vaccine delivery: Design and development of antigen and immunomodulatory biochemical loaded nanoparticles
• Encapsulated mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC): Alginate encapsulated MSC are used to regulate immune responses to inflammatory and cancer cell signals
• Genomics and metabolomics: Assessment of gene expression and metabolic network changes in response to tissue damage
• Antisense technology and gene therapy: Development of nucleic acid based therapeutics
• Stem cell biology: Characterization of normal and abnormal cell differentiation
• BioMEMS technology for high throughput immune response characterization: Design and development of microfluid Òon-chipÓ devices to quantify and characterize intra- and inter-cellular immune responses