Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
and Translation (CCNE-T)

Pilot Projects

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Pilot Projects

Year 1-2010-2011

Pilot Project 1
A Rapid Prototyping Platform for Next Generation SERS Particles
Mark Brongersma, PhD

Pilot Project 2
Development and initial feasibility studies of a novel activatable theragnostic superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle.
Heike Daldrup-Link, MD

Year 2 - 2011-2012

Pilot Project 1
Computer Simulation of Targeted Nanoparticles Adhesion to Tumor Vascular Endothelium
Eric Shaqfeh, PhD

Pilot Project 2
Novel Luminescent Nanoparticles for Circulating Tumor Cell Detection and Harvesting
James R. Swartz, DSc

Year 3 - 2012-2013

Pilot Project 1
Nanocavity Probes Inside Single Living Cells for Intracellular Optical Sensing
Jelena Vuckovic, PhD

Pilot Project 2
Lipid-functionalized Nanopillar Surfaces for Caputre and In Situ Culture of Circulating Tumor Cells
Bianxiao Cui, PhD

Year 4 - 2013-2014

Pilot Project 1
Nanocavity Probes Inside Single Living Cells for Intracellular Optical Sensing
Jelena Vuckovic, PhD

Pilot Project 2
Development of Droplet-Based Barcode-Enabled Methods for Single Cell Sequencing of Antibody Repertoires in Cancer
Sindy Tang, PhD

Year 5-2014-2015

Pilot Project 1
A New Lung Cancer Diagnostic Technology for In Vivo Single Cell Imaging
Adam de la Zerda, PhD

Pilot Project 2
To Develop High-Sensitive Nanoplasmonic Sensor for Simultaneous Quantitation of Chromodomains Recruitment to Two-Histone Lysine Methylation Marks (H3K9me3 and H3K4me3)
Paulmurugan Ramasamy, PhD