October 2017
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For a young scientist who just finished her PhD in May 2017, Hasini Jayatilaka has achieved goals that takes many researchers an entire career to acquire. During her research, she discovered the mechanisms that causes cancer cells to break away from tumors and spread to other parts of the body, also known as metastasis. She also created a cocktail of drugs that slows and, in some cases, stops cancer from spreading. These discoveries have received international recognition and attracted the attention of many media outlets, organizations, professionals, and audiences. Read More
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Most scientific investigators still in training look forward to the day when that training is complete and they can become independent researchers. Even so, going from working under the supervision… Read More
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Siebel scholarships are prestigious awards that honor about 100 of the top graduate students nationwide in business, bioengineering, computer science, and energy science programs. The recently announced 2018 recipients include… Read More
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The Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) has added three new company collaborators to participate in the Master’s Co-Op Educational Program: Air Liquide in Newark, Delaware; C-Care in Baltimore, Maryland; and Paragon… Read More
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Sean Sun, INBT core faculty member and professor and vice-chair of mechanical engineering at the Whiting School of Engineering, was awarded funding from The Baltimore PKD Research and Clinical Core… Read More
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A recently published study by an INBT research team from the labs of Hai-Quan Mao and Jonathan Schneck at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, shows that their design of new nano-sized artificial cells is effective at activating T cells, specialized immune cells, to destroy damaged and infected cells, as well as destroying cancer cells. Read More
