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Lab News
The Lab at this year's Holiday Party. Thanks for a great year.
December 2021
Congratulations to Anthony Kyser for his 1st Place Master Engineering Student Award at Research!Louisville
September 2021
Lab end of summer outing.
August 2021
SROP and ULBB Program Poster Presentation was a great success. Great Job Wenndy (SROP) and Maryam (ULBB). Your hard work paid off, Congratulations!
July, 2021
Wenndy Arreguin
Maryam Al-Chiani
Congratulations to Anthony Kyser for his presentation at Controlled Release Society Conference
July, 2021
Congratulations to Jhanvi Patel for presenting her poster at IADR and successfully defending her Master's thesis, "Development of 3D-bioprinted scaffolds for oral probiotic application.
July, 2021
Congratulations to Priyadarshini Chandrashekar and Farnaz Minooei for their first author publication.
May 2021
Congratulations to Farnaz Minooei for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation.
Oct 28, 2020
Congratulations to Priya for her fantastic undergraduate poster presentation at summer research opportunity program (SROP)!
July 31, 2020
Congratulations to Mark Ryan for successfully defending his Master's thesis. Good luck on your next adventure!
July 21, 2020
Welcome Dr. Mohammadali Masigol for joining our lab as a postdoctoral fellow!
June 15, 2020
Farnaz gave an on-demand talk on "Dual-Spun Mesh Fibers as Novel Delivery Platforms to Sustain Probiotic Release against Bacterial Vaginosis Infection" at CRS virtual annual meeting.
June 27, 2020
Congratulations to Hetal Desai for successfully defending her Master's thesis. Also, Congratulations on soon beginning Univ. of Toronto dual DDS/Ph.D. program! Good luck on your next adventure!
May 4, 2020
Congratulations to Kevin for his manuscript publication in the Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy! Thank you to everyone involved!
March 30, 2020
Farnaz gave an oral presentation of her work "Synergy of Antiretrovirals and Biologic Nanoparticles against HIV-1 Infection" in Graduate Student Regional Research Conference (GSRRC) at the University of Louisville.
February 27, 2020
Congratulations to Kevin for his manuscript publication in the Journal of Controlled Release! Thank you to everyone involved!
February 3, 2020
Congratulations to Mohamed and Sonali for their publication in Frontiers in Chemistry!
January 21, 2020
Farnaz presented her poster "Synergistic Activity of Antiretroviral and Biologic Nanoparticles against HIV-1 Infection" at BMES annual meeting in Philadelphia.
October 18, 2019
Congratulations to Farnaz and Hetal for winning 1st and 2nd places in the Engineering and Dental Schools, respectively!
September 10, 2019
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Members of Dr. Steinbach-Rankins's lab present their work at Research!Louisville 2019.
Congratulations to Farnaz and Hetal for winning 1st and 2nd places in the Engineering and Dental Schools, respectively!
September 10, 2019
Congratulations to Kevin Tyo for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Tyo!
August 13, 2019
Congratulations to Madeline for winning the second place in Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) poster presentation for her poster on "Determining the Effects of Prebiotics on Lactobacilli and Gardnerella Vaginalis in Co-Culture".
August 2, 2019
Farnaz was selected to give an oral presentation of her work "Synergy of Antiretrovirals and Biologic Nanoparticles against HIV-1 Infection" in KY Nano/AM symposium.
August 1, 2019
Kevin presented his posters "Safety and Multipurpose Efficacy of Multilayered Nanoparticle-Fiber Composites Incorporating Griffithsin against HIV-1 and HSV-2 Infections" at CRS annual meeting in Valencia, Spain.
July 21, 2019
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Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud! Officially received his Ph.D.!
May 10, 2019
Annual Potluck to celebrate the many accomplishments in the lab this year! A special congrats to the team of Dr. Steinbach-Rankins and Melissa, Corn-hole Champs!
May 9, 2019
Congratulations to Farnaz for successfully defending her dissertation proposal!
April 22, 2019
Mohamed successfully defended his dissertation!! He also received the Exemplary Research Scholarship Award and the Dean's Citation Award. Congratulations Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud!
April 18, 2019
Congratulations Dr. Steinbach-Rankins!!!
Review article published in the Journal of Pharmaceutics!
April 3, 2019
Research article published in the journal of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science! Congratulations to everyone involved!
April 1, 2019
Congratulations to Harshith for placing 2nd in Biomedical Engineering at the Kentucky State High School Science Fair and placing 3rd at the Kentucky Junior Academy of Science (KJAS)!!
March 30 & April 27, 2019
Research article published investigating PLGA nanoparticles and cervical cancer
March 13, 2019
Research article published investigating PLGA nanoparticles against periodontitis. Congratulations Mohamed!
March 10, 2019
Collaborative research article published
February 2019
Happy Holidays from the Steinbach-Rankins Lab!!
December 2018
Steinbach-Rankins Lab Thanksgiving
December 2018
Steinbach-Rankins lab wins 4 awards in two weeks
October 2018
Members of Steinbach-Rankins Lab present at R!L 2018
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Kevin presents his poster on rapid release fibers at R!L 2018
October 2018
Mohamed presents his poster on delivery platforms for oral biofilm inhibition at R!L 2018
October 2018
Stephen presents his poster on the delivery of nanoparticles to tumor microenvironment at R!L 2018
October 2018
Keegan presents his poster on lipid-polymer nanoparticles at R!L 2018
October 2018
Congratulations to Longyun for winning 2nd place in the category of postdoctoral scholars at R!L 2018
October 2018
Congratulations to Stephen for winning 2nd place in the category of R25 medical distinction track at R!L 2018, and 3rd place poster award at the American College of Physicians KY Annual Meeting
October 2018
Congratulations to Keegan for winning 1st place in the category of R25 undergraduate at R!L 2018
October 2018
Kevin presents his poster on Rapid-Release GRFT Fibers at BMES 2018
October 2018
Members of the Steinbach-Rankins lab attend BMES 2018
October 2018
Mohamed presents his talk at BMES 2018
October 2018
Mohamed's manuscript "BAR-Encapsulated Nanoparticles for the Inhibition and Disruption of Porphyromonas gingivalis-Streptococcus gordonii Biofilms" is accepted to the Journal of Nanobiotechnology
September 2018
Keegan presents and advances to final judging round for the Cancer Education Program
August 2018
Dr. Steinbach-Rankins receives the Inaugural Oral Focus Group, CRS Young Investigator Award
July 2018
Mohamed presents on his work at CRS, NYC
July 2018
Welcome to our summer NCI R25 Cancer Education Program students, Keegan Curry and Stephen Winter!
May 2018
Welcome to our UofL Summer Research Opportunity Program student, Sindhu Parupalli!
May 2018
Congratulations to Lee Sims for winning the AVRO Conference travel award to Honolulu, HI and presenting his work, "Novel PLGA Nanoparticles Encapsulating Melphalan for the Treatment of Retinoblastomas"!
May 2018
Our paper on pH responsive delivery of Griffithsin is published!
April 23, 2018
Congratulations to Lee Sims for winning a Fulbright Award at Imperial College London for a Master's of Science in Epidemiology!
April 2018
Congratulations to Lee Sims for winning the J.B. Speed School of Engineering Bennett M. Brigman award!
April 2018
Congratulations to Julie Nguyen for winning the GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship!
April 2018
Congratulations to Sonali Sapare for placing 3rd in the Master's Dental School category at Research!Louisville!
September 2017
Lee Sims presents poster at Controlled Release Society Conference
July 2017
Welcome to our NCI R25 Cancer Education Program student, Sindhu Parupalli!
May 2017
Congratulations to Hung Vuong (Kyle) for winning a Fulbright Research Grant at the University of Geneva in Switzerland!
April 2017
Congratulations to Lee Sims for winning the Mickey R. Wilhelm Bioengineering Department award from the J.B. Speed School of Engineering!
April 2017
Congratulations to Julie Nguyen for acceptance into the Governor's Scholars Program and winning the Health Research Youth Academy Award!
Summer 2017
Congratulations to Maya Huss for placing 3rd in the Undergraduate Research category at Research!Louisville!
September 2016
Congratulations to Ankita Jain for placing 2nd in the Master's Dental School Category at Research!Louisville!
September 2016
Welcome to our summer NCI R25 Cancer Education Program student, Maya Huss!
May 2016
Congratulations to Allison Tu for placing 1st in the Bioengineering category at the Intel Science Fair for her project: "Small Packages: Nanomaterials as Novel Drug Delivery Vehicles to Prevent Viral STIs"
May 2016
Congratulations to Allison Tu for placing 1st in High School Biological Topics and Botany Group 3 and 3rd in Life Sciences Overall Grand Prize at the Kentucky Junior Academy of Science, resulting in an invitation to the American Junior Academy of Science in Boston (Feb. 2017)!
Spring 2016
Congratulations to Hung Vuong (Kyle) for winning the Stanford Genetics Scholars Program (SSRP-Amgen Scholars Program)!
June 2016
Congratulations to Lee Sims for winning the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) German Exchange Program and Scholarship!
Fall 2015
Welcome to our UofL Summer Research Opportunity Program student, Hung Vuong (Kyle)!
May 2015
Congratulations to Ranjith Radhakrishnan for winning the Hinman award!
November 2015
Congratulations to Ranjith Radhakrishnan for placing 1st in the Master's Dental School category at Research!Louisville!
September 2015
Congratulations to Paridhi Kalia for placing 3rd in the Master's Dental School Category at Research!Louisville!
September 2015
Welcome to our summer NCI R25 Cancer Education Program students, Lee Sims and Justin Heidel!
May 2015
Congratulations to Lee Sims for placing 1st in the undergraduate category at Research!Louisville!
September 2014
Congratulations to Paridhi Kalia for placing 3rd in the Master's Dental School category at Research!Louisville!
September 2014
Congratulations to Paridhi Kalia for winning the Hinman award!
November 2014
Welcome to our summer NCI R25 Cancer Education Program student, Lee Sims!
May 2014
Longyun presents his work at CRS, NYC
July 2018
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